One of my coworkers, before the day she left her job sent me a file “A Camel’s Story". I made some interpretations before I opened the file and finally it appeared to be a very simple dialogue between mother and son camels, son asking for the answer to the most important question one can ever be interested in: Where are you now?
We are going to expand this question from the scope of career.
According to the SOURCEWIRE, there are some interesting research results conducted by Psychological Consultancy Ltd (PCL) that provided an energetic and revitalising influence in the business psychology sector. As the results show, 85% of UK’s leaders demonstrate ‘Dark Side Characteristics’. These characteristics are self-destructive aspects of a personality and may cause disaster influencing individuals and organisations.
The results are trustworthy as they are based on ten years data (1999-2009) and 18,000 completions of the Hogan Development Survey (HDS). It addresses 11 dark side characteristics among which are: Confident - Arrogant, Charming - Manipulative and Shrewd – Mistrustful.
Seems that 15% of the sample show no ‘dark side’ characteristics at all, 26% that is about 4,800, have three or more dark side characteristics on display.
According to the study risk factors for the managers are as follows: managers are dutiful, compliant and appeasing; aloof, detached and socially awkward to be effective in dealing with ‘people’ issues; charming and persuasive so that they are easily seen as manipulative, calculating and disingenuous.
The results emphasised that there is difference between public and private sector employees. And that is how they contrast:
According to the SOURCEWIRE, the ‘A Decade of the Dark Side’ report from PCL analyses data:
The public sector ‘dark side’ include lower resilience, less predictability of mood and a greater tendency to take things personally.
The private sector employees are more egotistic and self-important. Either stress or personal success may turn this to arrogance and an unwilling to listen to restraint or advice.
The research results show that the individual way to answer “Where are you now?” differs according to the individual characteristics of managers you have. And if you know where you are now, then it is easier to determine what direction you should go to. Wish you luck!!!
A copy of the report is available upon the request. Sian Killick at sian@psychological-consultancy.com.
Sources:
We are going to expand this question from the scope of career.
According to the SOURCEWIRE, there are some interesting research results conducted by Psychological Consultancy Ltd (PCL) that provided an energetic and revitalising influence in the business psychology sector. As the results show, 85% of UK’s leaders demonstrate ‘Dark Side Characteristics’. These characteristics are self-destructive aspects of a personality and may cause disaster influencing individuals and organisations.
The results are trustworthy as they are based on ten years data (1999-2009) and 18,000 completions of the Hogan Development Survey (HDS). It addresses 11 dark side characteristics among which are: Confident - Arrogant, Charming - Manipulative and Shrewd – Mistrustful.
Seems that 15% of the sample show no ‘dark side’ characteristics at all, 26% that is about 4,800, have three or more dark side characteristics on display.
According to the study risk factors for the managers are as follows: managers are dutiful, compliant and appeasing; aloof, detached and socially awkward to be effective in dealing with ‘people’ issues; charming and persuasive so that they are easily seen as manipulative, calculating and disingenuous.
The results emphasised that there is difference between public and private sector employees. And that is how they contrast:
According to the SOURCEWIRE, the ‘A Decade of the Dark Side’ report from PCL analyses data:
The public sector ‘dark side’ include lower resilience, less predictability of mood and a greater tendency to take things personally.
The private sector employees are more egotistic and self-important. Either stress or personal success may turn this to arrogance and an unwilling to listen to restraint or advice.
The research results show that the individual way to answer “Where are you now?” differs according to the individual characteristics of managers you have. And if you know where you are now, then it is easier to determine what direction you should go to. Wish you luck!!!
A copy of the report is available upon the request. Sian Killick at sian@psychological-consultancy.com.
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Hey, this Camel's story is really funny. :)
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And where are you now?
Nick B.