Marie, The Strong Leader

Marie generated a Profile that indicated she would be a good fit for a leadership role. She has a strong emotional energy score that is paired with healthy optimism. People like working with high energy, upbeat team members. They energize groups in a way that infects the group with a positive outlook that makes hard tasks seem more possible and enjoyable.

Her Work and Detail scores are good for someone in a leadership position, indicating that she works hard and pays attention to details at the level that is require of someone in an upper management position. Her Change score suggests a high level of creativity and adaptability to changing conditions. People with high change scores crave variety and change of pace and her position would certainly offer her that. Note the >’s to the right, indicating some variability in the expression of this trait. There may be occasions that she needs to moderate her desire for change to allow people to keep up with her.

Her Courage score indicates a high degree of self-confidence and a willingness to take risks. She is likely to take wise risks, given her Direction score. She has a strong capacity for sizing up problems and making independent decisions yet her score is in the range that suggests that she’ll allow others to participate in the process and influence her thinking.

Her Direction/Tolerance pattern is interesting. She is capable of engaging in conflict, persuading, and making reasonable demands on people. She will also be quite comfortable holding people accountable for performance. However, she does have a tendency to be impatient when things aren’t going well. Her score indicates that she is aware of this and is working on it. The O>>>> indicates that others see this in her, with the number of >’s showing that they see her changing in this respect. In addition, the S> indicates where she wants to perform on this trait, with the > showing movement in the right direction.

The Considerate score is not a major issue. She probably performs at the level of the S on this trait. In upper level executives, the ideal score is in this range. If overly elevated, she would have trouble making decisions that have a negative impact on people or hurt their feelings. The S indicates the capacity for empathy but not so great as to make the mix of personal and professional reactions to issues a problem for her.

Her Sociable score is notable. She can be quite outgoing and sociable, making it easy for her to connect with people and build the relationships that are essential for developing influence and making things happen with and through other people.

All in all, a very promising fit for the leadership team.


EQ Profile used with permission of Simmons Management Systems

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