Understanding your Executive’s personality, behaviors, and communication preferences is crucial to building an effective relationship and partnership.
But first…
You also need to put in the work to understand your own personality, behaviors, and communication preferences!
Being self-aware and understanding your personality and communication preferences is incredibly important for Assistants. This work has to start with you so that you know your own preferences and can align yourself with your Executive’s.
It’s time to take some personality tests!
The 1:1 Meeting Template for Executives and Assistants gives you the steps to ensure that when you have a one-to-one meeting with your Executive, you get through all the work you need to cover and maximise your time together.
What’s unique about this test is that it measures five broad dimensions of personality, rather than simply categorizing you as one type or another. You receive a percentage for each of the five factors:
Here is the link to take the Big Five personality test.
Here are a few more tests worth taking to learn more about yourself and your preferences:
Take the tests and share your results with your Executive. Ask if they have taken any tests and can share their results with you. Knowing and understanding your personality, behavior, and communication preferences is key to creating an effective relationship with any of your Executives.
It’s your responsibility to stay aware of what makes both you and your Executive unique. Taking the initiative to better understand yourself through personality tests will set a foundation for clear communication, especially with Executives!
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