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 management style is Administrator. You believe that success in business stems from doing things the right way. As a result, your management philosophy is built on the principle that well-structured procedures and meticulous quality assurance are key to achieving success. This approach enables you to strike a balance between leveraging your team’s accumulated expertise and managing future risks effectively.
Your inclination to be highly accommodating can sometimes be interpreted as a preference for maintaining harmony rather than demonstrating strong leadership. This can be seen in your tendency to seek reassurance from your team and your willingness to let meetings run longer than needed. While fostering a positive culture has its merits, spending too much time on this can detract from efficiency and more impactful management tasks.
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You set high expectations for your team and emphasize the importance of understanding details to grasp the bigger picture. Your EMQ responses suggest that this is a standard you hold yourself to, and you expect your team members to do the same. Those who meet these expectations receive your full support in the form of appreciation, personal guidance, and professional development opportunities. However, team members who do not take their work seriously will quickly realize that you have little tolerance for shortcuts or cutting corners.
The emphasis you place on team morale may unintentionally create a relaxed environment where some team members feel less urgency to achieve goals. Additionally, devoting extensive time to listening could shift your role from that of a leader to more of a sounding board, potentially undermining your authority.
Your superiors typically have great confidence in you, viewing you as the professional backbone of your team. You excel in refining and auditing processes, continuously improving efficiency. Management is often receptive to your insights regarding organizational performance. While some colleagues may feel uneasy about the influence you have within management, others appreciate your expertise and use it to drive improvements within the organization.
Even as a well-regarded manager, there is a risk that your current leadership approach could limit your upward mobility. If you are overlooked for a promotion, it may feel discouraging, but leadership may perceive your strengths as well-suited for your current role rather than for more senior responsibilities.
At times, you may struggle with how your team handles both daily operations and emergency situations. Your ability to break down goals into structured procedures can sometimes be perceived as rigid or overly methodical. Others may see you as inflexible due to the high standards you maintain. This can be particularly challenging in situations that require quick decision-making. Additionally, when offering assistance, you may find that some colleagues’ lack of attention to detail results in you taking on more of their workload than intended.
As a manager, you aim to leverage your dominant managerial style for success and career advancement. However, it is essential to recognize that organizations also have their own managerial styles and tend to favor specific approaches. To maximize your potential, it is important to assess compatibility with prospective organizations. A mismatch could lead to frustration and wasted effort. Finding an organization that values your structured and methodical approach will be crucial for your long-term success.
Your EMQ responses suggest that environments involving the management of complex projects would benefit greatly from your analytical and systematic way of working. You excel in developing policies that not only drive goal achievement but also ensure thorough auditing of processes. Additionally, your ability to implement strategies that enable teams to navigate complex situations makes you highly valuable in organizations that appreciate structured leadership.
Your present leadership style aligns well with your current role, but expanding your managerial approach will help ensure future opportunities for growth. By integrating elements of your potential managerial style while maintaining your core strengths, you will be better positioned for long-term career progression.
Your potential managerial style can be seen as a “diamond in the rough”—full of promise, waiting to be refined. By recognizing and cultivating this potential, you can enhance your overall managerial abilities and unlock new career opportunities that align with your professional aspirations.
Your EMQ responses indicate that your potential managerial style is Integrator. You dedicate much of your management time to overseeing and tracking organizational processes. However, you understand that these processes exist to serve larger organizational goals. You also recognize that for procedures to be effective, they must align with the strengths and capabilities of the team members executing them. To optimize your management time, you should consider further developing your Integrator potential managerial style.
Your potential
management skills
As an Integrator, you have the ability to take a high-level perspective on projects, identifying both weaknesses and their underlying causes—whether they stem from the procedures themselves or how they are implemented. To enhance this skill set, you should focus on ensuring that procedures are well-matched to the individuals executing them. Strengthening your attention to your team members and fostering open communication will complement your structured, analytical approach. This balance will help you evolve into a more well-rounded and effective leader.
New Directions
As you advance in your career, moving into higher leadership positions will require you to shift away from direct control of day-to-day procedures. Instead, you will need to develop new management tools that allow you to lead more effectively at a strategic level. By honing your Integrator managerial style, you will enable your emotional intelligence to work alongside your analytical strengths. This will equip you to drive productivity in dynamic business environments and prepare you for more complex leadership roles in the future.
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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are less open to spontaneity;
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may hold back progress because of too much focus on procedures.
Your potential managerial style is Integrator.
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build cohesive, goal-oriented teams;
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listen to others, taking their ideas and thoughts into consideration;
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delegate authority and trust others;
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train team members to execute work according to procedures.
