Sense and Sensibility-ness-ing-ly

COMMUNICATION STYLE

Steve, you have strong social skills and are excellent at quickly establishing rapport. You enjoy talking to people and do so with enthusiasm and spontaneity. Your style of fast, lively expression is both engaging and effective. You are a fluent speaker who expresses thoughts quickly, optimistically, and persuasively.

Also, Steve, you respond to people with flexibility and open-mindedness. You relay a tone that is uninhibited, creative, and, at times, quite independent.

You enjoy talking and can put people at ease. You use a fun, indirect style of communication. You are people-oriented and can easily relate with another person's point of view.

Steve, you are a natural team player. You readily delegate authority, and you embrace training. You do not care to be involved with too many technical details. You let others set game plans, priorities and time frames.

You function well when you are allowed a lot of people-interaction. You would rather talk about details than write them down. You enjoy being the focus of attention. 

LEADERSHIP

Leadership Style: Persuasive
You perform your leadership role by using your fine ability to interpret people's actions and dialogue, and then by persuading them to do things your way. You like to build team spirit and rely upon team decisions. You develop your subordinates, and you delegate both authority and details. You actively promote change and like to find new ways of reaching goals.

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

You balance solid, goal-oriented achievement and a relaxed approach to life. You may fluctuate between periods of highly motivated, achievement-oriented activity and periods of more easy-going behavior. Alternatively, you may demonstrate a sustained, moderate level of effort toward your goals. While you may not demonstrate an intense desire for achievement for its own sake, you are able to summon a sense of purposefulness and self-discipline when needed. The level of your positive motivation toward achievement may depend on the task or situation.

MOTIVATION

Motivation Needs:
Steve, you tend to be motivated by a great deal of interaction with people, and by identifying with a prestigious organization with a good public image. You desire opportunities to make more money for yourself, or to improve your status within the organization. You are motivated by praise, public recognition, and by acceptance. You are most productive when working as a team player, and when you are liked by others.

You tend to be demotivated if your territory or opportunity is reduced in size, or if you are not allowed a significant amount of people-interaction or teamwork. Insufficient recognition from management and/or peers can also affect your motivation. You can be demotivated by a perception of not being personally liked, and by not being invited to meetings with peers.

Primary Motivation:
- A lot of interaction with people.
- Meeting new people and making friends.
- Opportunities to make more money and improve status.
- Being a team player within the organization.
- Praise and public recognition.
- Identifying with an organization that has prestige and a good public image.
- Awareness of what is going on in the organization.
- Acceptance and being liked by others.

Primary Demotivation:
- You perceive you are not liked.
- You are not invited into meetings with your peers.
- Your territory, (opportunity) is reduced in size.
- You feel you are not part of the team.
- You do not have enough people contact.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Steve, your responses indicate that your Emotional Intelligence is exceptionally well developed. You tend to control or redirect any of your negative impulses or moods. You perform your work conscientiously, and delay gratification while pursuing your goals. You perform accurate self-appraisals of your talents and abilities. You are able to attune your own style to the emotional reactions of others. You strive continually for self-improvement. You do not allow negative emotions to interfere with your social interactions. 

So... what do you reckon? Sound like me?