1. Michael Olsen
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Talents
Decision Making
You have proficiency for making high-quality decisions based on limited information.
You have the ability for being thorough, deliberate and timely, and having attention to detail.
You have an extraordinary disposition for gathering and critically evaluating relevant information, recognizing solutions and using
facts, logic and experience to buttress your opinions.
You have an extraordinary ability for expressing your opinions and beliefs and a tendency for exerting dominance.
Innovation
You have a proficiency for generating creative ideas, out-of-the-box solutions to problems and entrepreneurship.
You have an extraordinary disposition for working with abstract ideas and developing unconventional solutions.
You can understand the basic problems at work and generate possible solutions.
You have an extraordinary disposition for being receptive and flexible to different ideas, perspectives, and changing demands.
Persuasion
You have a proficiency for convincing others of a direction, activity or idea and influencing the decision making processes.
You can be collaborative, confident and accepting of criticism.
You can be friendly, excited, and socialize with large groups, helping you to attract people and be influential.
You have an extraordinary ability to sway the thinking and behavior of co-workers and customers who initially disagree.
2. Your Personality
You are...
Receptive, adaptive, flexible, unconventional,and reflective
Curious,analytical,reflective, imaginative and creative
Influential,dominant,persuasive,authoritative,and self-confident
Objective tough-minded,frank and direct with others
Professional Advice
Are you in the right career for your personality?
Professionally, you are...
Exceptionally well suited to organizations and positions thatare growing and changing quicklyand have varying daily tasks a nd
projects.
Exceptionally well suited to positions thatwill demand continuous learning and imagining new and differentways of doing things.
Exceptionally well suited to positions thatbenefitfrom a strong preference and abilityto take the lead on tasks and projec ts.
Exceptionally well suited to organizations and positions thatappreciate a high level of frankness and critical thinking.
Exceptionally well suited to positions with clear and attainable goals.
Exceptionally well suited to organizations or positions thatneed someone competitive to push others to perform at their best.
Well suited to work that is not constantly stressful or rushed
At work, you...
Delightin a wide variety of new and different experiences.
Delightin thinking aboutabstract ideas and a variety of subjects.
Love opportunities to express your opinions, give instructions and welcome attention.
Greatly prefer being objective,tough-minded and directwith others.
Greatly prefer achieving clear,attainable goals.
Greatly prefer being competitive,dissatisfied with maintaining the status quo or placating others.
Appreciate foreseeable and predictable challenges.
You would be happiest in positions where you will...
Have to change and adapttasks and projects on a daily basis - common in fastgrowing,changing or new business.
Be continuouslylearning,and pushing for constantimprovements.
Usuallylead on tasks and projects.
Be valued for often being objective, skeptical,and engage in heated discussions or disagreements.
Be provided with very clear, established and achievable goals.
Be valued for often pushing others outof their comfort zone to accomplish goals.
Usuallybe able to avoid very stressful or time-sensitive work demands.
3. Interview & Position Guide
Questions you should ask yourself and your interviewer when interviewing for a new position:
Will the role require you to keep continually stepping out of your comfort zone?
You are highly receptive, adaptive, flexible, unconventional, and reflective. You are likely to be dissatified if you aren't expanding
your horizons, having new experiences, encountering new ideas, and meeting new people.
Will the role require investigating and solving a changing array of new problems?
You are highly curious, analytical, and imaginative. If the problems and projects don't regularly change, you are likely to get bored.
Will the role require you to be in the driver seat and to lead projects?
You are highly dominant. You are likely to feel dissatisfied if you are made to feel like a subordinate.
Will the role let you sympathize with people or will you need to force yourself to be skeptical of others?
You are highly empathetic and supportive of others. If you have to enforce rules and policies, and hound others as part of the role,
then you are likely to feel exhausted and dissatisfied.
Will the role provide you with the kind of goals that would satisfy you?
You are highly ambitious. If you the goals are not big enough, you are likely to feel dissatisfied.
Will the role allow you to be a team player or will you need to be a competitor/adversary to others or the status quo?
You are highly generous, considerate and cooperative. If your team members are also your opponents, you are likely to need to
be guarded and will likely feel dissatisfied in the role.
Will the role present enough to keep you engaged and excited?
You are extremely calm and level-headed. You are likely to enjoy the challenge and excitement provided by unplanned events
and unforeseen problems.