Teamwork and Cooperation

• A genuine intention to work cooperatively with others, to be part of a team, to work together as opposed to working separately or competitively.

•  Speaks of team leaders or members in positive expectations of others.

• Shows respect for and solicits other’s inputs, contributions and expertise, willing to learn from others especially subordinate(s); make others feel valued.  Develop positive working relationships with others and willing to co-operate in fostering effective teamwork and achieving team goals.

An Initiative

A bias for action and a preference for taking action. For example, a employee may do more than is required or expected in the job or look for new opportunities to improve performance or results.

• Shows persistence in taking action to overcome problems or obstacles and rejection by others. A resilient attitude of not giving up easily when things do not go as planned.

• Puts in extra effort or time as needed to solve problems or address current opportunities for immediate results.

World English Dictionary

— n

• the first step or action of a matter; commencing move: he took the initiative ; a peace initiative
• the right or power to begin or initiate something: he has the initiative
• the ability or attitude required to begin or initiate something
• government

• the right or power to introduce legislation, etc, in a legislative body
• the procedure by which citizens originate legislation, as in many American states and Switzerland

• on one's own initiative  without being prompted

— adj

• of or concerning initiation or serving to initiate; initiatory

Concern for quality and order

Concern for order and quality is the desire to see things done logically, clearly and well; it takes various forms: Monitoring and checking work or information, insisting on the clarity of roles and duties, setting up and maintaining information systems.


To what extent does the person pay attention to details and organize them?

1. Checks his or her own work and takes an interest in the overall quality of work in the unit: Tends to the quality of the information, services and systems at the level of her or his own personal work. Pays attention to the quality of work throughout the unit (ex. proofreading, data entry, client information, cable connections).
2. Monitors the general quality of the work and recommends improvements as his or her responsibilities allow: Ensures that procedures are followed and keeps clear, detailed records. Suggests improvements in other areas (ex. number of files processed, number of customers served to satisfaction).
3. Monitors systems, projects or information: Monitors the progress of a project or the efficiency of a system. Analyses data, pinpoints weaknesses or missing data, and seeks out information to maintain or even improve organization and priorities (ex. obtains progress reports from workers and team leaders).
4. Designs systems on his or her own: Tries to improve the quality of data and services by designing complex tools such as flow charts and engineering plans.

What is achievement orientation?

• A concern for working well, bias towards action competing against a standard of excellence. The standard can be one’s own performance, challenging goals set by the individual and comparing with the performance of others i.e. a keen sense of competitiveness, always striving to improve

• Works toward a standard of excellence, tries to do a job well and right.

• Works toward meeting a standard set by management (e.g. works within allocated budget, timely completion of assignment, meeting sales target.

• Works to improve own and other’s efficiency using for example, skills and techniques available in the organization.