Do they align with your self-conception or not?
-On the Style Questionnaire , my survey respondents have consistently rated me higher on the relationship behaviors than the task behaviors. This is in alignment with my self score .
-On the LTQ though, there are some discrepancies between what I think of myself and how others perceive me . I have been rated considerably higher on the the ‘self assured’ and ‘self confident ‘ traits . I scored myself way lower on these 2 traits than the respondents on my survey. I attribute this to my coming across highly on the ‘articulate’ and ‘outgoing’ traits as well .
Did you have any revelations or new information to consider?
One of the respondents to my questionnaire rated me very low on the task oriented behaviors, while at the same time rating me higher on the relationship behaviors . I am quite intrigued by this . I am aware that comparatively I do tend to lean more towards relationship oriented , but I would definitely like to follow up with this co-worker and learn more about their perspective of my deficient tasks orientation .
Did anything challenge you with respect to the results?
I took the skills questionnaire twice on 2 different days . My scores on the technical and conceptual skills were similar on both days , but my score on the human skill was very different on the 2 days ! This was very surprising to me and made me reflect . The one possible explanation I came up with was that it might have something to do with how my interactions with other people during the day had been. This has also made me think that I need to be more aware of my sub conscious feelings or emotions manifesting as my behavior towards others.
I too noticed that my scores were often different the second time I took them. I feel that in tests like these, the questions are very broad and that one’s answer might be different depending on the context of the situation. That isn’t to say that the results are not useful, in fact they might be even more useful in understanding how we act and what skills we focus on in various situations. It becomes a “what leadership hat do I need to put on for this problem” kind of learning tool.