Hello!
To begin my Healthcare Management II blog, I thought it would be a good idea to share and reflect on the results of my recent personality tests. In class, we are beginning by discussing our individual selfs and learning what types of leaders we are and how we work best. Being a biochemist, this is not something I have ever truly investigated about myself, because we tend to work on our own and are analytical rather than objective.
Initially we took the Myers-Briggs personality test. My results were ISTJ- which I was the only one in the class to get. I think this was extremely reflective of my personality.
I- introvert
S- sensing
T- thinking
J- judging
While many of my classmates tend to extroverted, I struggle with the idea of the spotlight on me. While I have a strong personality, I tend to keep to myself until put into a position where I need to assert my opinion. I tend to not handle other's emotions well and analyze everything to make sure I am making the right decision. For me, this is important, because I work in labs could be affecting patient's lives. I do not necessarily feel that I have time to think about how my actions could affect someone's feelings.
As a future leader, this could be difficult working with groups of people who may have different personalities and feel that I am insensitive.
For our Monday class, we were asked to do both the DISC personality test and the Big Five.
For the Big Five, my results were:
O: 0.54
C: 0.90
E: 0.54
A: 0.42
N: 0.54
This test showed that I tend to be extremely organized and reliable, but tend to easily criticize others and can be anxious. Again, I do believe this is a reflection on other parts of my personality. I can be quick to judge, because I am not the best with emotions and communication. However, I am extremely type A and cannot function in disorder. Again, my biggest weakness as a leader will be communicating and working with people of more sensitive personalities.
For the DISC test, my results were:
50% Dominance
30% Compliance
15% Steadiness
6% Influence
For this test, I do not believe that compliance fits in line with my personality, but I do believe the high dominance and low influence are fitting. I tend to not be good at compromise, which is the interpretation I get from having a higher compliance percent. I do tend to expect everyone to have the high levels of motivation and drive for work as I do, and when they do not, I can tend to be judgmental.
Overall, I think it was interesting to see how I tend to function with others and how this could affect my future lines of work. Overall, I tend to be very strong minded, but reliable and willing to help. Overall, I believe the Myers-Briggs test was the most reflective of how I see myself, however there are parts from all of the tests that accurately describe my personality.
Hey Alexis! This is a great response to the three personality tests we have taken. As a friend and colleague in class, I have never seen you as an introvert, but I can see it in certain environments. I definitely understand where you are coming from when you talk about the differences with being a bio-chemist versus being in a classroom with mostly Health Management majors. In my opinion, I understand that HMP majors tend to work in groups a lot more than individually which can definitely be a change with what you have been doing in your major. Anyways, I hope that being in an extroverted crowd in class helps give you a boost of confidence to stand-out from being an introvert. I hope you continue to talk about what we are learning with organizational behavior and hope you see changes from your results at the end of the semester!
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed my Health Management classes exactly for this reason. They have shown me the importance of group discussion and have pulled me out of my shell, even from just last semester! Hopefully this semester adds more to my confidence!
DeleteI think the MBTI is actually the least popular among social psychologists, but like you, I find it to be the one I always come back to.
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