Troy Norton
Chief Executive
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Troy's strategic vision and commanding leadership style are defining features of their professional identity. Known for their ability to see the big picture and plan long-term objectives, they drive initiatives forward with a clear, decisive approach. Their ability to analyze complex situations and make informed, bold decisions is crucial in roles that require leadership and innovation.
They excel in environments that are dynamic and challenging, where strong organizational skills can be applied to lead teams toward achieving ambitious goals. Their effectiveness in communication ensures that ideas are not only heard but also embraced, often fostering an atmosphere of motivation and focused direction.
Driven by a need to achieve and influence, they tackle tasks with zeal and a proactive mindset. They are a pivotal leader in settings that demand growth, transformation, and strategic oversight. They inspire others when they are passionate about a solution. Their focus on efficiency and productivity can help propel the team to new benchmarks for success.
They excel in environments that are dynamic and challenging, where strong organizational skills can be applied to lead teams toward achieving ambitious goals. Their effectiveness in communication ensures that ideas are not only heard but also embraced, often fostering an atmosphere of motivation and focused direction.
Driven by a need to achieve and influence, they tackle tasks with zeal and a proactive mindset. They are a pivotal leader in settings that demand growth, transformation, and strategic oversight. They inspire others when they are passionate about a solution. Their focus on efficiency and productivity can help propel the team to new benchmarks for success.
This is the visual depiction of Troy's work personality. Longer extensions are more dominant characteristics.
Troy’s strengths that align with the most commonly required characteristics, as reported by professionals in this career:
PERSONALITY STRENGTHS
Enterprising
Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
Recognition
Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
Achievement
Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Leadership
Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
Initiative
Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
Persistence
Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
Analytical Thinking
Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
Achievement/Effort
Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
Integrity
Job requires being honest and ethical.
Cooperation
Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
Dependability
Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
Stress Tolerance
Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
Self-Control
Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Innovation
Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
Social Orientation
Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTHS
Judgment and Decision Making
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Management of Financial Resources
Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Management of Personnel Resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Systems Analysis
Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation
Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Face-to-Face Discussions
How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Structured versus Unstructured Work
To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
Speaking
Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Persuasion
Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Negotiation
Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Time Management
Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Management of Material Resources
Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results
What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Developing and Building Teams
Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Frequency of Decision Making
How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
Contact With Others
How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
Developing Objectives and Strategies
Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Communicating with People Outside the Organization
Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Oral Expression
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Analyzing Data or Information
Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Work With Work Group or Team
How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
Deal With External Customers
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Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Coordinate or Lead Others
How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Working with Computers
Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Time Pressure
How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Written Expression
The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Performing Administrative Activities
Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
Problem Sensitivity
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Providing Consultation and Advice to Others
Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Frequency of Conflict Situations
How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
Scheduling Work and Activities
Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Selling or Influencing Others
Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
Staffing Organizational Units
Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
Originality
The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.