TO: Professor Mandel

FROM: Bryce Anderson

SUBJECT: Personal Brand Narrative
DATE: March 14th, 2019

INTRODUCTION

After analyzing my own PeopleStyles results, self-assessment, and Outside Leadership

Communication Evaluations, I felt much more comfortable with who I am not only as a leader,
but as a person. I will go over how other people’s input matched, or differentiated with my own
perception of myself, as well as what I learned about myself. This memorandum will give you
insight on who I am outside of the classroom. It will also allow you to see if your perception of
me matches others, thus giving you an idea of how accurate your perceptions of your students
are.

PeopleStyle

Almost all of my survey respondents identified me as “expressive,” which matches what I

received in my self-assessment. Two of my respondents answers however classified me as a
“driver,” which I’m content with. I believe I’m a little bit of both. I know the first two
respondents were my past employers (because I sent it to them first), who also were the two
surveyors that had me as a driver. I believe they were lead to this result because of my
aspirations to lead my own business one day, which starts with confidence and a desire to learn
in the workplace.

Cultural Map

The cultural map results I received from my respondents showed me I don’t seem to perceive
myself the same as my peers. I only received similar results for two out of the eight categories,
communicating and deciding. For the rest, my number from the self-assessment was lower than
the average number my peers gave me. However, what was most interesting was how in
communication, evaluating, deciding, and disagreeing I received a “1” and “4” in each category.
This is most likely based upon what my respondents have seen, and where they’ve seen it. For
example, I communicate different with my friends than I do with coworkers or managers.

Common Themes

I was very humbled by the words my respondents used to describe me. Some similarities that
stuck out were “hardworking, loyal, and intelligent.” The only different one I put for my self-
assessment was respectful. I try to be respectful to everyone, until they lose my respect. Most
of my life I’ve been told I tend to not give myself enough credit, and seeing these responses
truly showed me that. I never think of myself as loyal or intelligent really, but with these
responses, it makes me shows me I’ve been doing something right, and people around me have
taken notice.

There were a few comments that were surprising to me as well. One of my respondents
claimed that I have the “charisma where you want to listen to what he has to say.” That
comment lead me to think back about when I’ve spoken during my past employments, or even
in casual conversation and how people turn to look at me for what I have to say. I never really
thought about it until reading that, and it tells me that people value what I have to say.

Self-Evaluation

This assignment allowed me to see myself from other’s point of view. It’s a rare thing to get to
do, and it has shown me what I’ve been doing right, and what certain things I can work on
moving forward. I’ve always sought out to be a leader, as well as a team player, but to see
others see it too is very rewarding, and I appreciated the opportunity I was given by receiving
others input.