numerouno
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 Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 7:26 am Post subject: Professional Profile - self assessment |
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Greetings to all.
I have over a long period made reference to this forum, "chockers" as it is with great advice and tons of useful information.
I am excited about the imminent release of a professional profiling tool and want to share that with as many as possible. The expected release date is June 2007.
The profile is based on a self-assessment approach against 4 key attributes. These are creatively acronymed as FAST, and are described below:
Functional Performance
The modern workforce makes exacting demands, both in terms of workload and the sophistication expected in responding to the organisational demands. Modern organisations have an expectation of excellence, as well as viable and productive outcomes.
Functional performers are geared to strive for excellence. They thrive on accountability for meeting deadlines and producing high quality results. Functional performers accept full responsibility for their decisions, actions and outcomes.
However, functional performers recognise when a “90%” solution represents a better return on investment. They address risks to organisational objectives whilst creating and maximising opportunity.
Functional performers are not incapacitated by apparent failure in the short term. Indeed, “failure” translates to “new information and new opportunity” in the lexicon of functional performers.
Adaptability
Life success, including career success, requires adaptability, flexibility and resilience. This attribute assesses personal characteristics such as creativity, innovation, lateral thinking, empathy and confidence.
Adaptability is enhanced by good physical and mental health. Individuals who score highly on this attribute consciously seek to look after the body and mind, recognising that these are the instruments of life itself.
Considered risk-taking is often a component of the adaptive and flexible personality. They have a high degree of curiosity about their environment, are learners by nature and have the resilience to overcome obstacles and short-term failure in order to pursue longer-term success.
Adaptive individuals do not waste energy in blame and self reproach. They use their experience to shape their desired future, whilst remaining open to new experience and learning.
Scope of Influence
This attribute assesses the strategic capacity of the individual in the workplace. The thought processes, decision-making strategies and connection with the “wider world” enable strategic individuals to plan and function effectively.
Strategic capacity leads to insight. Insight is recognised and valued in all aspects of life, and this capacity strengthens the individual’s ability to increase their scope of influence at both a personal and an organisational level.
Strategic thinking anticipates and often leads change. It produces a significant degree of insight, which is recognised and valued either during change or when change has been effected. Given the discomfort with which many people view change, strategic capacity enables the individual to influence others more profoundly, providing some degree of security in uncertain times.
Team Orientation
The team-oriented individual has a strong commitment to facilitating strong relationships with others. They demonstrate sensitivity, empathy and humour and are typically seen as approachable, stable and reliable colleagues.
A sound grasp of common objectives is core to an effective team worker. The team-oriented individual is well placed to engage others in working toward common objectives. They are prepared to coach in a non-confrontational manner and are at ease with the range of human diversity in personal styles, learning styles and work practices.
Successful team workers often function unobtrusively, with no “fanfare”. Consequently they can be under-rated in the workplace as they create solid foundations for organisational success. However, when the “team wheels” are not oiled by such individuals, it becomes clearly evident in the workplace through dissension and lack of productivity. |
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