SELF ASSESSMENT
As a mediator, one needs to be able to learn through awareness of
their strengths and weaknesses and their experience in order to
maintain competence and develop good mediation practice. The following
are my strengths and weaknesses;
STRENGTH
PASSION;
“I’m a problem solver. I love taking a problem and looking at it from every angle. I enjoy
work that challenges me and pushes me to think outside the box. I enjoy situations where I am
allowed to work with other people to come up with creative solutions. At my last company we
were asked to come up with ways to increase our work flow without decreasing our accuracy.
By really analyzing what every department was doing and finding ways to work together more
efficiently, I was able to not only streamline the process, but made it possible for us to beat our
previous deadline by three days with a superior product as an end result.”
ACTION-ORIENTED
I am the type of person who gets thing done, whether on my own or through other people. I make
good on your own commitments, and I make sure that other people do as well. Whatever I need
to do for a project, I follow through on it.
For instance, if am leading a project at work, and I need to coordinate numerous people and tasks
to ensure that the effort is completed on time. I hold a meeting for the project team to address a
few problems that have cropped up. During the meeting, the team decides to make a few
changes, such as hiring a different vendor to handle certain parts of the project and using a new
process for carrying out another aspect of the project.
I will close the meeting by getting the group to clarify who's responsible for implementing which
changes, as well as when the changes should be made. In the coming weeks, I check with the
various team members to ensure that the changes they were responsible for are proceeding as
planned. An action orientation is important in any position, but it's especially critical if you're
managing people who are not highly self-motivated
COMMUNICATIONALIST:
When you are successful in communicating verbally, you can clearly pass your personal
thoughts and ideas to another person. To be able to do this, you must relate to the person you are
communicating to; in turn, that person will relate to you. When you relate to a person, they are
more inclined to really listen to what you are saying and will also be able to understand more
easily, for one to be a good communicator the person will first be a good listener and a good
speaker as well.
I am a good speaker, and when I speak, I command attention to me, it
is in born, not something I had to practice to actually possess. I have been to places where I had
to speak to youths, children even adults. Sometimes, I am surprised as to how the audience I
speak to pay attention to me when I speak. ICMC training has in one way or
another got me closer to embracing this fact totally without hesitation.
TRUSTWORTHY
You can trust me because am honest, reliable, I say what I mean and mean what I say. Am
responsible and that helps me behave in a sensible way. I am dependable you can trust me to do
what you need and what you expect. Am loyal, am steady and faithful.
SELF CONTROLLED
Self-control, an aspect of inhibitory control, is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts,
and behavior in the face of temptations and impulses.
I have watched myself over time control things that would have orderly made me get mad on
someone. I think is good part of me that people love so much. No matter how hard one gets me
angry or spoil my property all I do is keep calm and allow the person/people realize that there at
fault.
WEAKNESSES
PERFECTIONIST
I am actually a perfectionist; always want everyone around me to get
it right. I want things around me to be very neat and well kept. Sometimes it appears as a good
trait to have, and other times it is just not right, since it appears as if that I am imposing
on others rather than letting them be themselves.
SELF CRITIC
Being self critical and beating myself up like this might be my biggest strength. It drives me to
get better and improve. But, it often means I don’t appreciate the progress I am making. It stops
me being happy with where I am, and appreciating the present moment.
STRAIGHT FORWARD
Being straight is basically both strength and weakness. Sometimes you being straight forward
could help others for their good and sometimes it could hurt others badly to the extent of
suiciding. I feel this is a weakness because I know that a mediator needs to listen well enough
and be patient. Being straight forward is actually a best skill one can have in his life time. You
should be straight forward to the things which can help others. Like if you are in a debate then
you put your point straight forward and you don't beat around the bush. If you are not in a debate
and you are being straight forward it could hurt others.
CONCLUSION
So knowing your personal strengths and weaknesses can give you a lot of insights in
understanding and changing yourself. And it will help you to make the right decisions. Knowing
your personal strengths and weaknesses can help you a lot in choosing the right career or making
good decisions. Because if you are able to focus what you do around your personal strengths,
you have the chance to create something remarkable, while making it look like it’s almost
effortless for you.
