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Introduction 00

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Who Am I? 01

#Self-Discovery

A quick snapshot view into who a person is.

I am Independent
I am Theoretical
I am Logical
I am Curious

9 Things I Am Good At

I am good at...

...playing with ideas in my head
...thinking about possible solutions from every angle
...working independently
...weighing up the pros and cons
...respecting others' need for privacy
...thinking “outside the square”
...keeping calm in a crisis
...challenging myself
...analyzing and theorizing

6 Things That May Cause Me To Get Upset

I may get upset when...

...I'm being hurried for a solution
...my confidence is under-valued
...nothing is interesting
...I’m forced into social situations that are uninteresting or too long
...people are sweating the small stuff
...I have to listen to trivial detail

The Top 7 Things I May Need Help With

I may need help with...

...communicating my thoughts simply and coherently
...being tactful
...accepting traditions that seem senseless
...being patient
...expressing empathy and concern
...working out my feelings and sharing them
...overcoming failures

Who Am I? Authors
Original work by: Sue Blair © Step Research Corporation

Cognitive Super Power - Expanded 02

#Self-Discovery

This section describes your Superpower; your dominant, "go to" behavior that is so natural, fast, and easy to access, you may not even know you have or are using it.

The “superpower” described here is a distinctive personality quality that comes naturally to the person who has it, whereas it would take others a great deal of concerted effort to access the same sort of skill. This Cognitive Super Power is a reflection of how their specific personality type can be leveraged when working with others to make a large contribution to the group. This is based on Jungian dominant function. It represents the preferred and typically strongest function of the individual at their best.

Super Analyzing

Beth’s Superpower

"I know how it fits together."

Compelled to help by making certain everything is accurate and logically consistent
Does everything in her power to ensure things are properly categorized, sorted, identified and labeled
Beth may sometimes be overly critical in an earnest attempt to help and make things better
She loves analyzing to uncover the one most perfect solution to a problem
Beth typically thinks all problems can and should be solved by logic and reasoning

Good Day

System Thinker

Bad Day

Sarcastic Critic

Super Analyzing

Beth understands logic and analyzes or figures out the essential principles. That is what Super Analyzing is all about. Those with this superpower are constantly evaluating, defining, and identifying if something is correct or incorrect based on the sophisticated logical models and complex mental concepts they use.

For Beth it is very frustrating that most other people do not logically analyze or figure out their decisions. She often can't turn off the need to analyze things. Those with Super Analyzing are often dismayed because almost the entire world seems illogical or 'stupid' to them.

Her sophisticated analysis can sometimes result in a fairly biting wit. And when overused this can result in a perfectionist approach and evaluation of both herself and those around her.

It is also this constant mental sharpening that results in amazing progress on any problem that can be analyzed and solved by principles. Beth often thinks all problems can and should be solved by logic and reasoning.

Cognitive Super Power - Expanded Authors
Original work by: Sterling Bates Gene Bellotti © Step Research Corporation

Distinctive Qualities 03

Based on your results on the Sheffield Assessment, this chapter shows your most distinctive, "stand out" characteristics relative to the attorneys in our database.

We have ranked your scores on each of the 22 traits from the Sheffield Assessment in terms of how distinguishable they are from the scores of the attorneys, representing 24 different practice areas and 6 work settings, in our sample. Based on that ranking, this chapter highlights several traits where your scores could make you “stand out” from the crowd. If you want to see your scores on all 22 traits relative to satisfied attorneys in our world-wide database, you can find them in the chapter Legal Trait Analysis.

The traits below represent the qualities that are likely to make Beth distinct from other attorneys and are ones she may want to focus on to help her make a unique contribution and find satisfying work in the legal field.

As much as we seek to measure everything perfectly, that's not actually possible. Indeed, no matter how good the Sheffield is, it is not able to predict whether you can or will be successful or satisfied in any particular work setting. Therefore, it's still incumbent upon you, as the expert on yourself, to look at the qualities and determine how important the opportunity to exercise them at work is to you.

For qualities you don’t place much weight on, knowing that they are less likely to be represented in a particular setting may not have much of an impact on how eager or interested you are to explore that work setting further. But for those you do care about, knowing how likely it is that these qualities will be well-represented can be useful information in helping you to prioritize which work settings to investigate first. Moreover, when there is a mismatch between the qualities that are important to you and what’s representative in an otherwise appealing setting, this information can help you anticipate the need to “sell” the value of these qualities, as well as to look for other avenues in which you can gain the satisfaction of using them.

Self-Starter

Beth is likely to take initiative on tasks without requiring instruction or supervision. Typically proactive and independent, Beth can usually recognize what tasks need to be done, develop a plan for addressing them, and work towards their completion. However, a key to success is being aware of and responsive to the expectations of important others – even or especially if they hold a different perspective. Beth may want to include regular check-ins to ensure that whatever she has decided to focus on is moving things in the right direction.

