Agency

People with a power skill in Agency are proactive, autonomous, self-directed, and tend to be leaders rather than followers. They have a strong voice and are not afraid of telling others what they think or how they feel and are ambitious, outgoing, assertive, and decisive. They are influential within their relationships and exhibit strong leadership potential.

While leadership and assertiveness can be strengths, people with strong Agency can be seen as controlling, exploitative or arrogant. Taking on the perspective of others is not their strongest asset and they can struggle with stubbornness, dishonesty, and rule breaking as they want to do things their own way. They may have trouble following rules that they think are unfair or pointless and frequently get into power struggles. To succeed, they need their voices heard while working on growing their empathy skills so they can use their natural leadership skills to help others.

Key Skills

  • Strong leadership
  • Ambition
  • Influential
  • Strong boundaries
  • Decisive
  • Proactive
  • Autonomy
  • Strong voice
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At Work

At work, a person with a strong Agency resiliency will be a natural project leader, when they are not in charge of a project they will need opportunities to voice their opinions in a way that they feel heard so they can be strong contributors to the group.

At Play

To relax, folks with strength in Agency will enjoy activities that give themselves opportunities to share their voice with others like creative pursuits or volunteering for causes they feel passionately about.

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Needs

Those with strong agency need choices and options in activities where they can express their opinion and have it heard. They do best when they have respect and validation from those close to them and opportunities to lead.

Challenges

  • Controlling
  • Exploitative
  • Cheating
  • Bullying
  • Oppositional
  • Overly self-assured
  • Arrogant
  • Stubborn
  • Rule-breaking

Talents

People with high Agency will approach the world with their own creative interpretation of it. At their best, they are strong allies and advocates for people and causes they care about.