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Understanding and building on your unique strengths
Unfortunately,
most of us have very little insight into our talents and strengths. As
a result we tend to focus the majority of our energy trying to
understand and correct our weaknesses instead of building on our
strengths. Edward Luttner Associates has incorporated programs to help
individuals to identify and clarify their talents and build on these
strengths.
A major component of Career Satisfaction is
self-knowledge and self-management. Extensive research indicates that
you will be happier and more productive when you are in a Career with
people that have a similar vision, goals, ethics, and drive.
Identifying your interests, the things you like to do, and the Career
Position that appeals to you, will increase your career satisfaction,
your positive attitude, your spiritual and physical well being, and
ultimately your overall happiness.
Behavioral Assessments
Career
assessments come in many forms and vary along several dimensions. Some
assessments are behavioral in nature. They focus on the individual's
significant life events, identifying building blocks that have allowed
them to develop in their career. Based on this information and data,
this behavioral assessment builds a career focus that is realistic,
that the individual can get excited about—and ultimately—be very
confident in.
People making career transitions do so for
very good reasons, some very serious reasons, otherwise they would
never conduct a transitional change or job search. When they do reach
the point of saying, “I need to make a good career change,”
many questions come into their minds that they did not have prior to
this transitional decision. Namely, they reflect on questions like: "How
long is it going to take me to make a good change? Will I be as
competent in the next situation as I have in the past? Will I be
respected, happy, and satisfied? Will the next situation be stable and
provide a good income so I can support my family?" These and
other reflective questions tend to deplete the individuals energies and
almost always erodes at their confidence base. The behavioral
assessment helps to bring these feelings and anxieties forward,
creating stronger self-knowledge—and allow the individual to focus
their energies on achieving a positive career change.
Personality Types
Another
assessment is a more nonjudgmental tool that looks at the strengths and
gifts of the individual. Understanding their personality type helps an
individual to understand and apply their personal preferences in a
positive way and appreciate the preferences of others that are
different then theirs. This understanding creates a stronger
communication and leadership style which ultimately leads to career
satisfaction.
EI: Emotional Intelligence & 360°
Finally,
Edward Luttner Associates is accredited and certified by the HayGroup
to administer the Emotional and Social Competency Inventory. This
on-line instrument (ESCI) measures the behaviors that contribute to
leadership effective performance. This instrument focuses on behaviors
that are observable, recognizable and distinct. The feedback package
shows participants how others experience their behavior in terms of the
consistency with which they demonstrate emotional and social
intelligence competencies. It helps the participants to appreciate
their strengths, to recognize how consistently they do certain things,
and to identify what they can do to be more effective leaders. The
competency Model focuses on: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social
Awareness, and Relationship Management.
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