Ayanda Mkwanazi Wingfinder Report

[email protected], assessed August 1, 2024

What makes you unique, Ayanda?

Every one of us is unique, with different passions, strengths and goals. Knowing your strengths and how to best leverage them, along with what to watch out for,
enables you to develop, grow and succeed.

Developed by Red Bull and an expert team of psychology professors, Wingfinder focuses on your strengths, the things that you're naturally inclined to be good at,
and gives you the tools and coaching to be even better.

The Wingfinder model comprises 25 individual strengths organised in terms of four key areas.
Thousands of scientific studies have shown these four factors to be more influential than any others for success in knowledge-based jobs.

Connections Creativity
Measures how you manage relationships and how you manage yourself. Measures how you adapt, develop alternatives or force new information
and experiences.

Direct Diplomatic Autonomous Supportive Independent Focused Adaptable Pragmatic Innovative Classical

Sociable Emotive Balanced Open to experience

Drive Thinking
Measures your motivation, ambition and self-discipline towards pursing Looks at your ability to reason abstractly and solve complex problems.
goals and handling setbacks.

Patient Achiever Modest Confident Relaxed Disciplined Intuitive A Hands On Learner A Balanced Learner Analytical Agile
Connections
Your CONNECTIONS measures how well you manage relationships and how well you work independently.

You enjoy being at a stage in your career where you're meeting lots of new people, making new friends and helping your
connections. You're comfortable when you're around people.

You are diplomatic You are very supportive Top strength

You're sympathetic and warm. You prefer to avoid conflict and try to be as tactful as possible.
You consider other people's opinions before your own. Your focus and desire is to do good for
You're also accommodating of other people's needs.
others.

Direct Diplomatic
Autonomous Supportive

You
You

On a bad day You avoid giving critical

On a good day You have strong social skills On a good day You are naturally supportive On a bad day You can be too influenced by
feedback
of colleagues others' needs

You succeed through

You succeed through
your sense of fairness your ability to resolve confrontations
your focus on the bigger picture your regard for others
your ability to empathise
being someone others can trust

You are balanced You are highly sociable Top strength

It takes lot for you to feel the pressure. You're good at keeping a cool head, and staying upbeat
Meeting people just comes naturally to you. You're happy to be the centre of attention, even
and focused.
when talking to groups of strangers.

Emotive Balanced
Independent Sociable

You
You

On a good day You stay calm when stress On a bad day You may not realise when
On a good day You thrive on meeting new On a bad day You can find it hard to work
levels rise others are stressed
people alone

You succeed through

You succeed through
your confidence staying positive not worrying too much
your sociability building networks and relationships your enthusiasm
Creativity
Your CREATIVITY measures how original and innovative your thinking is, or how logical and analytical it is.

You're open-minded, often coming up with new and interesting ideas. You want a career that's about enjoying novelty and
change, where you're not stuck in a routine.

You are adaptable Top strength You are innovative Top strength

You're excited by the degree of uncertainty the future holds. You're good at adapting to change You stand out for your original thinking. You're always looking to find a new angle — an idea that
and don't like to feel restricted to doing one particular thing. no one's tried before.

Focused Adaptable Pragmatic Innovative

You You

On a good day You respond well to new On a bad day You can take on too many On a good day You enjoy coming up with On a bad day You feel constrained by
environments tasks at once innovative solutions routine

You succeed through You succeed through

your adaptability to change your willingness to try something new your ability to innovate your lateral thinking your love of new ideas
your flexible thinking

You are open to experience

You enjoy daydreaming and think originally. Open-minded and comfortable with change, you
adapt well to new situations.

Open to
Classical
experience

You

On a good day You leap enthusiastically

On a bad day You avoid repetitive tasks
into the unknown

You succeed through

your intuition your flexibility your keen sense of aesthetics

Drive
Your DRIVE measures your level of ambition.

You're confident in what you want to do and are determined to get far in your career. You're also motivated by a competitive
spirit and want to prove yourself.

You are confident You are slightly more of an achiever than patient
You have a strong belief in your own abilities. Only in the most challenging situations do you You're motivated and ambitious so you work hard to make a real difference. You expect a lot
appear anything less than confident. from yourself.

Modest Confident Patient Achiever

You You

On a good day You are comfortable in the On a bad day You have high expectations On a good day You strive to reach your On a bad day You can overshadow less
limelight for yourself goals driven colleagues

You succeed through You succeed through

taking the lead taking on tough situations presenting yourself as highly capable your natural ambition your determination having clear goals

You are disciplined

You're driven to complete what you start and like to work in a structured, planned way, with to-
do lists and calendars. People can rely on you because you're efficient and care about the
details.

Relaxed Disciplined

You

On a good day You can be relied on to On a bad day You get frustrated by tasks
deliver that don't have clear deliverables

You succeed through

setting yourself high standards planning ahead delivering consistently

Thinking
Your THINKING measures the abilities you draw upon when solving problems and ranges from intuitive, to hands-on learner, to balanced learner, to analytical and to agile.

As a Hands-on Learner you approach problem-solving with your preference to rely on your past experience to find solutions;
sometimes adding to this approach, an analysis of the situation. You enjoy finding more practical solutions to problems, while
also seeing that researching solutions can still be valuable at time.

