Understanding your Strengths and Personality

Assignment 2: Understanding your Strengths and Personality

Due week 5 and worth 100 points.

 

“As you develop a game plan for your life, you must start by seeing yourself for who you really are.”

– Coach Gibbs

 

Introduction

Part of Coach Gibb’s success as a leader is his ability to recognize people’s unique strengths and utilize them. This week you will identify your own strengths and personality by taking the DiSC assessment. Once you have your results, you will better understand how your strengths and personality can change how you work with others or the career you pursue.

 

Instructions

Step 1: Use the Everything DiSC Management Profile access code that you purchased from the bookstore to complete the assessment.

 

Step 2: Check your Strayer email account. Your DiSC Assessment results will be sent there. Download your DiSC results report and save it to your computer.

 

Step 3: Download the DiSC Assessment Reflection Worksheet and save it to your computer.

 

Step 4: Follow the directions on the worksheet to complete the assignment.

 

Step 5: Save your document as FirstInitial_LastName_JGR100_ A2.

 

Step 6: Submit your assignment using the Week 5 assignment link in Blackboard.

 

 

Formatting:

This course requires use of  Strayer Writing Standards (SWS).​

The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details. (Note: You’ll be prompted to enter your Blackboard login credentials to view these standards.)

 

Course Connections:

While completing this assignment, be sure to connect your responses to the course content you’ve learned so far. You should use specific phrases, ideas, and quotes from the Strayer Videos, Coach’s Huddle, Weekly Readings, and/or Discussion Questions to explain and support your thoughts.

 

 

 

 

Wait! Before you submit your assignment, did you…

· Review the scoring guide before you submit your assignment to Blackboard? The scoring guide will give you a clear understanding of the assignment expectations. If you are unclear on what is expected of you, please reach out to your instructor for support.

· Check your assignment for grammatical errors?

· Review your answers for clarity?

· Reach out to your instructor if you have any questions?

 

 

Scoring Guide Assignment 2: Understanding Your Strengths and Personality

 

Criteria Exemplary

90-100% A

 

Proficient

80-89% B

Fair

70-79% C

 

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

 

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

 

1. Identify your dominant style and provide a brief summary about what that style says about your management personality. Explain how you reacted to your results.

 

Weight: 20%

Identifies dominant style and provides a thorough summary explaining what that style says about your management personality and any surprises you may have had. Identifies dominant style and provides a satisfactory summary explaining what that style says about your management personality and any surprises you may have had.

 

Identifies dominant style and provides a partial summary explaining what that style says about your management personality and any surprises you may have had. Identifies dominant style and provides an insufficient summary explaining what that style says about your management personality and any surprises you may have had. Did not submit.

 

2. Identify your “priorities” and give examples of how they have helped you accomplish a task and/or be effective when working with others.

 

Weight: 20%

 

Identifies “priorities” and thoroughly describes examples of how they have helped you accomplish a task and/or be effective when working with others. Identifies “priorities” and satisfactorily describes examples of how they have helped you accomplish a task and/or be effective when working with others.

 

Identifies “priorities” and partially describes examples of how they have helped you accomplish a task and/or be effective when working with others.

 

Identifies “priorities” and insufficiently describes examples of how they have helped you accomplish a task and/or be effective when working with others.

 

 

Did not submit.

 

3. Identify three (3) of your motivators and three (3) of your stressors.

 

Weight: 10%

Identifies three (3) motivators and three (3) stressors. Identifies two (2) motivators and two (2) or less stressors OR two (2) of either the motivators or stressors and only one of the other.

 

Identifies one (1) motivator and one (1) stressor. Identifies one (1) motivator and zero (0) stressors or identifies zero (0) motivators and one (1) stressor. Did not submit.
4. Identify three (3) strengths and three (3) challenges that relate to your approach to directing and delegating. Explain why you chose them.

 

Weight: 20%

 

Identifies three (3) strengths and three (3) challenges that relate to your approach to directing and delegating. Provides a thorough explanation for why you chose them. Identifies two (2) strengths and two (2) or less challenges or identifies two (2) of one and only one (1) of the other.

Provides a satisfactory explanation for why you chose them.

Identifies one (1) strength and one (1) challenge that relates to your approach to directing and delegating. Provides a basic explanation for why you chose them. Identifies one (1) strength and zero (0) challenges or identifies zero (0) strengths and one (1) challenge that relates to your approach to directing and delegating. Provides a basic explanation for why you chose them.

 

Did not submit.
5. Identify three (3) jobs/careers that you believe would align well with your personality. Briefly explain why you feel as though your personality would be a good match for those jobs/careers.

 

Weight: 25%

Identifies three (3) jobs/careers that you believe would align well with your personality. Briefly explains why your personality would be a good match for those jobs/careers. Identifies two (2) jobs/careers that you believe would align well with your personality. Briefly explains why your personality would be a good match for those jobs/careers. Identifies one (1) job/career that you believe would align well with your personality. Briefly explains why your personality would be a good match for that job/career. Identifies 1-2 jobs/careers that you believe would align well with your personality. Does not explain why your personality would be a good match for those jobs/careers. Did not submit.
6. Write in a professional manner using proper grammar and spelling.

 

Weight: 5%

Writing is excellent.

Tone is professional and sophisticated. Shows logic, clarity, and consistent formatting.

Contains no spelling or grammatical errors.

Writing is mostly good.

Tone is professional.

Shows logic, clarity, and consistent formatting.

May contain few or no spelling and/or grammatical errors.

Writing is satisfactory.

Tone is somewhat professional.

Shows moderate logic, clarity, and/or consistent formatting.

May contain 2-4 spelling and/or grammatical errors.

 

Writing meets minimal standards.

Tone is not professional.

Lacks one or more of logic, clarity, and/or consistent formatting.

May contain more than 4 spelling and/or grammatical errors.

 

Writing does not meet minimal standards.

Tone is not professional.

Wholly lacking in logic, clarity, and/or consistent formatting. Contains many spelling and/or grammatical errors.

 

 

 

 

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