77%A-Player profiles have unusually strong adaptability, learn very quickly and are strongly action-oriented. They have a tendency to succeed and progress easily, regardless of the environment in which they're likely to evolve.
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Influence Behaviors in the "Influence" category are linked to providing direction. They include developing a professional network, managing teams, making decisions and being motivated to get ideas across. These behaviors provide insight on a person's natural ability to mobilize others and the way they establish relationships.
Cooperate Behaviors in the "Cooperate" category are linked to facilitating collective work. They include mediating interactions between people, solving conflict, making use of the team's resources, and providing support for others. These behaviors provide insight on a person's natural ability to evolve within a group.
Think Behaviors in the "Think" category are linked to conceiving projects. They include designing strategies, identifying project risks, evaluating tasks and activities, and contributing new ideas. These behaviors provide insight on a person's natural ability to process abstract rather than practical concepts.
Act Behaviors in the "Act" category are linked to obtaining results. They include launching projects, implementing action plans, monitoring outcomes, or controlling production quality. These behaviors provide insight on a person's natural ability to understand practical rather than abstract concepts.
Feel Behaviors in the "Feel" category are linked to controlling one's emotions. They include managing stress, investing one's energy, and radiating a positive vibe. These behaviors provide insight on a person's natural ability to express and channel their emotions in different contexts.
It is often thought that creativity and structure stand in the way of each other; Abbas Shamshi is the perfect counter-example. Their curiosity is piqued by novelty and they favor stimulating, fast-paced work, but this does not stop them from producing high-quality work. They are careful not to become complacent, and focus on seeing their projects through to completion. They go about their work independently, focusing more on their mission than on the relational aspects of their work.
Abbas Shamshi channels most of their energy towards taking action. Their main drivers push them to act and take risks. They need to be stimulated to maintain their interest in their activity or role. For them, stability is synonymous with boredom and weariness. It is better to give them new challenges often.
Analysis is a key source of personal satisfaction for Abbas Shamshi. They enjoy being able to approach situations in an objective and rational manner. They are particularly invested in ensuring important decisions be made in this way, rather than based on intuition or to satisfy others' expectations.
It is essential for Abbas Shamshi to be able to invest themselves in an activity where they have to initiate the action process. They are satisfied when pushing projects forward and producing results. They are impatient and seek to instill a dynamic approach to work.
Perfecting is an activity in which Abbas Shamshi finds true satisfaction. They pay utmost attention to the quality of their work, in both substance (accuracy) and form (aesthetics). Being able to dedicate their energy to polishing their work is a major source of motivation for them.
Abbas Shamshi is a manager who challenges others while providing clear directives. They are driven by results and set high standards. They are interested in results above all else, even when they know the path to achieving them is difficult and demanding. They strive to inspire that same spirit in their team.
Abbas Shamshi expects a manager to provide clear standards. They need to know what is expected of them. For them, the ideal leader is a mentor who accompanies their development. They need to feel that they are constantly growing and that their manager is there to guide them.
Abbas Shamshi is best suited to cultures that prioritize personal results and accomplishments. They prefer environments that are flexible enough to adapt to change and foster innovation, without letting that flexibility hinder the attainment of objectives. They readily welcome stricter rules if the rules facilitate coordination and contribute to achieving business goals. However, they will find routines and highly stable workplaces hard to bear. To maintain a high level of engagement, they need stimulation from their environment, and a constant sense of improvement and progress at work.
Capacity to comprehend new and strategic subjects.
Tendency to dedicate time to ensuring decisions are right.
Ability to easily assimilate new concepts through analysis.
Brilliant from an intellectual point of view, Abbas Shamshi tends to easily assimilate foreign concepts. They are able to understand new or complex subjects without needing to put them into practice. This means they can develop their skills by researching and reading on diverse subjects. They need to be intellectually stimulated by their work, and might get easily bored otherwise.
Abbas Shamshi's spontaneous nature leads them to learn by testing out concepts and techniques themselves. They finds that the best way to acquire new knowledge is to first try, develop their understanding through failure, and then try again. They can sometimes lack patience. To assimilate new ideas or new knowledge, they first need to experiment by themselves.
