Whitney Sturza

Professional Persona Summary

Introduction Core Values
In order to prepare for a future in data analytics I need to have a better As I mentioned, I was surprised that my peers rated me highly in
understanding of how I am perceived in the workplace and how I see areas that I feel I struggle in. The pink is my peer's response, the
myself in a professional setting. This document will summarize my blue on top is whether I indicated this for myself. As you can see
professional persona with information that was gathered externally and several align with how I see myself.
my own internal assessment. The biggest difference I see is that I am 6
perceived as being more confident in a work setting whereas I do not
think of myself in that way. My peers also gave me great insight as to
how I am seen in a professional setting. To begin my improvement of
my professional persona, I have analyzed my people style assessments, 4
my cultural assessments, and my peer reviews.

People Style Assessment 2

In my own personal assessment, I perceived myself as analytic and I
believe this to be accurate as I am less responsive due to wanting to
complete my work quickly, efficiently and in a timely manner. I am a
task-oriented person, meaning that I want to get all my work done 0
early to give myself more time for my assignments. I am also big on
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situation. Typically, with groups of new people I tend to be less

assertive as I get to know them. As I warm up and learn I tend to be
more assertive. Displayed below is the people style assessment from
my network and my own assessment as well. The star is my own
result. After looking at my results I felt that I am very diverse in the
workplace. These results were eye opening due to my peers seeing me
as more of a driver rather than how I see myself as an analytic. I have
the ability to speak up and be the driver or the expressive in certain
situations but also have the ability to know when it is not appropriate
and hold back. The rest of this paper will serve to explain these
results in more depth.
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Hard-Working and Driven
I work around 30-40 hours per week and attend school full-time. In
order to achieve great results in school and work I must stay focused
and driven on my work to ensure that I am able to deliver exceptional
results. My peers see me as a hard-wording and driven individual
through my work and demeanor in a professional setting.
Self-Confident
My peers all indicated that I am self-confident whereas I did not say
this for myself. I interpreted this as having confidence in the working
position I am currently in. I have been at my job for some time now
and worked in multiple different places where I am in the same
position. This has made me well-rounded in the position which in
turn gives me the confidence that I feel when I am at work. My
confidence typically presents itself later after I understand my role

and my peers.

Anxious and Dwells on Mistakes

I was surprised to see that only a few of my peers specified that I am
anxious and that I dwell on mistakes. I feel that I am incredibly
anxious, and I do dwell on my mistakes. When I make a mistake, I
dwell on it to ensure that I do not make the same mistake again. I am
Analytical Driver typically anxious as well because I do care what others think of me
and I want to make sure that I do an exceptional job with any task
Assertiveness that is assigned to me.
 360 Evaluation
360 evaluations serve to show how I perform in a group and if I am
meeting my teammates expectations. We started this group with setting
goals for the course and our main goal was getting an A in the course.
My group typically likes to divide and conquer so that we are able to
work independently and come together with our ideas. We rate each
other in the categories listed below on a scale of 0-100.
Quality of Work - 95/100
Amount of Effort - 96.67/100
Contribution to Positive Team Environment - 95/100
According to all my ratings I am doing well in each category and
meeting team expectations. I work hard and want to deliver the best for
my team so that we can achieve our goals. I still want to be at one
hundred percent which means I simply need to exert more effort. I
communicate with my group often so that we are all on the same page
and can deliver the best results. We find that communication is key
since we tend to divide and conquer with our work so that way, we are
all on the same page.
360 Peer Reviews
These reviews serve to give constructive and reinforcing feedback
directly from my team members. These serve to give me input on what
I am doing well and what I could be doing better.
"Whitney always delivers what she promises and will make sure she
gets the job done"
"Continue to share your ideas and be confident in them"
"Make sure you say any ideas you have and keep doing a great job
with your quality of work"
These peer reviews were the first of the semester and completed prior
to our first presentation and major deliverables. These gave me more
confidence knowing my team members were able to see the work I was
putting in so early into the beginning of our project. I wanted to make a
good first impression with the group and seeing this helped with
solidifying that. My key takeaway was that I need to work on speaking
up more and being more confident. My confidence typically comes
later as I get to know people more as I previously mentioned.
Mastering this will help with connecting with my group more and in
future group work settings. Following these evaluations, we recently
had another where I was rated higher in my confidence.
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Peer Assessment Testimonies
"More confidence would help, you're incredibly talented but
second guess yourself"
"Occasionally it seems like you're holding back opinions to be
polite but people want to hear what you have to say"
"I think others perceive you as someone who is well respected
and always a great part of the team, but also someone who is
fully capable on their own"
I believe all of these speak true to my character and help to sum up
my professional persona well. When I second guess myself, I am
questioning my confidence of the issue at hand and when I hold
back, I am trying to determine if my input would be appropriate to
the situation. While my peers perceive me as being a confident
person they still notice when I am holding back at times where my
input could potentially be useful. The last quote sums up how
adaptable I can be in a work setting and how I can adjust to meet
my own needs and the needs of my team. Again, the underlying
theme is acting with more confidence because I do agree that I tend
to second guess myself which in turn questions my confidence on
the issue at hand.
Key Takeaways
I am perceived as being flexible and confident in the workplace. I
am the type of person to meet others needs before meeting my
own. My main takeaway is that I need to work on my confidence,
and this is evident with my teammates as most recommended I be
more confident. My work peers brought this up as well as my
fellow student peers. I was given many different responses in my
people style results making me a well-rounded teammate. Many of
my peers said I was a hard-working and independent but also have
the ability to work in a team and adapt to the situation. The main
outcomes I want to see for myself is more confidence when I meet
new people. Confidence sets the stage when meeting new people
and I want to eventually make this a strength and main skill of
mine. I will make this a goal of mine going forward and making
this one of my core values.