om a culture (Germany) were you are being taught from early on to control your emotions.Trustworthiness is very important to me. I always try to keep my standards of honesty and integrity at the very highest level. This has been taught to me by my parents all of my life and it is the prerequisite for me to feel good about who I am. On the other hand I am a little slow when it comes to handling change. I usually like things the way they are and need to be convinced that changes are good before I can embrace them.This does not have any influence on my being comfortable with innovation though. I believe that constant improvement is very essential in everyone’s life and advancement. I usually promote new ideas and also like to try them out if they seem promising.As far as my achievement drive is concerned I believe it is moderate. Sometimes I get a little complacent, being happy with who I am and where I am. This in return makes me stop earlier in projects than I should, sometimes not achieving my full potential.Group members can always depend on me though. My initiative and optimism are outstanding, because I hate nothing more than letting other people down. So I always strive to give my best for the group and stay confident and optimistic that the set goals can be achieved.As far as my social competence is concerned, I believe that I have a moderate ability of understanding others’ feelings and perspectives and sometimes I probably do not take enough interest in their matters. I sometimes do not anticipates others’ need well, although this is sometimes different in client relationships, where I can be very attentive to the client’s needs. I am very good at reading groups dynamics however. I have a good sense of developing opportunities through different people and can use a group’s hierarchy and power relationships well to achieve goals.I have plenty of experience with influencing others and winning them for ...
