Hogan Reflection

I think the data leader score is most accurate to me. Under my expectation, I fell into the low category and I know that will happened even when I was doing the test. During the test, I met lots of questions asking about do I love science or math, I believe I put solid No for every single one. This is a good alignment with my actual situation, I am that type of person who view experience more than just data. I am more willing to learn things from what I actually did rather than read through those report.

Before I actually look into the report, I thought my primary strength would fall under thought or people leader, and both of them are validating from the Hogan.

“I like dealing with people very much, and I can also be very sensitive to the emotional changes of people around me”.

Perhaps this is why I am so interested in marketing, because we must have the ability to understand consumers in order to accurately market to target customers. In addition, I don’t like to confine myself to some traditional activities. During college, I always wanted to break some traditional ways of holding events and try some new ways to attract more participants. Of course, although PEOPLE and THOUGHT are two of my strengths, they do create problems when it comes to actual practice. From the perspective of PEOPLE, I sometimes care too much about what other people think and thus influence my own choices that may be more reasonable or correct. I think my personal stance is very easily influenced by others. From THOUGHT’s point of view, I like to break the rules, but sometimes my ideas are unrealistic, which makes me unable to realize them in practice. I remember a few times when my ideas of event planning was rejected because my ideas were very difficult to realize in real life. Since then, I've really come to realize this and have been making more centered plans.

I am indeed a person with a very active mind, but in real life, I think it can be discussed in different situations. In real life, I like to travel on a whim, and I hope to experience a city in a random state. But when I actually do things or homework, I am a very planned person. I will implement the details and timeline in advance, so I actually think my thought leader score can be a little higher. In addition, I also willing to improve my score for Results Leader. Being a good team player is important, but there are indeed many decisions in life that require me to make decisive decisions on me own. I think this result also implies a personality that depends on others. I don't seem to be completely confident in my choices. Although sometimes I am very sure of my own choices rationally, I always feel that gaining the approval of others can make me feel more safety. I think this is an area that I need to slowly improve.

In my MSM cohort, I think my friend Lauren can help me improve as the process leader, I remembered she got a high score for that, and in real life, she indeed is very prudent and planned ahead with details. We also have some group work, and I think her strengths will make up my weaknesses.