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Development Tips The tips listed below are designed to give you advice on how to make the most of your unique personality and working-style, in order to achieve professional success.

Creativity The inclination to generate ideas, seek variety and think at a conceptual level.

Your answers suggest that variety at work and spending time generating new ideas are not overly important to you. In terms of development, it might be useful to recognise situations where you might contribute more by coming up with new ideas or by trying out new approaches presented with the opportunity to experience new things. Take some time to think about the possible benefits rather than staying in your comfort zone.

Assertiveness The tendency to confidently communicate ideas with a sense of purpose, take charge and persuade others.

Your responses suggest that you may not always assert yourself or attempt to persuade others to your way of thinking. You may find it helpful to practice your influencing skills with those you are most familiar with, asking for their feedback afterwards to help you establish new ways of asserting your viewpoints.

Drive The levels of determination and passion shown in the pursuit of goals.

Your responses suggest that you might not always show drive and passion in pursuit of your goals at work. Consider getting more involved with the aspects of your work that particularly motivate you. To help understand the importance of this, take the time to consider what it is about the things that do energise you and how this could come across positively to others - an awareness of this will benefit you. Think about which aspects of your work or projects energise you most and consider becoming more involved in these.

Dependability The capacity to deliver with accuracy and speed, utilising structure and forward planning to meet desired objectives.

From your responses, it seems that you may not place much emphasis on forward planning or on the details of your activities and work. Think about if this has previously hindered your work and activities and try to identify where it might in future. Perhaps make use of information on planning projects or try to learn these aspects of work from a colleague who has strong planning skills and shows structured working habits.

Supportiveness The desire and tendency to motivate, inspire and support others.

Your responses demonstrate that you enjoy motivating and supporting others. Think about how you might make the most use of this tendency and where and when it would be most useful to inspire others. Examples might include identifying a team member who is especially in need of support or times when you and your colleagues are facing tough challenges.

Adaptability The capacity to display optimism, show resilience and 'bounce back' after setbacks.

Your responses suggest that you sometimes struggle to 'bounce back' after setbacks. One way to help address this is to try and think differently about things that haven’t gone to plan for example, by reflecting on what you can learn from the experience rather than focussing on what has gone wrong.

Conclusion We at Shell hope that you found the report helpful. Although it is by no means conclusive, it might serve as a good starting point for introspection and further exploration.