Development Opportunities:

Beth prefers to drive projects forward and does so comfortably without getting input from others. However, she may need to watch that she doesn't disregard important norms, rules, or procedures that others hold dear, even if Beth may fail to see their merit. Moderation and restraint can be important behaviors for Beth to cultivate. Beth can try stepping back and examining situations more closely and carefully before getting going.

Goal-Driven

Beth tends to set goals and strive to control her circumstances. Spending time thinking about her future and determining a path to get there is typically second nature for Beth, helping her to achieve her goals. Although having a planful nature can be effective in many circumstances, Beth should be careful not to structure her life so tightly that she cannot respond to changes that will inevitably come. Adopting a more flexible mindset and building in some “wiggle room” to her schedule helps Beth position herself to respond more skillfully to unforeseen issues and be open to or even embrace unexpected opportunities.

Development Opportunities:

Beth’s drive to manage her life and career, set goals, and work her plan usually promises that milestones get realized. Her resolve and determination are admirable but if not managed carefully, can keep Beth stuck; confining her to following the letter of her plan rather than operating out of the spirit of it. Without some attention to this inclination, Beth may find herself unable to take advantage of spontaneous opportunities to learn and grow because they aren’t on the schedule. Beth would do well to occasionally ask herself if her plans and goals are still as appropriate as they were in the beginning. If not, Beth would do well to reflect on what has changed, and what she might have missed by being so single-minded.

Predictability

Beth shines when able to work in predictable environments, using established methods and known approaches to get things done. This fits well with work areas that are more stable and systematic in nature. Able to follow procedures faithfully, Beth can be counted on to cross all the “t’s” and dot all the “i’s,” ensuring rules and routines are respected and traditions are honored. What’s practical, how things work, or could be applied tends to be favored over what things might, or could, mean. This can sometimes result in Beth being blind to new ideas or lead to missed opportunities for improvements.

Development Opportunities:

Beth may need to balance the tendency to stick with the familiar by making an effort to seek fresh or unique perspectives. Starting a new tradition, in which Beth seeks to learn more about what makes a project or person especially interesting or noteworthy, can act as motivator to keep her going when things feel unpredictable. Being willing to entertain and explore trends or possibilities keeps the lines of communication open, allows a more comprehensive view, and may provide Beth with a heads-up about changes that lie ahead.

Distinctive Qualities Authors
Original work by: Sterling Bates Mark Levin Karl Schmitt © Step Research Corporation

Making the Most of Study Time 04

Quick tips and advice for studying more effectively

Making the Most of Study Time: Time and Energy Overview

Students can get stressed out over how to manage their study time. While time management approaches do help some students, it can help to suggest that Beth pay attention to managing her energy levels as well. To get into this mindset Beth should try to:

Understand her personal time clock and attempt to study when she is most alert and creative.
Learn about her stress triggers and explore different activities to see which help to reduce stress.
Honor her physical needs while studying by moving, stretching, eating, sleeping, and taking breaks when needed.

Making the Most of Study Time: Maintaining Energy

To remain energized when studying, as an ongoing practice Beth should:

Make an extra effort to find a quiet spot on her own, or with one or two fellow students.
Write out her ideas, sometimes just having to organize her thoughts in writing can help her to understand the material.
Take breaks to be alone to reflect and recharge especially when she has had a lot of interaction time with others.

Making the Most of Study Time: Improving Understanding

To increase her understanding when studying, Beth should:

Ask herself what are the interesting themes related to the material, and when stuck, circle back to those patterns to re-focus her efforts.
Look for or ask for theories to explain why this material is important in order to help her to better understand it.
Draw on her imagination to explore if and how what is being taught corresponds with future trends.

Making the Most of Study Time Authors
Original work by: Elizabeth Hirsh Katherine Hirsh © Step Research Corporation

Engagement Styles 05

This section describes how you prefer to interact and engage when you are working with others in order to help you realize how you can make the biggest, most significant contributions.

This section shows how an individual predominantly prefers to do their work and engage with others. This information can help you realize what sorts of groups you will work best in and what sort of role you should try to adopt when working with others in order to make your best contribution possible. This is built on Jungian psychology and is about how you prefer to engage with the world around you.

Beth's Engagement Style:

Refine for Perfection

Your dominant engagement style describes how you prefer to interact and engage with others, especially when working on a project.
Your engagement style can be helpful in identifying how you prefer to interact with teammates and how you make your best contributions.
Each engagement style has several key opportunities for making a project successful.
When an engagement style is overused, then that style can create threats to a project's success.

