In this episode of ICommunicate, Mark discusses how to use a tool to assess yourself, compare yourself to your peers/competitors, and also to find career growth opportunities.

Segment 1:

If somebody were to ask you what your greatest strengths and weaknesses are, would you be able to tell them with confidence what those are? How can we determine what our greatest strengths and weaknesses are? Who should we be approaching to gather feedback?

Segment 2:

We all have unique strengths that differentiate us from our peers, but determining what those are is often challenging. What strategies can we use to generate feedback for ourselves? What questions can we ask to understand what our positive and negative blind spots are?

Segment 3:

In your process for determining success, are you identifying areas that you’re improving on, or just focusing on outcomes? What questions should we be asking ourselves to identify our weaknesses? How can we build confidence in areas of our personal and professional lives that we believe we struggle in?

Segment 4:

Often there are opportunities for us to take advantage of in our personal and professional lives that we don’t see as obvious. What questions can we ask ourselves to recognize the opportunities around us, even when it seems like there aren’t any? What is the difference between internal and external threats, and how can we identify and act on them?