I’m pleased to report that lots of folks have completed our self-assessment survey, which we based on The Ideal Employee: A-Z. (You can see and download a poster there and on its companion post, The Ideal Employer: A-Z. And you can still take the survey here.)
I’d like to share with you the results so far. Not surprisingly, most people think very highly of themselves as employees: 16% gave themselves nearly perfect scores on all 26 attributes and 90% rated themselves as good or better. On individual characteristics there was a very interesting spread:
On “Values integrity and ethics,” 87% gave themselves the highest score; 82% gave themselves the highest score on “Loves to do the job well” and 76% felt they were exemplary in “Is honest and responsible.” In contrast, the qualities receiving the lowest scores were: “Never gossips” (only 13% say they’re excellent), “Quells negativity” (19% feel they’re positively first-class) and “Eliminates waste” (24% put themselves at the top of the heap).
Here’s the full list showing percentages of those who rate themselves as “excellent”:
- Values integrity and ethics: 87%
- Loves to do a job well: 82%
- Is honest and responsible: 76%
- Willingly pitches in: 72%
- Xpects to be treated with respect: 72%
- Accepts responsibility: 70%
- Goes the extra mile: 66%
- Treats everyone with respect: 66%
- Juggles multiple tasks: 65%
- Committed to improvement 64%
- Believes in the mission: 62%
- Demonstrates good character: 62%
- Respects chain of command: 57%
- Shares ideas and enthusiasm: 57%
- Understands practical realities: 53%
- Knows what is needed: 50%
- Yields when wrong: 45%
- Zeros in on what’s important: 40%
- Fixes rather than complains: 5%
- Holds the company accountable: 33%
- Obtains needed resources: 33%
- Prods company to be better: 32%
- Makes everyone better: 30%
- Eliminates waste: 24%
- Quells negativity: 19%
- Never gossips: 13%