Your EMQ Report
You’ve already taken the first step towards success by filling out the Executive Mirror Questionnaire. The EMQ report that you are about to read has been generated especially for you. It will give you a personal picture of where you are now as a manager as well as guidance on reaching your professional goals.
The EMQ report provides results and conclusions based on your responses to the questionnaire. You’ll discover:
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The gap between your self-perception and the perception of others -
Where your untapped potential is hidden
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What kinds of opportunities await you
Every manager has a dominant managerial style. This style is formed, developed, and refined throughout a manager’s professional life. A dominant managerial style reflects a manager’s professional experience and education as well as a manager’s general approach towards business and life. There are four basic managerial styles:
Entrepreneur
(Entrepreneurial)
focuses on new opportunities; never stops; creates excitement; embraces risks; utilizes flexible thinking to charter new water
Producer
(Productive)
focuses on short-term results; approaches projects hands-on; embraces challenges; exemplifies commitment; serves as a role model
Integrator
(Integrative)
focuses on developing human capital; creates a common denominator among others; balances between needs of team and projects
Administrator
(Administrative)
prioritizes processes; plans carefully; avoids risks; considers system-wide picture in decision-making; focuses on details.
All good managers strive towards meaningful achievements, hopefully leaving a legacy in their organization for others to follow. Managers use their dominant managerial style in order to lead their team to success. Your dominant managerial style has helped you climb the corporate ladder, succeed, and shape you into the manager that you are today. Your questionnaire responses provide a reflection of your dominant managerial style – mirroring both advantages and future opportunities. As a manager, you would like to harness your dominant managerial style in order to succeed and be promoted. However, it is important to remember that organizations, too, have their own managerial style and tend to favor specific styles over others. In order for you to utilize your dominant managerial style, it is important to check compatibility with a prospective organization. Otherwise, you might find yourself wasting time and energy as well as feeling disappointed. The successful matching of managerial styles is crucial for your future success.
Alongside your dominant managerial style lies a potential managerial style, which is currently drawn upon less frequently. Creating awareness and belief in your potential managerial style will not only develop your talents but also will allow you to successfully face future managerial challenges. Activating your potential management style will help you locate opportunities, improve your managerial abilities, and fulfill your professional potential.
Your habits are the silent architects of your career, shaping the path to success or stagnation. Understanding and reshaping them is key to unlocking your leadership potential and career trajectory.
Habits are like undercurrents in a river, guiding your actions without your conscious awareness. From how you communicate with your team to how you manage your time and make decisions, these routines can either propel you forward or hold you back.
Recognizing this, your goal is to replace dominant habits that obscure growth with potential ones that open doors to new opportunities. By the end of this journey, you’ll mobilize your habits not as unconscious reactions, but as conscious instruments of success, intentionally crafted to help you achieve your leadership dreams.
Producer
From your EMQ™ responses, you recognize the strength of a team as closely tied to its ability to accomplish objectives. This results-driven philosophy guides your daily management approach. Your keen attention to detail fuels your leadership style, ensuring that goals are met quickly, efficiently, and within budget. You value performance measurement, both for yourself and those around you, always striving for continuous improvement. Rather than resting on past successes, you focus on optimizing processes to achieve even greater results.
Your strong involvement in your team’s daily tasks is evident, but there’s a potential concern that it might be interpreted as limiting your team members’ sense of responsibility and ownership. If opportunities for them to voice their ideas are constrained, or if informal communication channels are relied upon too much, this perception could be reinforced. Furthermore, as a results-oriented leader, the efficiency-driven “shortcuts” you take—or promote—might sometimes give the impression of being hasty or lacking careful consideration.
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Your precision and clarity in management not only help your team members successfully achieve their objectives but also serve as an inspiring example for them. You lead by action, often working alongside your team and offering direct guidance on how to accomplish tasks. Your EMQ responses suggest that you prefer addressing challenges in one-on-one discussions rather than large meetings, fostering a more personalized and focused approach. You encourage your team to develop and refine adaptable solutions in response to obstacles. Your dedication is highly motivating, and many of your team members mirror your commitment.
Your readiness to step in and swiftly resolve challenges makes you an invaluable resource for your team. However, this very strength may also give the impression that you hinder the development of their problem-solving skills and strategic thinking, fostering a reliance on you rather than cultivating their independence.
