Negative Personalities in Workplace

Blake Steinborn

Professor Lyman

ORG-612

9/12/2018

Writing Assignment #2

The leader that I’ve analyzed and will be discussing is a manager at Sherwin-Williams named Dave. With over twenty years with the company, Dave has held management positions in Sherwin-Williams stores all over the Washington D.C. area which includes a stint as manager of the Sherwin-Williams store on 8th St. which is in the heart of D.C. arguably the largest store in that areas market. I had the pleasure of working alongside Dave as his Assistant Store Manager at the Waldorf, MD location in 2016-2017. During that time Dave and I grew to know each other quite well so I find it quite fitting to give a review/analysis on Dave. The ratings that I give to Dave are as followed:

• Intelligence Quotient: 7.8
• Emotional Quotient: 3
• Social Quotient: 5
• Change Quotient: 2

Looking at this score, it’s brutal but honest. If Dave were to see this score…well let’s just say that’s why he scored a 3 on his emotional quotient! My score is based from my experiences with Dave coupled with the information that I gained in the Week 3 readings.

Dave scored the best on his IQ because he’s a smart person especially when it comes to running an efficient and effective business. I could tell that Dave was a smart person before I had even met him. I stopped by the store on a Sunday (a day before I officially started) just to check out Dave’s warehouse strategy and I was immediately impressed. I’d seen many poorly structured warehouses with zero strategy within the Sherwin-Williams stores since this time and in my view, it was the number one cause of operational inefficiency. Dave had that squared away. Once I’d finally met Dave in person I was immediately struck by his knowledge. It seemed to me that Dave knew everything there was to know about paint/coatings. Any technical question you may have had he was your go to guy. What was even more striking was his drive to learn even more. I had never seen someone at Sherwin-Williams consider so many different scenarios for product use and run them by tech support just to make sure he was correct in his answer. The more information Dave was privy to was an opportunity for him to learn and run a more profitable business. I felt that Dave’s IQ was slightly above average based on the characteristics that describe people with high IQ’s.

The second-best score Dave received was his SQ. Recognizing, listening, caring, and helping. All very important words when describing one’s social intelligence of others. While Dave was not incapable of doing these things with others he was certainly not proactive in doing so. To put it bluntly, Dave was all about himself. Once Dave was personally affected by the situation is when he started to listen and care about other people/coworkers. I must admit, once this happened Dave did submit himself fully to understanding the issue, showing the empathy he felt deserved, and coming up with a solution. Unfortunately, many felt slighted that it took so long for him to show any sort of acknowledgement. In my opinion, this is an area where Dave can drastically improve, and I think his willingness to do so would reciprocate positively back to him.