Navigating the Resources
1. Read the information below about the trait to develop a greater understanding of your strength/opportunity.
2. Consider the Stop, Start, Continue examples to create your own actionable change behaviors.
3. Explore the trait more fully by taking advantage of the weblinks below.
Insight
(Interpersonal Insight)
Insight measures the extent to which you pick up on subtleties of behavior and recognize the needs/feelings of others. Further explore information about insight using the resources below.
Strength
Higher levels of insight indicate you tend to accurately interpret the link between others’ behaviors and emotions.
Opportunity
Lower levels of insight indicate you may struggle to recognize subtle nuances and how they reflect the internal state of others.
Excess
Excessive levels of insight indicate you may spend too much time worrying about others’ motives and misjudge situations.
Identify an opportunity area that you would like to change. Then, develop behaviors that you can Stop (unhelpful or limiting behaviors), Start (behaviors that you can begin now), and Continue (behaviors that you already do well) to improve in this area. Use the examples below to help create your own Stop, Start, and Continue behaviors.
- Looking past the emotional aspects of decisions.
- Assuming everyone is motivated by the same thing.
- Avoiding the messy, human elements of work.
- Considering how others may be feeling when you make decisions.
- Thinking through the multiple people you know and what motivates them; extend this thoughtfulness to others at work.
- Expanding your ability to express appropriate vulnerability by acknowledging the human emotions we all experience.
- Asking others for their opinions when making decisions.
- Widening your perspective to expand your information channels.
- Finding role models to interact with.
