GREAT INSIGHTS

BACKGROUND

Name:______IDNo: ______Date: ______

Scholasticachievements: ______

Sportingachievements: ______

Otherachievements: ______

CAREER HISTORY

(start with first place of work)

COMPANY 1: ______City: ______

Period: ______Position:______

Reasonforleaving: ______

What learnings did you take with you?

______

COMPANY 2: ______City: ______

Period: ______Position: ______

Reasonforleaving: ______

What learnings did you take with you?

______

COMPANY 3: ______City: ______

Period: ______Position:______

Reasonforleaving: ______

What learnings did you take with you?

______

COMPANY 4: ______City: ______

Period: ______Position:______

Reasonforleaving: ______

What learnings did you take with you?

______

GENERAL

  • Where were you born? ______
  • Where did you spend your formative years?______
  • Father:
  • Work ______
  • Extrovert / introvert ______
  • Communityinvolvement ______
  • Mother
  • Work / homeexecutive______
  • Extrovert / introvert ______
  • Communityinvolvement ______
  • Who are you most like? Why? - Father /Mother? ______

______

  • Siblings – oldest to youngest
  • Name:______Work:______
  • Name:______Work:______
  • Name:______Work:______
  • Name:______Work:______
  • Do you still have contact with your parents? ______
  • What were the greatest learnings that your parent taught you? ______
  • What were the worst lessons that you learnt from your parents that you would like to forget?

______

OWN FAMILY

  • Spouse:
  • Name ______
  • Work ______
  • Extrovert / introvert ______
  • Lengthofrelationship ______
  • Children:
  • Name:______School / Work: ______Age:______
  • Name:______School / Work: ______Age:______
  • Name:______School / Work: ______Age:______
  • Name:______School / Work: ______Age:______
  • Yourself:
  • Adequate family time ______
  • Satisfactory relationship with spouse ______
  • Social situation ______
  • Community involvement ______
  • Current interest / hobbies ______
  • Sport or physical activity ______
  • Do you attend your children’s school functions, both academic and non-academic?______
  • How often? ______
  • Do you have any guilt feelings about this? ______
  • Do you know the following information about your children? (please fill in)

Child / Date of Birth / Grade / Activities / Teacher
1.
2.
3.
4.
  • What does your typical day look like?
  • What time do you get up?______
  • What time do you go to work? ______
  • How long do you drive to work?______
  • What do you do in your car (usually)? ______
  • What time do you usually arrive at work?______
  • What time do you leave your place of employ? ______
  • What time do you usually arrive home?______
  • What time do you go to bed?______

WORK SITUATION:

  • Describe yourself in the work environment

______

  • What do you typically devote your day to?

Activity / What percentage of the day
Meetings
Consultation with people
Administration
Negotiation
Logistics (traveling, etc.)
Other:
  • Are you happy with your choice of career?

______

  • What are your unique strengths?

______

  • What are some of the areas you need to strengthen?

______

  • What differentiates you from others? (What do people close to you think?)

______

Family: ______

Friends:

______

  • What do you want from your job?

______

  • What value do you add to your company?

______

  • What competencies are you currently developing?

______

  • How do you advance the company’s vision?

______

  • List and discuss 3 dominant frustrations you are currently experiencing and enduring?

(a)______

(b)______

(c)______

  • Which 3 “joys” give you particular job satisfaction?

(a)______

(b)______

(c)______

  • What is special and unique about you? What are your special gifts?

______

  • What is the quality of your married life, in general?

______

______

  • List in order the first 3 things you do when you get home?

(a)______

(b)______

(c)______

  • How often do you and your spouse do things together and what do you do?

______

INFORMATION FOR COACHING INTERVENTION

(Please remember to answer in full and to motivate your answers!)

  • Do you read regularly?

______

  • If not, what prevents you from reading?

______

  • Do you experience continued personal development? What do you do for personal growth?

______

  • What does your time management / use of time look like? What frustrates you in terms of “time”?

______

  • What are you passionate about?

______

  • What do you want to accomplish before you die?

______

  • What drives you?

______

  • What repels you?

______

  • List 3 things in your life you would most like to change and why?

(a)______

______

(b)______

______

(c)______

______

  • Do you feel threatened at work?

______

  • Discuss what success means to you.

______

______

  • What’s missing in your life?

______

  • What would make your life more fulfilling?

______

  • Do you experience stress at present?

______

  • What do you want from the coaching process?

______

______

  • How should I manage you in the process?

______

  • What are your goals?
  • Current

______

  • Five years time

______

  • Lifetime

______

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS AND TIME

PERSONALITY, MANAGEMENT STYLE EVALUATION

Below is a behavioural profile of a typical manager.

Evaluate yourself in relation to each of these criteria by referring to the definitions of the dimensions.

Scale Values:

  1. Unacceptable
  2. Acceptable
  3. Good
  4. Excellent

Characteristic / Evaluation
1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Impact
Energy
Self-motivation
Stress tolerance
Sensitivity
Tenacity
Initiative / Intuitive
Decisiveness / Assertiveness
Planning
Organizing
Delegating
Controlling
Leadership and motivation
Communication skill
Self development
Written communication
Verbal communication
Development mindedness
Listening ability
Analytical ability
Judgement
Independence

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