Graduation Speech An Achiever - 1314 Words

Achiever. My fifth SBL attribute, the only from outside the strategic category, is achiever. An achiever can be defined as, â€Å"[A person who has] a great deal of stamina and work hard† (Rath Conchie, 2008, p. 103). Rath and Conchie (2008) also state that achievers somehow love to work hard; aside from those who are considered ‘workaholics,’ I do not believe that the majority of hard workers want to neglect whole aspects of their lives to succeed at whatever enterprise they are undertaking. My story in education is one of an ‘underdog;’ however, I did not enjoy being this underdog for one moment. How much better would it have been if I could simply work as others did? At one point in my life, I was put into a position in which I knew†¦show more content†¦In these cases, the test would show that I, for instance, did not particularly enjoy historic events or looking to the future’s possibilities (actual question). In truth, I lo ve history and I love looking at the possibilities. More importantly, the other leadership assessments findings were not compatible with the SBL. According to Northouse’s (2016) Skills Inventory, I scored roughly equal for all three measurements (technical skills 21, human skills 2, and conceptual skills 20). Yes, one can say that I would make one great middle manager (Northouse, 2016), but the information here completely contradicts the scores that I received on the SBL, which suggested that my true strengths lie in the conceptual/strategic realm. All of these measures differ widely from the qualitative strengths bombardment. In class, my classmates picked and chose what they thought were adjectives which closely identified my characteristics. One classmate suggested that I was determined, strategic, personable, and experience/intellect. My other classmate suggested that I was adaptable, a go-getter, creative, and likeable. Aside from the one â€Å"strategic† an swer that my classmate gave me, none of the other attributes were present in my paper assessments. Yes, it can be argued that, except for the 360 feedback, the other assessments were self-reported. I would like to counter that paper assessments do not take context,