Are you a budding CEO? Or the power behind the throne? The founder of your own company, perhaps? Take our quiz and discover your career style.
Are you a budding CEO? Or the power behind the throne? The founder of your own company, perhaps? Take our quiz and discover your career style.
1 One of your customers is on Facebook trashing your company. You:
A. Take her out, charm her into changing her mind, and hire her as a brand champion.
B.Call her, get the details, and quietly fix the problem.
C. Go for a workout followed by a fun, bitchy lunch with the girls.
2 You’re wooing a prospective customer. You know he enjoys a spot of nightlife, so you:
A. Invite a dozen fun colleagues, get glammed up, and go party!
B. Get the office club champion to help you organise a night out.
C. Take him to your favourite hangouts and hope he enjoys it.
3 If you could pick your dream job, you’d be looking for this:
A. A wild, wacky, on-the-edge, roller coaster career that will transform your life.
B. Challenging, rewarding, all-engrossing work with real bite.
C. A fun yet equitable calling where you can really make a difference.
4 First thing on a Monday morning, you come into the office looking:
A. Fantabulous and ready to rock! This will be the best week ever!
B. Well groomed and rested after a good weekend.
C. Fed up with having to get back to the grind. TGIF cannot come fast enough.
5 When you gaze into a crystal ball, this is where you want to be in five years:
A. The CEO of your own company. You know you can make it work!
B. On track for a directorship, preferably on an international rather than local level.
C. Deciding how to spend that $10 million you won from the lottery.
6 Your boss is looking for someone capable to arrange an important international conference. You:
A. Jump instantly at the idea. You love socialising with people from all over the globe.
B. Do it if you can hire your own team. This way, you can see it as a sideways promotion.
C. Hope someone else does it. You really don’t want all the extra hassle.
7 When offered a choice of positions in a multinational company, you pick:
A. The place and job that offer the biggest challenges, personally and professionally.
B. A position where you can maximise your opportunity for a promotion because you can crack it.
C. The place where you’d most like to live and a job that you can do with your eyes closed. Easy does it.
8 Your boss’s biggest client is furious and about to walk. Thing is, the boss is away. You:
A. Take a chance and offer a fix. If you’re wrong, it’s better than doing nothing.
B. Try to stall so you can ask your boss’ boss to step in and fix it.
C. Make the usual excuses and apologise. Then leave a memo on your boss’ desk.
9 If you have a choice of companies, you’d pick the one where:
A. There is no dress code and you get lots and lots of autonomy.
B. There is a nicely structured system tempered with humanity and common sense.
C. There’s lots of flexi-time and the possibility of working from home.
10 If you could hire an assistant, you would pick someone who:
A. May not have all the paperwork qualifications but who has the heart, brains and enthusiasm to learn on the job.
B. Has an excellent track record and glowing recommendations from people you trust.
C. Thinks the way you do. Or who really needs a job. You’re not good at bossing!
Mostly As DIVA MOGUL
Your inner CEO and Mega Brand Mogul is dying to come out! You are a natural leader who inspires others easily, which is why you can delegate effectively too. Plus, you’ve got a talent for being in the limelight. If someone isn’t recognising your value, you make sure they do, ‘cause as your soul sister Beyoncé puts it, “Diva is a female version of a hustler”.
Mostly Bs COVERT QUEEN
You are great at your job but you prefer to stay under the radar. Your style is to be the best at what you do and to get things done with little fuss, without the spotlight on you. You could be the next Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer, who became her company’s first female board member and who owns nearly USD$1 billion in company stock.
Mostly Cs BEDROCK VALUES CHAMP
Like Angelina Jolie, you pick a job you love but you spend your time on what matters, like your favourite charity or spending time with your loved ones. You like money but it’s not everything. If your choices mean that you eschew the trappings of success, like a designer wardrobe, that’s all right with you. It’s a great work- life balance attitude!
