You tend to be a quiet worker who values
attention to detail and accuracy. Committed to
your perspective, you need to be convinced of
the value of change.
Big 5 Personality:
Upholder
Personality Tips
Tools To Use
• Appreciate proven methods
• Effective at applying tried and tested methods
• Good at separating facts from emotions
• High standards for self and others
• Independent thinker
• Skilled at controlling workflow
• Tuned into others’ emotions and performance
Room for Growth and Change
• Can be hard to get to know
• Can be seen as too rigid at times
• Feel it’s important that others hear your viewpoint
• Have difficulty with unexpected changes
• Prone to perfectionism
• Tend to find socially stimulating environments draining Settings That Work For You
• Allows for extended periods of independent or small group work
• Encourages sensitive and appropriate feedback
• Fueled by a sense of duty
• Permits telecommuting on a full or partial basis
• Prioritizes work quality
• Promotes competition
• Recognizes individual achievements
• Requires alertness to the thoughts and feelings of others
• Structured and routine
• Supports implementing existing methods
Personality Breakdown
The dimension score is calculated from your responses to items that together measure the underlying components of each dimension. Overall, an individual has either a High, Moderate, or Low level of each. The dimension score is a standardized score that ranges between 1 and 10. Scores of 1-3 are Low, 4-6 Moderate, and 7 and up are High.
Solving Problems
Openness
Delivering Results
Conscientiousness
Engaging with People
Extraversion
Influencing People
Agreeableness
Managing Pressure
Emotional Stability
Solving Problems Openness
You appear to take a balanced approach to solving problems. thinking of new and original ways of approaching situations, but not at the expense of ignoring well-established solutions, already known to work. Most likely, you will have an eye on whether something will be effective both now and in the future, juggling the facts and making changes that will stand the test of time.
Benefits
• Brings experience to strategy
• Flexible problem solver
• Pragmatic thinker
• Sees detail and bigger picture
• Tends to be cautious
• Works to maintain the system
Delivering Results Conscientiousness
You seem to be the sort of person who prefers to weigh the extent to which tasks need to be structured, organized and planned. You are likely to be aware of the fact that at times things need to be approached methodically; at other times, action is more important than plans. You are likely to commit to tasks when you feel fully invested in the outcome, and it's this sense of ownership that gives you the confidence to do your best work.
Benefits
• Balanced work style
• Committed to shared outcome
• Continually prioritises goals
• Flexible work style
• Focuses on process and task
• Wants to achieve
Engaging with People Extraversion
You come across as someone who is comfortable in social situations, but who also knows when to withdraw for periods of quiet reflection. You are just as likely to be found lost in thought as you are lost in conversation! Generally, you're the kind of person who has a good idea of the amount of excitement you would like - however, you can find too much 'down-time' de-motivating. Benefits
• Energetic
• Enthusiastic
• Fun oriented
• Quick to connect
• Socially skilled
• Thinks and acts
Influencing People Agreeableness
You describe yourself as someone who has a mature and streetwise view of other people and their views. Your first instinct is likely to be to trust other people, but you do know that others can let you down. Thus, you are probably able to be direct, but are also able to temper your approach with sensitivity for what will keep relationships healthy and intact.
Benefits
• Forgiving style
• Looks for win-win outcome
• Negotiates with sensitivity
• Realistic view of others
• Recognises imperfection
• Relational style
Managing Pressure Emotional Stability
You look as if you respond to pressure by letting things get to you - both large and small. Perhaps you are best described as a bit of a worrier, who may often feel discouraged and may feel very sensitive to comments from other people. That being said, a degree of tension is useful in order to get things done. Benefits
• Highly aware of others’ emotional states
• Highly tuned to the world
• Takes onboard criticism
• Understands when cannot cope
• Uses tension to prime action
• Wears feelings on sleeve