Quiz: What Type of Achiever Am I? After reading the scenarios and questions, select the answer that best describes you. Your supervisor has tasked you with organizing refreshments for an event she is hosting. The event will be an outreach opportunity to showcase the work your organization is doing in the community. The budget is small, so she suggests asking members of the organization to contribute enough food for both the members and several guests. Because the event is open, a specific headcount cannot be determined. 1 / 10 Question 1: Although the event is open to all, the supervisor is asking every member to bring at least one guest. Since the event is to be held midmorning, you decide to serve a selection of savory and sweet items. To assign the treats each member should bring: After determining how many treats each member should bring, you create a sign-up sheet for the members to complete on a first-come, first-serve basis. Although you specify how many treats each member should bring, they can freely choose between savory or sweet. After determining how many treats each member should bring, you carefully delegate assignments so there is an equal distribution of savory and sweet, and enough variety in each category. After determining how many treats each member should bring, you carefully assign a specific savory or sweet treat to each member. Just in case a member does not bring her assigned treats, you bring an extra plate of both savory and sweet treats. You decide to ask the members to bring enough of their favorite treat for themselves and to share with others. That should ensure enough refreshments for all. The refreshments are only meant to complement the presentation by the supervisor. 2 / 10 Question 2: As the event draws to a close, a member of the organization who is also a professional caterer approaches you. Surveying the food remaining on the banquet tables, she notes the remaining treats are the perfect quantity—not too many, nor too few. Everyone has had their fill, and nothing was wasted. In response: You breathe a sigh of relief. All the hard work has paid off. Thank her for her insight and ask her how she liked the event overall. Bask in her praise. Surprised, you wonder why it is such a big deal. 3 / 10 Question 3: Just as the professional caterer walks away, your supervisor approaches you. Surveying the food remaining on the banquet table, she points out certain items are completely gone. She is concerned some attendees were unable to sample everything. Your response: Deflated, you apologize and leave as soon as you can. You apologize and promise to do better next time. You apologize, but inwardly you shrug your shoulders. After all, she’s not a professional party planner. You share the observations of the caterer and ask your supervisor for her thoughts. Your schedule has been very busy for the last few weeks. You’ve put off working on a gift you are making for your mother’s birthday. You finally have a free evening and look forward to catching up on your project. But before you can get started, a friend invites you to a little get-together at her house. It sounds like fun, but your mother’s birthday is coming up soon. When you explain your situation, she encourages you to bring your project and work on it during the get-together. 4 / 10 Question 4: Weighing the options, you make your decision: You go to the party and decide to purchase a gift for your mother instead. You don’t want to miss out on the fun, so you go to the party. When you get home, you stay up really late and finish the gift for your mother’s birthday. You express your regrets and ask to take a rain check. You spend your evening finishing your mother’s gift as originally planned. You accept your friend’s invitation and take your project to the party. But the lively conversation distracts you. Unable to focus, you make some mistakes. Even though everyone assures you the gift is beautiful, you still see the flaws. Frustrated, you go home and fix the mistakes. You are attending a mandated professional training for your career. The training packet you received includes two lists of articles to read. One list is required; the other one is recommended. 5 / 10 Question 5: To prepare for the training: You read the articles on both lists. You read only the articles on the required list. You read the articles on the required list while watching TV. You read the articles on both lists and search the internet for more information. 6 / 10 Question 6: During the training, you are assigned to work with people from other organizations. As you share your thoughts, another participant disrespectfully dismisses them. You thank the participant for her viewpoint, but let her know how her response made you feel. You ask her to stay professional in future interactions. You look at your watch, and calculate the hours left to endure the training. You begin to wonder what you could have said that was so offensive. You try to adjust your future comments so you won’t incur any more disapproval from this participant. You cringe and feel defensive. You decide not to share any more of your thoughts for fear they won’t be accepted. Your supervisor asks you to be part of a task force to complete a new project for your organization. The work involved does not align with your wheelhouse of skills, nor do you share your supervisor’s passion for it. 7 / 10 Question 7: You decide to: Agree to join, but plan to minimize your participation. Share your reservations and limitations with your supervisor. After clarifying expectations, you agree to serve on the task force. Even though you don’t share your supervisor’s passion for this particular project, you do believe in the overarching mission of the organization. Join the task force anyway. You’ve always been a model employee and you want to protect your reputation. You feel honored that your supervisor selected you for this task force and immediately join. 8 / 10 Question 8: When you are assigned your responsibilities in the group, you: procrastinate. You don’t want to start until you know you can produce the right result. realize you overestimated your abilities to meet your responsibilities. Worried you will let the others down, you hunker down and do whatever is necessary to complete your share of the load. enjoy learning something new. You envision the finished product and how your piece will fit into the whole. You diligently work to complete your part with excellence. do the least necessary to complete your part of the task. Through experience you know the passionate work of others will compensate for your lack of enthusiasm. 9 / 10 Question 9: You notice one of the task force members is not meeting her responsibilities. You: speak with your colleague to determine what is causing the problem. After hearing her side of the story, you agree to take over her responsibilities. Neither of you wants the overall project to suffer. ignore the issue. Someone will either pick up the slack, or the project will suffer. Either way, it’s not your problem. speak with your colleague to determine what is causing the problem. After hearing her side of the story, you offer suggestions for how she can resolve the problem and still fulfill her responsibilities. you worry about her noncompliance and how it will affect the project overall. Frustrated, you remember this is why you hate working in a group. 10 / 10 Question 10: Which of the following mantras best describes your work ethic? Work is a necessary evil. If a job is worth doing, do it right or don’t do it at all. Work first, play later. Work is a necessary and integral part of life. Restart quiz Share this page:
