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.
Entrepreneur
Your management approach thrives on innovation, entrepreneurship, and competitive strategy. You prioritize your team’s growth and long-term vision while excelling in dynamic environments that embrace change. You play an active role in directing resources toward the development of your organization’s core business and expansion into new markets. To prepare your organization for future challenges, you are willing to challenge conventional wisdom and explore new possibilities.
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Your tendency to always chase after “the next big opportunity” can sometimes make you appear as a leader who struggles with focus. Your forward-thinking mindset, while valuable, may at times make you seem detached from present realities. As a result, your team may feel overwhelmed by a flood of new ideas, leading to confusion about priorities, disruptions to existing plans, and frequent shifts in direction. This continuous change can create instability, making it difficult for your team to establish consistency and maintain clear objectives.
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You set high expectations for your team’s agility and adaptability. While they strive to keep pace with your rapid flow of ideas and initiatives, there are times when they may struggle to do so. You encourage them to propose creative solutions to new challenges and grant them the autonomy they need to navigate a fast-evolving business landscape. This empowerment fosters a strong sense of ownership and alignment with the team’s objectives.
Your team may experience a sense of being caught in an ongoing whirlwind of new initiatives and directions, which can contribute to uncertainty in decision-making and a feeling that leadership lacks cohesion.
The inherent uncertainties of innovation and product development can sometimes impact your team’s confidence. Keeping up with your fast-paced thought process and numerous creative solutions may also pose challenges. You recognize that not all ideas will materialize, viewing this as an inevitable part of the creative cycle. However, colleagues responsible for operational stability and financial performance may find it difficult to fully embrace this perspective.
Even though you are currently a recognized and accomplished leader, this pattern of leadership could impact future career growth. If promotion opportunities arise, decision-makers may hesitate, believing that while your current strengths align well with your role, they may not be suited for more senior positions. This could lead to frustration as you find yourself overlooked for advancement, with leadership justifying their choice based on concerns about your ability to provide strategic stability.
You believe that adaptability is key in a constantly shifting business environment. However, those who prefer established processes may find your approach unsettling. Their strong adherence to tradition and structure may, in your view, hinder the team’s ability to reach its full potential. At times, this divergence in perspective can be frustrating. Additionally, your fluid and flexible approach to achieving goals may sometimes be perceived as inconsistent by those who prefer a more structured path forward.
To maximize your success and career progression, it’s important to align your leadership style with an organization that supports innovation and strategic growth. Companies often have their own preferred management approaches, and ensuring a good fit can save you time and energy while enhancing your professional satisfaction.
Your ideal work environment would be a forward-thinking organization focused on market expansion and future opportunities. Such a setting would allow you to leverage your strengths in driving innovation, fostering agility, and spearheading new initiatives. In larger organizations, you are best suited for roles that require entrepreneurial thinking, strategic risk-taking, and the ability to challenge conventional approaches.
Your leadership style may be well-matched to your current environment, but as you look ahead to more senior roles, keeping your options open will be key. Developing your potential managerial approach while preserving your dominant one can position you for broader career opportunities in the future.
Your leadership potential holds untapped value, much like an unpolished gem. To refine it, the first step is to build awareness and confidence in your capabilities. Taking intentional steps to strengthen your management skills will unlock new professional opportunities, allowing you to achieve your full leadership potential.
Your EMQ responses indicate that your potential managerial style aligns with that of an Integrator. As a leader, you excel in identifying new opportunities and planning for the future, which naturally occupies a significant portion of your focus. While this is a key strength, it may sometimes limit the time available for brainstorming, teamwork, and offering ongoing feedback to your team. Therefore, recognizing the need to balance strategic planning with team engagement will be essential. Strengthening your Integrator managerial style will help you create more space for team collaboration and development.
Your potential
management skills
Your strengths as an Integrator allow you to develop a compelling vision and inspire your team to execute it effectively. To maximize your impact, consider dedicating additional time to managing cross-level teams. Your EMQ results highlight your ability to listen actively, include diverse perspectives, and lead effectively as both a manager and a participant. By further investing in these areas, you will enhance the success of your initiatives and refine your leadership skills, making you a more versatile and effective leader.
New Directions
As your career advances, expanding your managerial capabilities will be critical in adapting to evolving work environments. To position yourself for higher leadership roles, continue refining your Integrator style by fostering deeper collaboration with other departments and gathering feedback, while remaining informed about the organization’s strategic direction. Developing these skills will establish you as a leader who merges visionary thinking with an understanding of the importance of people in an organization. By leveraging both your creativity and Integrator strengths, you will be well-prepared to take on more complex and senior-level responsibilities.
Your dominant managerial style is Entrepreneur.
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Think innovatively; -
Focus on big-picture strategies;
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Constantly explore new initiatives;
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Look beyond immediate challenges.
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May spend less time on day-to-day operations;
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Sometimes struggle to connect innovation with execution..
Your potential managerial style is Integrator.
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Foster team involvement in decision-making;
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Promote collaboration across departments.
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Aim to create alignment and consensus.
