Intellect - Thinker
Skills - Communicator
Emotions - Theorist
Dynamism - Grafter
Your Core Skills
A natural academic, you have an extremely impressive capacity for deep analytical thinking. You are able to absorb and efficiently interpret extremely complex material. This is balanced with strong communications skills. You are confident about expressing yourself and feel most comfortable when channels of communication are open.
Potential Areas Of Weakness
You have a low tolerance for inefficiency or for muddled thinking and this may mean that you are reluctant to collaborate except with the most impressive minds you know. As a result, you may come across as arrogant and valuable contributions may be missed. Your need to think things through rigorously may mean that you fail to fulfill the potential of your dynamic creative mind.
Areas You Might Want To Work On
* pay more attention to personal management tasks and time planning
* make the effort to ensure that communication is two-way - actively encourage and listen to feedback from your colleagues
* embrace your creative streak and allow yourself to make informed leaps of faith if required
Careers That May Suit You
scientific journalist
university professor
detective
forensic pathologist
consultant
Your Detailed Personality Assessment
You clearly have an impressive and flexible intellect which you are able to apply successfully to whatever takes your fancy. You work best when you are energised by challenging ideas and concepts. You owe it to yourself to make sure that your work environment offers you maximum stimulation and satisfaction. By keeping things fresh you will find the buzz and intellectual reward that you need to keep you exhilarated. You have great potential when it comes to inspiring others so it would be really worthwhile to try to incorporate an element of this interaction into your daily work.
When it comes to leadership, you believe that encouragement and support are the key to getting the best performance out of your colleagues.
You have a good appreciation of how working with others can help you to grow. Your self-development is enhanced by recognising the value and learnings that effective team-work can bring.
As far as you're concerned, hard work is the best way to achieve your goals. Short cuts to success are just a false economy. You tend to be quite traditional in your perspective and like to have a clear sense of your career milestones. You believe that effort should be rewarded and that if you put in the hours you'll reap the benefits. However that doesn't mean you always follow your own wisdom. It can be hard to maintain intense levels of focus all the time.
Life may feel quite stark to you right now. It's sometimes hard to see a way out of the daily grind, as if you're stuck on a treadmill with no way of getting off. Work worries are only adding to your general stress level. You're naturally quite a sensitive person. You don't like uncertainty and prefer to feel secure.
The way you approach each day can have huge implications for your success in the workplace. Bouncing out of bed with a spring in your step doesn't exactly come naturally to you. You sometimes find it difficult to get moving in the mornings. It might be worth trying to reinvigorate your morning routine so that getting out of bed is more of a pleasure than a battle! That way you can face the day firing on all cylinders. If you haven't already, why not try exploring some evening relaxation techniques that might help you get the rest you need - whether it's yoga, a soak in the tub or even a full-on gym session. It could make all the difference.
The Future
Getting back to work can be a bit daunting. There are so many decisions to make about which direction to choose and how best to present yourself to prospective employers. But you should definitely be proud of yourself for making the move and recognise that even the search itself is an excellent development opportunity. Try not to feel too daunted by the challenges ahead. These are the kind of experiences that will really allow you to develop as a person and avoid getting stuck in tired situations with little growth potential. Risk is an important factor in life and you need to allow yourself to embrace uncertainty and the opportunities that it represents, instead of allowing it to intimidate you.
