Who am I?
This is an interesting question that can be answered at many levels.
Over the years of self-discovery, there have been a few tools that have helped me understand myself better.
First is the Gallup Strength Finder. Through this, I learnt that 5 top strengths are Ideation, Maximiser, Empathy, Responsibility and Harmony. The maximiser is interesting because I’m always pushing my team to do more but at the same time I have a lot of empathy for them.
Second is the Personality Plus. Thank you Malar Villi Suppramaniam for training my team on this. Through this I learnt that I am a Choleric person. Meaning I can be a bit too fast sometimes and I am more of the big picture person. So it means that sometimes I kena slow down sikit for other people otherwise they won’t understand me at all.
Third is about the VAKAD. Thank you Alleena Abdullah for doing this training for my team. Through this I learnt that I am well balanced however more of an auditory and kinesthetic person. Which means I respond better to audio and touch.
All these has helped me understand ‘Who am I’ and with this it has helped me in my interaction with my team and the people around me. Since now I know that everyone is unique and have their own personality, strengths and preferred method of communication, I boleh adjust my style to match their style to connect more better.
For example, if I know that one of my team is more of an auditory person then I should send him more video training materials rather than ask him to read books. If I know that one of my team is a Melancholy (analytical) person, then I need to give her more details when I’m giving them some new task.