	Opportunities	Threats	Score
Carefully Understand	Opportunities Understand ramifications Making the plan	Threats Analysis paralysis Refusal to change plan	30
Refine for Perfection	Opportunities Tweak to improve Quietly fixing things	Threats Never finished updating Lack of decision	55
Dynamically Explore	Opportunities Energetic discovery Building enthusiasm	Threats Unnecessary changes Not completing	10
Organize and Direct	Opportunities Move others forward Achieving goals	Threats Badgering Hasty decisions	5

Engagement Styles Authors
Original work by: Sterling Bates Gene Bellotti © Step Research Corporation

Four Styles of Working as a Lawyer 06

This section takes a look at your Thinking, Working, Motivational, and Business Development Styles to highlight your natural abilities, core values, preferred work environments, and how these fit within the practice of law.

This section details a person's natural abilities, core values and preferred work environments, including the cultural factors and management styles that will lead to a good fit.

A list of the natural talents and abilities common to individuals with this person's personality type is listed below; any new job, career, or work setting that they are considering will hopefully leverage many of these natural talents and abilities.

Thinking Style

Comfortable in the abstract and concrete: Beth is comfortable working through complex, multidimensional issues as well as simple, more concrete problems.
Straight-forward: She prefers to work on matters that follow a straight-forward path or fall within a pre-defined, predictable scope.
Habitual, routine: Beth exhibits comfort in following a predictable or routine pattern over seeking new experiences.
Logical: Beth defaults to logic and critical thinking when analyzing an issue. She is adept at pattern recognition and reasoning.
Optimistic: Beth tends to have a positive outlook towards life and events and she focuses in on the good in people or situations. This disposition is helpful for getting along with others and often leads to general happiness with one's career and life. Caution: Beth must remember to consider what might go wrong (play devil's advocate) when advocating legal issues or working on business transactions to ensure she is properly representing the client fully. Focusing only on the positive outcome will negatively affect one's representation of the client's best interest.
Risk averse: Beth tends to prefer conventional or well-established methods that will produce an expected outcome to a matter or transaction as opposed to methods that may potentially lead to failure.
Skeptical but not jaded: She tends to be somewhat skeptical, particularly when considering the motives of opposing parties/counsel. This is an important trait for making informed judgments in client situations.

Working Style

Can perform with or without direction: Beth is able to get the job done with minimal input but will not resist direction or guidance.
Respectful debater: Beth often enjoys the challenge of convincing others but will tolerate others maintaining their point of view. She does not necessarily need to believe in their arguments, but it helps.
More sympathetic than empathetic: Beth is capable of intellectually appreciating another person's experience, but is less adept at genuinely connecting with another's experience emotionally. She may not recognize more subtle aspects of communication.
Can solve problems in group or alone: Beth is comfortable solving problems in either a group setting or alone, depending upon the situation and availability of others.
Collegial: Beth performs well as a teammate but can also step away from the group and continue to perform well on her own.
Prefers closure on tasks before changing gears: Beth is capable of multitasking but her preferred work style is one or two important initiatives at a time. Beth can demonstrate urgency, but prefers to work at a steady pace.

Motivational Style

Strong facade: Beth is capable of handling criticism or rejection but may question her convictions and experience some feelings of insecurity.
Goal-setter: Beth frequently sets goals for planning purposes or for measuring personal or organizational success. For her, goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about the future, and for motivating herself to turn this vision of the future into reality. Multiple studies have shown that goal-setting has been found to be common among highly successful people.
Diligent: She tends to persevere through difficult circumstances in life and career. This is an important trait in the practice of law and especially for working in the large law firm environment.
Confident: She is confident in her abilities but occasionally will seek validation from others.
Proactive: Beth frequently takes initiative on tasks without requiring instruction or supervision of others. A lawyer with strengths in this area will typically recognize the need to complete a task, develop a plan for completing the task, and begin executing towards completion of the task all on one's own.

Business Development Style

Client sympathetic when focused: Beth is capable of recognizing and understanding another's experience but does not always leave them with a genuine sense of having been understood. She can adjust her behavior based on the interpersonal situation, but this tends to require a conscious effort.
Can listen well when focused: Although Beth listens to others and may pick up the facts in a conversation, she may miss the subtleties and may be inclined to fill in any gaps with her own assumptions.
Poised, commanding: Beth exhibits a sense of ease, poise, and self-assurance. She can "turn it on" to command a room or conversation with a compelling energy and attitude. When used purposefully this can be a highly effective tool for professional interactions.
Sociable when needed: Beth is comfortable in social situations and she appreciates the benefit of networking, but both require effort.

Four Styles of Working as a Lawyer Authors
Original work by: Sterling Bates Mark Levin Karl Schmitt © Step Research Corporation

Career and Work Satisfaction 07

This section uses your personality type to help illustrate the work environments best aligned with your core values.

