Assignment 16A: What's your secret sauce?
1) Unique human capital
2) Interview the five people who know me the best
3) Reflection
I think that the way I see myself suits quite good to the way the others see me. I was not able to find significant differences. That is why I would not correct any aspects of my list.
- I already did an apprenticeship in Germany where I learned a lot about the business life but also about different types of characters and how to treat them. This is very important when staying in close contact with customers but also with other employees.
- I am very good at empathizing with other people. It helps me a lot to recognize their problems and find a solution for them. It is also useful to finding the best question to ask for example a customer, to get the answer you are looking for.
- I am a perfectionist. I know this is not always good, but I think it is useful for doing business and helps to improve the own performance.
- I am definitely a team player, this is very important when working with associates together. Some tasks can only be solved when working in a team.
- I appreciate feedback and also when it is negative. It is always a way to learn from it and to approve the own skills.
2) Interview the five people who know me the best
- Question 1: What do you think about me as person?
- Question 2: What are my special strengths/ skills? Do you think they have a positive impact on my decision making?
- Question 3: What do you think is my attitude towards (hard) work?
- Question 4: Do you think I am an emotional person? Do my emotions affect my working life and how do they affect it?
3) Reflection
I think that the way I see myself suits quite good to the way the others see me. I was not able to find significant differences. That is why I would not correct any aspects of my list.
Hi Laura, it is obvious that the people you interviewed know you very well. One thing that stuck out to me was your strength regarding willingness to listen to and improve from criticism. Too often, people get very defensive when they hear criticism. However, receiving criticism allows you to gain feedback and learn how to improve, which will only help you and make you better in the long run.
ReplyDeleteI had a similar issue but i think we may have interviewed the wrong people. Would you think an ex-boyfriend/girlfriend would provide the same description. They knew us very well - better than some close family but they may also hold a slightly more open and critical opinion. At work their are a lot people that don't want to rock the boat or become singled out. Really they don't want to say the wrong thing and so they never really take risks and become great. I am sure you are amazing at lots of things that you already know about so time to look into new skills that you know you are bad at and make them great.
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