Your EMQ responses highlight that your managerial style is marked by high energy, which many of your team members find contagious and inspiring. However, some individuals who thrive in predictable environments may feel overwhelmed by your dynamic pace. You may notice that certain team members attempt to slow things down rather than match your momentum. Recognizing this difference can help you tailor your approach to ensure all team members feel supported and engaged.
Despite being a respected and successful manager, this unintended dynamic could place you in a position where future opportunities for advancement pass you by. If that happens, it could lead to frustration and a sense of stagnation—explained away by leadership with rationalizations. Senior management may justify their decision by believing that while your current strengths suit your role today, they may not align with the demands of higher-level positions.
Your enthusiasm for overcoming obstacles can sometimes lead team members to rely too heavily on your drive, inadvertently shifting their responsibilities onto you. Additionally, your confidence and pursuit of excellence might unintentionally make others feel less sure of themselves. Your EMQ responses indicate that you are deeply goal-oriented, occasionally prioritizing results over strict adherence to procedures. Balancing structure with flexibility can help maintain both efficiency and team cohesion.
To maximize your success and career growth, it is important to align your dominant managerial style with the right organizational culture. While organizations often have their own preferred leadership styles, finding a good match will allow you to leverage your strengths effectively. Without this alignment, you may find yourself expending unnecessary effort and experiencing frustration. A well-matched work environment will empower you to thrive and advance.
Your EMQ responses, suggest that your broad knowledge, curiosity, and strong work ethic would be highly valued in fast-paced, dynamic organizations. These settings would benefit from your ability to enhance efficiency and achieve impressive results within short timeframes. Seeking out results-driven organizations that provide the flexibility you need will enable you to make the most of your skills and leadership approach.
Your current environment plays to your strengths, and positioning yourself for future senior roles involves broadening your leadership toolkit. Growing your potential managerial style —while still holding on to your dominant style, will create a pathway to diverse opportunities and sustained professional growth. Investing in this development now will ensure that when new possibilities arise, you are ready to embrace them with confidence and readiness.
Your potential managerial style holds great promise and is ready to be developed into a refined leadership approach. By cultivating awareness of this style and actively honing your skills, you can unlock new professional opportunities. Strengthening this aspect of your management capabilities will enable you to realize your full potential and open doors to greater career success.
Your EMQ responses indicate that your potential managerial style is that of an Administrator. You can see that management time is a limited resource, and while you handle urgent tasks effectively, you should try to create more opportunities for strategic prioritization. Developing a structured approach will allow you to balance both immediate needs and long-term planning more effectively. Strengthening your Administrator-style skills will help you allocate time more efficiently and proactively address future challenges.
Your potential
management skills
As an Administrator, you gain a comprehensive perspective on how an organization functions and how to streamline processes for optimal results. By dedicating time to developing clear systems and procedures, you can enable your team to work more independently. This shift will allow you to evolve into a manager who seamlessly balances both high-level strategy and detailed execution.
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New Directions
Advancing in your career will require refining your management talents. Over time, you will find yourself less involved in daily challenges and more focused on strategic leadership, relying on your team to handle routine operations. Implementing structured planning and clear processes will empower your team, reducing the need for constant oversight. This shift will also enhance your ability to collaborate across departments, enabling you to leverage the organization’s strengths to achieve long-term success.
Your dominant managerial style is Producer.
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focus on successfully accomplishing tasks; -
Prioritize results over rigid procedures;
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Take a hands-on, influential leadership role;
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Embrace challenges and work tirelessly to overcome them;
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Prefer direct involvement over delegation;
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Serve as role models through dedication and hard work;
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Focus on immediate priorities rather than long-term strategies;
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Adapt quickly and seek efficient solutions;
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Believe in achieving goals efficiently, sometimes bypassing unnecessary steps;
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Prefer independent work but can lead a team effectively.;
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prefer working alone over collaborating with a team;
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May be less open to differing perspectives
Your potential managerial style is Administrator.
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Optimize resources through structured planning;
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see the whole picture and know how to prioritize;
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Foster teamwork and build strong, cohesive teams;
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Enhance efficiency through well-organized processes.
