EXERCISE: MY IDENTITY, VALUES, PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOURS

Work through each of the 4 parts of the ‘onion’ yourself.

Identity:

Think of as many “I am” statements as you can until you are sure you have described everything about
your identity.

I am_______

I am_______

I am_______

I am_______

I am_______

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Values:

1. Select everything from the list below that is important to you

2. From the selected, choose the top 10 values that are of most importance to you

3. For each of the selected values, ask yourself how are you bringing it to life? What else can you do to
satisfy this value?

A well-known You like being part of a well-known organisation.

organisation
Artistic You enjoy work involving drawing, designing, making music, making models,
etc.
Being an expert You like being known as someone with special knowledge or skills.
Big picture You enjoy defining top-level priorities and sharing the direction of things.
Challenge You enjoy being ‘stretched’ and given new problems to work on.
Change You enjoy working in an environment that is constantly changing.
Communication You enjoy being able to express ideas well in writing or in speech.
Competition You enjoy competing against other people or groups.
Conflict You enjoy addressing and resolving conflict in work.
Contact with You enjoy having a lot of contact with people.
people
Creativity Thinking up new ideas and ways of doings things is important to you.
Crisis You find satisfaction in responding to a crisis situation.
Change You enjoy when things are changing
Development You enjoy mentoring and teach less-experienced colleagues.
Dress code You like being free to choose what you wear to work.
Excitement It is important for you to have a lot of excitement in your work.
Fast pace You enjoy working rapidly at a high pace.
Feedback It is important for you to receive regular feedback.
Friendship You like to have close friendships with people at work.
Fun You like there to be fun and laughter as part of everyday work.
Global perspective You enjoy having a role that involves other countries.
Help society You like to think that your work is producing something worthwhile for society.
Helping others It is important to you to help other people either individually or in groups, as
part of your work.
Improvising You like having to think on the spot and improvise to find solutions.
Independence You like to be able to work in the way you want, without others telling you
what to do.
Integrity and trust It is important to be seen as authentic and trustworthy.
Learning It is important for you to learn new things.
Loyalty It is important to you to show commitment and dedication.
Making decisions It is important to you to have to make decisions about how things should be
done, who should do it and when it should be done.
Money Earning a large amount of money is important to you.
Peace You prefer to have fewer pressures or uncomfortable demands.
Persuading people You enjoy persuading people to buy something or change their minds about
something.
Physical challenge You enjoy doing something that is physically demanding.
Place of work It is important that you work in the right country/city or part of the

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 country/city for you.
Planning You like to plan in great detail and take satisfaction from everybody following
the plan.
Precise work You like working at things that involve great care and concentration.
Pressure You like working to deadlines.
Problem solving You enjoy working through issues to find solutions.
Promotion You like to work where there is a good chance of promotion.
Recognition You like people to appreciate you for the work that you do.
Responsibility You like taking the lead on projects or key areas of work.
Risk You like to take risks.
Routine You like a work routine which is fairly predictable.
Security It is important to you to know you will always have a job.
Status You enjoy being in a position that leads other people to respect you.
Supervision You enjoy being responsible for work done by others.
Technology You like to be using the latest technology.
Time freedom You prefer to be able to choose your own times for doing things, not having
rigid work hours.
Values It is important for you to work for an organisation whose values and ways of
working align with your own.
Variety You enjoy having lots of different things to do.
Purpose You like to know what the purpose of your work is and how your work
contributes to the organisation.
Work and home It is important for you to be able to have a clear distinction between work
time and your personal life.
Work with others You like to work in a team alongside others.
Working alone You like to work on your own.

My top 10 values

Number Value How I am currently living it?

10

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Personality:

Complete this short personality assessment about you.

There are nine personality scales in the description of how you could behave (numbered 1 and 5). If
you feel that you fit one of these descriptions well, give yourself a 1 or 5 as appropriate. If you are a
mixture of the two descriptions, give yourself a rating between 2 and 4 as appropriate. (Please note
that 1 does not mean ‘bad’ and 5 ‘good’ or vice versa. Simply decide a rating that best describes you.)

Description of a 1 Description of a 5

I work best independently, being given a I am great team player, preferring to

task then having the freedom to work on it produce work collaboratively and discuss
in my own way and making my own ideas and decisions with peers.
decisions.

I work best when I can get started on a I work best with last-minute pressure, so
project early, so I thrive when I can make thrive when left to manage my own time
slow and steady progress towards a and work hard to meet the deadline as it’s
deadline, avoiding last-minute pressure. approaching.

I enjoy detailed planning. I find detailed planning over-the-top.

I would describe myself as a very quiet I would describe myself as a very outgoing
individual at work. individual at work.

In meetings I prefer to listen to other In meeting I am vocal and very forceful with
people’s points of view and to accommodate my points and prefer to voice rather than
others’ points of view rather than voicing listen to opinions.
my own.

I like to be constantly stretched and I am happiest when working well within my

challenged and really enjoy working outside comfort zone, completing familiar tasks to a
of my comfort zone. high standard.

I would be described as serious at work, I would be described as a ‘fun’ member of

focusing hard on the task at hand. the team, who balances getting the job
done with creating an enjoyable
atmosphere.

I prefer to have my personal achievements I prefer to have my personal achievements

privately rewarded. publicly rewarded.

I work best when I am left to put the I work best when someone else puts the
pressure on myself to get things done and pressure on me to keep going and try my
try my hardest. hardest,

For a more detailed personality profile, head over to the free online assessment 16personalities.com.
To save your results, please create a personal profile.

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Behaviour:

How has everything you have learned about yourself (identity, values and personality) shape your
behaviours. List as many things as you can think of. Feel free to ask a colleague or a friend to give you
some feedback too.

Type your answers here…

Adapted from Price, A., & Price, D. (2012). Management: A Practical Guide (1st ed.). Icon Books Ltd.

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