Personality Assessment Analysis

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Introduction

This article is an analysis of the Personality Assessment taken at the 16 Personalities website, which is a tool provided by NERIS Analytics Limited. The assessment places those assessed, based on responses, into four types of personalities, which are Analysts, Diplomats, Sentinels, and Explorers. Each personality type will then break down into four sub-types.

My personality type was assessed to be a Diplomat type, with a sub-type of Advocate. This analysis will address the assessment results and my reflections on the results. Results were also shared with my direct supervisor, the Chief Information Officer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division. His comments and recent feedback on interactions will be shared in this analysis.

Summary

Referencing figure 1, I was found to be mostly introverted, intuitive, feeling, judgmental, and turbulent.

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(Source: http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test/)

Analysis

I found it very uncanny how this assessment reflected my personality so well. What I like most about the assessment is that the results provided both strengths and weaknesses of this personality type and explained why some of my relationships at work and home are sometimes turbulent.

The one thing a person needs to keep in mind is that these results are only as good as the honest, reflective responses to the assessment questions. My intent in electing to take this course is to improve my communication and relationships. So, I entered into this assessment with an open mind. I reflected on each question and responded with honesty based on my self-reflection for each question.

Being an advocate, I have a hard time trusting others and project my desire for perfectionism and performance expectations onto others. I found this to be very accurate, although before I took this assessment, I wouldn't have said I agree with trusting others part of the previous statement. I also realized how and why I could react so negatively to criticism, especially when it comes to my passion for the work I do.

Conclusion

After a recent work interaction, my supervisor reminded me that my passion, which can be a strength, also has negative implications when I take it to an extreme. If I allow my passion for something to dictate my responses emotionally, especially negative emotions, like anger, it can shut people down, so they no longer feel comfortable interacting with me. This reaction, in turn, can compound future frustrations as I continue to pursue the topic for which I am so passionate.

Equipped with this assessment and my supervisor's feedback, I am implementing some steps to adopt positive habits when I feel an adverse reaction and to respond with quantitative and qualitative facts, versus emotion.


This is one of a series of posts I will be making in which I share some of my course work toward my Doctor of Technology degree. Please share any thoughts you may have or would like to share on this topic.

Thanks,
Joe B.



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I took the test. To be honest it made me think and feel that I do not fully know my own self, but the test was fun, it also gives me other persfective about life and myself. After the test I can also say that my personality is complicated yet I know for myself that I know what I want in life.

Thank you for this great piece I now know more about myself.

Below are my results.
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Awesome. If a person keeps an open mind it can help them a lot. Thanks for the reblog.

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