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PL 101: The Big 5 (Discussion 3)

GlenM June 29th, 2020

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Hello Leadership Crew!

I am having a blast with you all. This leadership program is a lot of fun and Im glad we are doing it. I think itll help across many fronts. Shout out to @aleks2 and @quietmagic for their help looking at the first batch of results on our leadership composition. ÃÂ

Here is a summary:

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Here is a summary from @quietmagic on what our collective - all of us together - strengths and weaknesses might be:

Leadership Crew Strengths:

Altruism/motivation: Having a deep passion for helping people that drives all we do and creates a feeling of purpose and meaning

Idealism: Having inspiring dreams and visions of just how unbelievably powerful and beneficial this site can be: imagining all of the good we might be able to create, all of the suffering we might be able to help heal

Kindness: Being able to create a kind, cooperative, culture that is gentle and considerate with people's feelings

Compassion: Being able to understand, connect with, and feel an urgency to resolve the needs, concerns, or problems of the people that we serve

Relationship: Feeling a yearning for deep, meaningful connections with others, creating a community where people are able to be authentic and feel a sense of belongingness

Leadership Crew Weaknesses

Practical implementation: Developing and optimizing systems, managing the fine details for concretely achieving our broad goals

Risk-taking: Being willing to take risks or make drastic changes to existing systems/practices where needed

The above analysis feels/seems right to me. This new leadership program in fact can be seen as one way that we are attempting to address a growth area by optimizing our leadership systems! And, zooming back, if there was going to be a team of people that was going to try to pull off the impossible (a free emotional support system), then I think itd be with the leadership composition described above under strengths. Itll take a lot of optimism and kindness to make this a reality!

Okay, lets transition to the next exercise and discussion.

Begin by taking the Big 5 test and answering the following questions. You can also read more on the Big 5 here ÃÂ and below.

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

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CurrySoup12 March 21st, 2023

@GlenM

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

I'm introverted and agreeable


2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?

I'm organized and reliable

I tend to consider the feelings of others

I can remain calm in tense situations

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

I can move ahead with confidence in knowing my strengths and where I should focus my energy.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

I know how I can be an effective leader and the specific strengths I have correspond to specific skills that make a good leader: empathy, patient, and reserved.

eternalCloud4864 March 27th, 2023

1.I am creative,emotional


2.Generous,emphatic,open minded


3.By knowing my strength and weakness,and how to work on it


4.I am emphatic and open minded and that it what it takes to be a leader and for people to follow you and 7Cups is all about leading people to the right part they choose

eternalCloud4864 March 27th, 2023
  1. i tend to worry a lot but I’m open minded

2.I am open minded which is a good thing also I’m good at giving creative ideas and emphatic

3.It will help me in identifying and creating ideas for important decision making also easy relation to others

4.It will help me in relating to the members freely.And also be creative in our sessions

RainbowRosie April 3rd, 2023

@GlenM

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself?

🌹 I feel I know myself well so not so much learning about myself, more confirmation which is always nice.

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test?

🌹 Conscientious 🌹 Agreeable 🌹 Calm and relaxed

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?

🌹 To know I am capable to continue to help others whilst continuing to learn and grow.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career?

🌹 I will make me more aware of my strengths and weaknesses and know where extra work is needed to be focussed.

eternalCloud4864 April 3rd, 2023

1.I learnt that I can be very careful and anxious

2.I am open minded,Friendly,agreeable

3.My strength will help me in being and making people comfortable for now I work in customer care so the strength I possess will help me a lot

4.On 7Cups this strengths will help me relate easily and also be able to asssist the members and listeners

Heart4art April 12th, 2023

@GlenM I scored 97% on open-mindedness. The rest were kind of in the middle range. Open-mindedness makes sense, when combining with the ENFJ. I take that to mean I am a creative problem solver in my work and personal life.

serenePeace3726 January 30th

1. What were the main things you learned about yourself? well this just reaffirmed that I am an extroverted introvert.

2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test? good natured, Social, and calm. my kids might disagree with this, especially the calm one.

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life?I think I was already pretty aware of all my results and I think they track and of course been very self assure and self-aware is extremely helpful in real life.

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career? I think being a very non-judgmental, empathetic, perceptive person definitely helps.

@GlenM What were the main things you learned about yourself?


2. What are your top 3 strengths according to this test? Reliable , Supportive and kind

3. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in your personal life? It can help me be more reliable and supportive to others as well as myself 

4. How can the strengths you identified on both tests help you in a leadership role on 7 Cups and in your career? It’s always good to be reliable it means I can be counted on and I think that’s a great aspect to have in any career or work