Action Oriented(Career Architect Development Planner, 5th Edition,pp1-2)
The Map
One mission-critical competency for today and the future is action orientation. The need for speed and agility in the marketplace means that those individuals and organizations who hesitate will be overtaken by those who don’t. Most successful senior managers count action orientation as one of their strengths. The hesitation mainly comes from perfectionism, procrastination or risk avoidance. All cause people to delay taking quick and timely action.
Skilled
Enjoys working hardIs action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challengingNot fearful of acting with a minimum of planningSeizes more opportunities than others
Unskilled
Slow to act on an opportunityMay be overly methodical, a perfectionist, or risk averseMay procrastinateMay not set very challenging goalsMay lack confidence to actMay know what to do but hesitates to do itMay not be motivated; may be bored with the work or burned out