You are a hands on learner

You learn through experience and you deal with problems by diving right in.

Intuitive Agile

You

On a bad day You need to be aware when

On a good day You enjoy learning by doing
more analytical thought is required

You succeed through

having your own proven solutions learning on the job using your common sense
Your personal Coaching Plan
Your personal coaching plan focuses on your top 4 strengths. These top 4 strengths represent
your strongest personality preferences and the areas that you are most likely to develop.

Your Top Strengths

You are You are You are You are

Supportive Sociable Adaptable Innovative

What are strengths?

Strengths are the ways you are most likely to behave - your strongest personality preferences. They are aspects of your personality that you use
to succeed at work and as you rely on them you are more likely to start and continue developing them. High performance comes from shaping
and expanding your strengths through concentrated effort and practice.

Your Strengths, Your Story

We all have our own unique strengths. Wingfinder focuses on the key factors for career success which have been identified by psychologists
across thousands of scientific studies. What YOU DO to develop your strengths will make the difference.

Beware of the Dark Side

Every aspect of personality has its positives and negatives depending on the situation and being self- aware will help you succeed in your
career. As your top 4 strengths are your most preferred way to behave, you may be overusing them, or there may be situations they may not be
to your advantage, how they can be managed and developed is key.
You are supportive
You consider other people's opinions before your own. Your focus and desire is to do good for others.

Keep doing Stop doing Start doing

Your desire to assist others is a valuable Make sure you're not spending so much Your belief in other people is a great
quality. It means the people you work with time helping others, you forget about quality of leadership. Try to bring more
feel that you are there when they need yourself. Sometimes, decisions need to be people together to achieve collective goals
help and that you're working for the good made based on hard facts and data, rather — don't shoulder the entire burden
of the team. than what's best for members of the group. yourself.

1 Maximise impact
Your desire to help others is valued, so try and think where and when you can have the most impact.

2 Think logically
Avoid making decisions that are based mostly on your emotions. Try to think logically about them.

3 Think of yourself sometimes too

It's important to put other people's needs before yours, but remember to treat yourself every now and then.

4 Keep being supportive

Keep helping those who need you. They may help you one day.
You are sociable
Meeting people just comes naturally to you. You're happy to be the centre of attention, even when talking to groups of strangers.

Keep doing Stop doing Start doing

Being sociable makes life more enjoyable Benefit from your large network. Success is
for those around you. But try to keep a not only a function of what you know — it's
Your natural extraversion and charisma are balance between nurturing your who you know. Be deliberate and
powerful gifts. Create and leverage your relationships and achieving your goals — purposeful in how you work with others
networks to bring people together to not everyone shares your need for and nurture connections; often the greatest
achieve great things. interaction. ideas are born out of collaboration.

1 Help people find common ground

Help people with opposing views see common ground by asking them to explain their thoughts.

2 Involve others
If there's a sport or something you'd like to share with your colleagues, why not set up a team or club?

3 Make the most of your ability to get on with others

Make sure your career brings you into contact with lots of people, whether colleagues, clients or customers.

4 Offer support and friendship

Whenever new people join your organisation, make sure you're there to offer them support and friendship.
You are adaptable
You're excited by the degree of uncertainty the future holds. You're good at adapting to change and don't like to feel restricted to doing one particular thing.

Keep doing Stop doing Start doing

You enjoy constant change, which means

you sometimes find it hard to stick to just
You're someone who responds well to the one thing. Acknowledge and then resist When you're presented with a range of
unknown. Not only can you handle your itchy feet occasionally to help make options or paths, rely on your ability to be
uncertainty, it even boosts your creativity sure you drive your assigned tasks, projects flexible without losing sight of your
and helps you thrive. and goals through to completion. initiatives and decisions.

1 Adapt to the situation at hand

In an unfamiliar situation, try to adapt your behaviour to the situation at hand. You'll become more comfortable.

2 Believe in your own judgement

There are often many solutions to a problem. Choosing the best one is about believing in your own judgement.

3 Find a quiet space

When you really need to get some work done, find a space where you can block out any distractions and focus.

4 Take a break or change the scene

If you're struggling to come up with ideas, don't force it. Sometimes, taking a break or a change of scene will get the creative juices
flowing.
You are innovative
You stand out for your original thinking. You're always looking to find a new angle — an idea that no one's tried before.

Keep doing Stop doing Start doing

Keep things fresh — you're at your best Transform your ideas into real innovations
when you're coming up with new ideas and It's possible to have too many good ideas. by working closely with practical,
projects and looking for the potential in Try to focus on just a few of the best ones pragmatic thinkers and people with an eye
things. Keep asking how can it be done — give them a chance to develop and for detail. Their skills will complement
better. come to fruition. yours.

1 Embrace the unfamiliar

Work in an unfamiliar environment, with unfamiliar people. This will continually refresh the way you think.

2 Try something new

Take up a new hobby like painting, singing or acting. It will help nurture your creativity.

3 Start with a simple idea

Try beginning a new project with just pencil and paper. Start from a simple idea and develop it.

4 Brainstorm
Brainstorm and record your ideas, however terrible they may seem. Later on, edit them.