My top seven strengths were:
- Affirmation
- Ideals and beliefs
- Optimizer
- Relationships
- Visibility
- Discipline
- Outreach
My top seven areas of improvement were:
- Intellectual stimulation
- Change agent
- Communication
- Culture
- Flexibility
- Input
- Monitor/Evaluate
The leadership self-assessment was eye-opening to say the least. My top seven strengths were indicative of my personality more than my leadership style. I suppose there is overlap between those two but my personality should not be quite so dominant in the way it encroaches in on my leadership. Affirmation only correlates .19 with student achievement. If you had asked me before looking at the chart to predict the correlation, I would have expected it to be higher. Ideals/beliefs only correlates .22 to student achievement. Optimizer correlates at .20, continuing the trend of my personality correlating poorly with student achievement. Relationships correlates terribly at .18. Visibility correlates at .20, Discipline at .27, and Outreach at .27 also. Of my top seven strengths, it appears my personality might lend itself to leadership that does not correlate well with student achievement.
My areas of improvement, however, correlated much better than my areas of strength. Intellectual stimulation correlates at .24, change agent correlates at .24, Communication correlates at .23, Culture correlates at .25, Flexibility correlates at .28, Input correlates at .25, and Monitor/Evaluate correlates at .27.
It’s been interesting to note just how poorly my personality correlates with student achievement. Of course, this is all conjecture, but I have to assume myself to be sufficiently meta-aware enough to know how my personality informs my leadership. This experience has been beneficial in that now I know what areas to focus on so that I can grow as a leader and hopefully increase my correlation with student achievement.
Really good insight Chris. I can say from lots of experience that my personality directly impacts my leadership style and my abilities to lead in certain environments and situations. I've learned to both rely on my personal traits and also figured out how to use some of my less dominate traits when necessary. It actually does take practice.
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