PDP FOR CAREER PROGRESS

1. Intro to PDP

2. • Learn What the Selection Panel look for
Learning Objectives
• Understanding Personality & Leadership
• Understand the PDP Promise
• Get Started on Self Awareness –
Who Am I

3. Learn what the selection
panels look for

4. “Personality Assessment”
RoundTwo ……
GD’s, Case Studies, Interviews……
……tools to assess Personality
All about Personality

5. “What do we understand by PERSONALITY”
Personality
Personality is the external manifestation of who you are….

6. What “PERSONALITY is panel looking
for ……...”
Primary objective of B - schools……
……Developing Leaders.
What attributes make for a GOOD Leader?

7. What are a few
distinct qualities
of leaders?
Can you tell me?

8. Two Most Important Leadership Attributes
Vision + Goal Orientation
Having a goal and driving towards it with a plan
Confidence
The general sense of adequacy which
contributes to working towards the goal

9. Gain awareness of your
personality and the gaps
therein…..

10. Who am I ?

11. “Who am I?” provides a leadership personality
trait framework
Q1 – Motivation
Q2 – Self-awareness
Q3 – Pro-activity
Q4 – Action Orientation
B-School Essays – such scoring / evaluation is very
likely
Qualities of Leaders: “Who am I?”

12. Who am I ?
Two famous works
McClelland (1969); Dr Pareek and Dr Rao (1975)
Assumes two significant points :
Self description reveals individual psychic dynamics (and
not a set of trivial statements/ unthought out statements)
Combination of introspection and self presentation

13. Who am I ?
Most entrance forms to B-Schools are based on this
At least half the context of any interview is covered by “Who am I?”

14. “Who am I?” - Evaluation Example
“my decision to go for B.Com.
in spite of my father’s pressure
to go for engineering: this was
because I was very good at
Accountancy which I realized
during my 9th & 10th classes”
strength

15. “My decision to study in a
particular school for my 12th
because this school had courses
that worked on improving
personality: I gained a lot as I
was able get a better
understanding of myself and
to iron out a lot of my weak
areas”
Concern for
self
development
“Who am I?” - Evaluation Example

16. I am very disorganized and
sometimes take on more
work than I can handle
which makes me miss
deadlines sometimes.
Awareness
of
weakness
A
weakness
“Who am I?” - Evaluation Example

17. I am very good at teaching
and good person to have as a
friend, a brother or a son…
People find me mature and
dependable
personal
strength
personal
strength
“Who am I?” - Evaluation Example

18. Who am I?
This tool provides an excellent framework of
personality of the leader.
You need to find an answer through introspection
and by speaking with people who know you very
well.
Ensure that you find answers for ‘gap’ areas,
before interviews
What have we learned so far

19. Being relaxed adds an edge to your performance in
the selection process.
Finally, you are a EDUSHASTRA student, here are
two lines of advise:
The only real chance you have of making it is by
presenting your real self. Don’t manufacture answers.
For this you need to really know yourself inside out
Don’t be defensive… the panelists know what expect
from you at the stage of life you are in.
What have we learned so far

20. Any Questions?

21. To Summarize

22. What the selection panels
look for
GD’s,
Case Studies,
Interviews are
tools for “Personality Assessment”

23. No way you can be 100% proofed
What the selection panels
look for

24. The only real chance of beating
“the Unknown” is…
What the selection panels
look for

25. knowing yourself!
Personality is the external manifestation of
who you are…
What the selection panels
look for
The only real chance of beating
“the Unknown” is…

26. ManagementCourses
The PrimaryObjective
All ManagementCourses are about…
Developing Leaders.
Leaders who make the difference.

27. Task from the Session
Write one page on –
“Who am I?”

28. ThankYou