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.
Administrator
Based on your EMQ responses, your dominant managerial style is Administrator. You view success in business as a result of doing things the right way. Your management philosophy is grounded in the belief that well-structured procedures and rigorous quality control are essential for achieving success. This approach enables you to strike a balance between leveraging your team’s accumulated expertise and navigating future uncertainties.
Your painstaking attention to procedures and details could be perceived by others as a lack of openness and flexibility in the face of change, which could actually hinder the accomplishment of the organization’s goals. Moreover, while utilizing knowledge accumulated in the organization is important, your perceived over reliance on past experiences could form the image of a manager unable to formulate new plans of action as needs arise.
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Your EMQ responses suggest that you hold high expectations for your team and emphasize the importance of mastering details to understand the broader picture. This is the standard you set for yourself, and you expect your team to meet it as well. Those who align with these expectations receive your full support, including recognition, personal mentorship, and opportunities for professional growth. However, team members who fail to take their work seriously will quickly recognize your low tolerance for shortcuts or compromised quality.
The insistence on having your team follow procedures to the letter can actually slow it down, thus creating a team perceived as possibly incompetent in the face of change. Such “programmed” management of your team seems to leave room only for team members who do things as you do. This can create tension both within your team as well as with those interfacing with it.
Your superiors generally have a strong level of confidence in you. They see you as the professional backbone of your team, valuing your ability to continuously refine and assess team operations. Senior management often welcomes your insights regarding the performance of others. While some colleagues may occasionally be uncomfortable with the level of influence you have, others appreciate the opportunity to leverage your expertise to enhance organizational effectiveness.
It is precisely this undesirable situation that you might find yourself in, even though you are currently a well-respected and successful manager. Nevertheless, you could find yourself being passed over the next time a promotion opportunity arises. This would of course create a major feeling of frustration and possibly failure – all to be explained away and rationalized by senior management. Be assured that their justification for their decision is that the qualities you exhibit now seem “right” for this job, but not for anything beyond it.
At times, you find it challenging to manage your team’s approach to daily tasks and high-pressure situations. Your ability to break down objectives into structured processes can sometimes be perceived as rigid or overwhelming by others. Your insistence on high standards may occasionally be interpreted as inflexibility, particularly when quick action is needed. Additionally, your willingness to assist others can sometimes lead to situations where their lack of attention to detail results in you taking on their responsibilities.
You aspire to utilize your dominant managerial style to succeed and advance in your career. However, it is important to recognize that organizations also have their own preferred managerial styles. Ensuring alignment between your management approach and the culture of a prospective organization is crucial to avoiding frustration and maximizing your potential.
According to your EMQ responses, environments that involve managing complex projects would benefit greatly from your structured and analytical mindset. You excel at designing new policies aimed at both goal achievement and meticulous auditing of the processes leading to those goals. Additionally, your ability to implement policies that support teams in handling intricate challenges makes you a valuable asset in organizations that appreciate methodical and strategic leadership.
While certain organizational environments are optimal for you right now, when it comes to more senior positions in the future, it’s best to keep your options as open as possible. Working on developing your potential managerial style, while still maintaining your dominant one, will promise a variety of advancement opportunities in the years to come.
Your potential managerial style is akin to a “diamond in the rough”—a valuable asset waiting to be refined. By first recognizing and believing in this potential, and then actively working to develop it, you can significantly enhance your managerial capabilities. This growth will open new doors for you, helping you unlock your full professional potential.
Your EMQ responses indicate that your potential managerial style is Entrepreneur. Time is one of your most limited resources, and a significant portion of it is currently spent managing and overseeing organizational processes. While you dedicate considerable effort to structuring and optimizing workflows, you recognize that these processes must serve the organization’s larger objectives.
Although you may sometimes wish to focus more on strategic, big-picture challenges, you understand that this requires a shift in priorities. To free up time for higher-level thinking, you should cultivate your Entrepreneurial potential management style.
Your potential
management skills
Embracing your Entrepreneurial potential will allow you to generate creative, innovative solutions to complex projects. This capability, combined with your strong analytical skills, positions you well for both long-term and short-term strategic planning. By designing procedures that are not only systematic but also adaptable and comprehensive, you will become a more versatile and dynamic manager, better equipped to handle evolving challenges.
New Directions
As you advance in your career, moving into higher-level positions will require you to shift away from a “hands-on” approach to operational oversight. Instead, you will need to develop additional managerial tools that focus on broader strategic initiatives. To progress into senior roles, fostering your Entrepreneurial potential will be essential. This means moving beyond refining existing processes and instead developing new frameworks that empower your team to thrive in an ever-changing business landscape. By doing so, you will establish yourself as an innovative leader capable of navigating complex organizational challenges roles.
Your dominant managerial style is Administrator
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remain organized at all times; -
develop organizational processes and procedures;
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ensure following of procedures;
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prioritize procedures over other considerations;
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focus too much on details;
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less open to spontaneity;
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may hold back progress because of too much focus on procedures.
Your potential managerial style is Entrepreneur
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demonstrate flexibility;
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use creativity to face challenges;
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initiate processes to contribute to sound organizational development;
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seek involvement in their organization’s vision.