In this section, you will see how your personality type represents the values you hold and how that coincides with which working environments will fit you best. Finding a career that aligns with your values and provides a suitable environment for your personality type will lead to a more fulfilling and productive career.

Beth prefers these environmental and cultural attributes at work:

Beth does best at work when the company’s culture aligns with her personal values. Based on her personality type, Beth prefers an environment where:

Management allows people to be self-directed
The culture appreciates fair but tough decision-making
The environment, culture and pace allow you to consider things fully before having to respond
The environment allows for freedom and flexibility and is loosely structured without too many rules

Based upon her personality type, Beth should consider these industries and professions:

There are several opportunities to demonstrate competence
The work allows you to utilize your natural ability to analyze and make objective, logical decisions
The work involves theory and speculation
The work involves creativity, imagination and a creative approach to problem solving
The work involves looking beyond the present i.e., future possibilities, future products, future actions
The work is not limited to what exists today but involves "what may be" and "what could be"

Those with Beth's personality prefer careers in which:

Management allows people to be self-directed
The culture appreciates fair but tough decision-making
The work offers the opportunity to rapidly change direction and to respond to problems as they arise
The work is fun and allows for some spontaneity
You can apply your natural ability to focus and concentrate, rather than multitasking
The environment allows for freedom and flexibility and is loosely structured without too many rules
The environment, culture and pace allow you to consider things fully before having to respond
The work allows you to work at a careful steady pace
The work allows you adequate private time to work alone and to concentrate
The environment allows for freedom and flexibility and is loosely structured without too many rules

The natural abilities and strengths of Beth's personality type include:

When Beth is able to utilize fully her natural abilities and talents, she performs at a higher level. Her ability to perform well and enjoy her job depends upon the degree to which she is able to leverage and capitalize on her strengths.

Beth has probably already experienced something like this: Her work aligns well with her natural abilities and she is motivated to bring her best to her roles and responsibilities. Her performance seems to flow, progress on projects is smooth, and the outcomes are successful.

The opposite is also true. When Beth is not working on a project or studying a subject not aligned with her natural abilities, her stress level tends to increase and she finds it difficult to face into her obligations. The result is not satisfying or satisfactory. The key is for Beth to be in "alignment" with her work.

Every profession offers a variety of roles and work expectations. This is true even within a specific role. If Beth can direct her career path into industries and roles where she is able to align and develop her natural abilities, she will be more satisfied and successful.

Anyone can work on developing a skill. When a skill is listed below, we are referring to a "preference" toward that skill. The person is likely to enjoy using and developing the skill. When something is listed as a "natural ability", it is refering to the same concept, a preference. It does not automatically mean the person has or will develop it. It does mean that the person will likely prefer and enjoy developing the ability. Which means a likelihood of spending more time developing it.

Natural ability to think strategically
Natural ability for coordinating, organizing and leading
Natural ability to make things more efficient
Natural ability to improve systems
Natural ability to solve very complex problems
Naturally ingenious
Natural ability to invent and create
Natural ability to study and learn technology and science
Natural ability for research and development
Natural ability to work independently without supervision
Naturally persistent and resolute

Beth's core values likely include:

Her professional environment should align with her core values in order to achieve maximum job satisfaction and career success. The common core values for her personality type include:

Demonstrated competence
Achievement
Creativity
Ingenuity
Knowledge
Constant learning
Excellence
Perfection
Independence
New challenges
Being calm, emotion free
Logic
Minimal repetitive work
Rewards and recognition are for problem solving in creative and innovative ways
The ability to work without much direction is appreciated

Career and Work Satisfaction Authors
Original work by: Michael Robinson © Step Research Corporation

Practice Area Detailed Analysis 08

This chapter shows how you fit in different practice areas based on your scores from the Sheffield Assessment

To help you assess how you might fit in different practice areas, this chapter shows how your results on the Sheffield Assessment compare to those of our sample of satisfied attorneys working in 24 different practice areas.

The Practice Area Detailed Analysis summarizes your results by comparing you to our sample in two key ways. Highlighted are the three traits where your scores are most similar to our practice area samples and the three traits where your scores are least similar. In addition, the right side of your display takes into account your scores on all 22 traits on the Sheffield Assessment, ranking your potential fit across the practice areas from most to least similar.

Many factors contribute to success and satisfaction in a practice area. Use this ranking of practice areas, and the top three matching and mismatching traits, as a starting point for investigating which practice areas might offer you the best fit for your future career.

Click the list of practice areas on the right to examine each one.

Personal Injury

Where Beth fits with Personal Injury

Below are the three traits from the Sheffield Assessment on which your scores are most similar to those of satisfied attorneys working in this Practice Area. Although there are multiple profiles of successful and satisfied attorneys working in each Practice Area, your scores on these three traits may make working in this setting more comfortable.