Who Are You?

In this presentation we were challenged with defining our characteristics through our capabilities, ways of thinking and styles of working. These are the aspects of our personalities that enable people to understand our approach to our work, what it might be like to collaborate with us and how we might perform in a team situation. These are the professional aspects of our personalities and are known as Personality Type Indicators. 
 

We were asked questions such as:

How your personality traits work in your favour or create barriers for others to overcome?

Do do you make judgements about others based on their occupations or the way they dress?

How much do your skills say about your personality?

How do others perceive you?

After answering these questions we were given the necessary steps required to help understand ourselves better and how to more effectively communicate our ideas more clearly. We looked at examples and case studies, people who had also tried to define personalities, through archetypes; something I was familiar with from the first module. Carl Jung, from 1875 to 1961, describes The Self, The Shadow, The Anima or Animus, and The Persona.

Eventually we came to discuss our personality descriptors and were given the means of finding out which we were and what it means. I found my description to be quite accurate but found myself in agreement with other summaries as well, as I don't think you can accurately judge a human being from any single personality test. I came out as an ISPF, as did many other people.

This chart also helps define one's personality by scoring each topic out of 100 on level of importance. The idea is that the more space the red line encompasses, the more balanced your life is. I feel that this is personally more appropriate for judging someone's personality as you are then able to reflect and change on seeing the results, rather than simply dictating what sort of personality you have, and your strengths and weaknesses and vices according to the results.