Essay On Self Evaluation

How did self-evaluations impact your self-awareness?

The evaluations brought so much to light. Over the years I have become more comfortable with self-assessments. However, on thing I have discovered along the way as I have grown is that looking within yourself requires thick skin. The benefit of self-assessments is having a strong knowledge of not only my strengths but my weaknesses and being able to share those weaknesses with those you work with builds trust. I have managed to do this through my network of colleagues and advisors but I must work more in trusting my team and revealing my vulnerabilities to them.

The leadership trait evaluation results were in alignment with my team’s perception of me. In the past, I have the separation between my feelings and the “job”. I have actually been criticized for this in the past by my wife who is a social worker. I

It makes sense that I would rank high in the technical and conceptual areas because that require diligence to learning and understanding things rather than dealing with the human element. Although I consider myself very personable, in the past I removed that side of my personality in the

I used to not be able to let tasks go for fear that they would be done incorrectly or that I could do them much faster without spending efforts on training, rework, etc. This changed some years ago as I reflected on the proverb “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. I have worked very hard and have made great strides and will continue to work even harder to trust my team members in the future. Allowing my team to take on more responsibilities stimulates growth and trust. If they fail, we simply discuss it and work toward the