Are you a positive influence on others?

1. On-track

When at work, do you try to keep the conversation on track, or do you take the conversation off track, by talking about other things, or by joking around.
Score higher if you tend to keep the conversation on track and score lower if you tend to joke around and distract others.

2. Optimistic

Do you try to come across as essentially happy, optimistic and confident about the future, or do you tend to tell people that the present situation is bad and it is likely to get worse?
Score higher if you come across as optimistic and confident about the future, and score lower if you tend to talk about how bad the future is going to be.

3. Good habits

Do you have any obvious bad habits (such as drinking too much, swearing too much, or continually being late) that you have had for years?
Score lower if you obviously do have a major flaw, and score higher if you don’t.

4. Good humour

Do you have a good sense of humour, or do you tend to be a bit miserable?
Score higher if you have a good sense of humour and score lower if you are a bit miserable.

5. Mood changer

When someone else is feeling downhearted, are you able to get them to change their mood by getting them to change the way they are looking at their problems, or do you tend to offer only sympathy and join them in their gloomy outlook.
Score yourself higher if you are able to change the way people process their problems and score lower if you tend to offer sympathy and join them in their gloom.

6. Tidy, organised

Are you a person who tends tidy up as you go, or are you a person who tends to leave any situation is a less organised or messy state?
Score higher if you tend to tidy up, as you go, and score lower if you leave a mess.

7. Careful communicator

In the way you speak to others, do you occasionally swear or shout or sometimes even be insulting, or are you more likely to word your message more carefully?
Score higher if you are thoughtful with your wording, and score lower if you tend to be thoughtless and give them both barrels.

8. Work ethic

If you were the person responsible for hiring, would you hire a person who had the same work ethic as you?
Score higher if you think you would like more people in the organisation who work the way you do, and score lower if you think ONE is enough.