What Is the Personal Power Profile?
The personal power profile (PPP) is a popular business and educational tool meant to assess individual strengths and weaknesses. The PPP is a self assessment quiz containing 12 to 75 questions meant to determine the areas or qualities in which members of a team excel or need improvement.
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Benefits
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Your personal power assessment tool reveals the personality traits associated with personal power. Individuals and teams can benefit by comparing profiles and distributing responsibilities accordingly.
Function
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Small groups compare results and improvements. Your personal power profile score is the result of your own opinion of yourself combined with the perception of two of your closest friends or colleagues. Test takers are encouraged to combine and compare the ratings, and discuss ways to improve.
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Identification
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Quizzes vary in length and description. Types of qualities include trustworthiness, self-confidence and communication skills. Under each of the traits, you rate yourself "below average," "average," or "above average." Some quizzes have a 1 to 5 rating for each question.
Types
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Learning your personal power can lead to better communication skills. Quizzes that explore personal power qualities help you discover ways to improve in those areas. Knowing what kind of power you use to influence people helps you become a more conscious communicator.
Features
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External power like positional power comes from titles and achievements. Relational power involves your ability to communicate and work in a team. Internal personal power is based on self-confidence, focus and energy.
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