How to Meet the Standards That Matters?

 

With reference to the “Meeting the Standards That Matter”[1], there are altogether 8 qualities that a professional person should acquire. They include:

 

1. Competence

2. Knowledge

3. Conscientiousness

4. Integrity

5. Respect

6. Emotional Intelligence

7. Appropriateness

8. Confidence

 

Please examine these 8 qualities and reflect how well you perform in your daily life. Be true to yourself and please rate the quality standard you are currently having under a 4-point Likert Scale with reference to each description below (Fill the appropriate box in full: 4 being the highest; 1 being the lowest). 

 

	Qualities	Descriptions	4	3	2	1
1.	Competence	get the work done and done well; match requirements and exceed expectations	☐	☐	☐	☐
2.	Knowledge	develop detailed and up-to-date knowledge; highly specialised	☐	☐	☐	☐
3.	Conscientious-ness	reliable, high standards, care about job; industrious and organised	☐	☐	☐	☐
4.	Integrity	genuine, honest/true to self and others; beliefs and behaviours aligned	☐	☐	☐	☐
5.	Respect	role model for politeness and good manner; truly respect people, taking their needs into account	☐	☐	☐	☐
6.	Emotional Intelligence	manage own emotions and others’, genuinely expressing feelings with meaningful conversations	☐	☐	☐	☐
7.	Appropriate-ness	know clearly what’s appropriate, boost one’s credibility, outward appearances including how to speak, write and behave	☐	☐	☐	☐
8.	Confidence	have the ability to influence and lead, have courage to take challenges and risks, able to do better or more	☐	☐	☐	☐

 

The mark you get indicates how well you have reached the standard of the quality as required by a professional, and of course, the higher the better. If you want to have an alternative view from other perspective so that you can know which areas of improvement are deemed necessary, you can ask 5 of your friends to complete the same questionnaire for you.

 

But mind you, “Meeting the Standards That Matter”, because these qualities might become the necessary performance criteria once you become a professional and enter the industry. Your future bosses might probably have higher expectation from you! So be prepared yourself today!