Enterprising
Leading and persuading
You are drawn to making things move through other people. You are comfortable owning a result, you like a clear target, and a competitive element usually lifts you. You fear risk less than most people do.
Where you are strong
- You can decide on incomplete information
- You persuade and gather people
- You spot an opportunity before it is obvious
- You handle target pressure
Worth watching
- You may promise more than the team can deliver
- Easy to favour speed over quality
- Quieter people can struggle to keep up with your pace
Putting it to use
Fields worth investigating: sales and business development, project management, founding a company, consulting, property, operations management, partnerships. The environment that suits you gives real decision rights rather than targets alone.
Under pressure
Under strain you tend to push harder still. The thing worth checking then is not the pace but whether your team is still with you.
And you?
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The Holland model is widely used in careers guidance and has a reasonably solid research base for that purpose. Understand its limits, though: it measures interest, not ability, and it does not predict how well you will do. A result suggests directions to look into, not a list of jobs you should or should not take.