Blog: "Layers of Me": Personal Characteristics

Great leaders come from all over the world, from different cultures and varying backgrounds.

Many of these leaders have common characteristics that make them a perfect fit to be a humanitarian professional.

For this Assignment, you will assess your own characteristics and determine your fit as a humanitarian professional.

To complete your blog Assignment:

Complete the interactive media, "Layers of Me: Personal Characteristics." As you self-assess your own characteristics , consider the following questions:

What characteristics do you possess that will make you an effective humanitarian and social service professional?

What do you have that will be useful to people in need?

Is empathy important to you? If so, how do you show empathy to people in need?

Do you consider yourself and envision yourself as a leader? Why or why not?

How would you rate your level of perseverance?

How can you sacrifice for the greater good?

How do your desire to help and your personal disposition set the stage for your role as a humanitarian and social service professional?

Do you feel you have a responsibility to help others?

Create a 1-page blog post in which you do the following:

Describe your personal characteristics that would contribute to your success as a humanitarian professional.

Describe the top two characteristics that you identify as your greatest strengths, and explain why you identify them as such.

Describe your limitations, and explain how you would develop your skills in these areas.

Attachment:- Media File.zip