What About Me?
Personality Insights
HOW PROACTIVE AM I?
Respond to each statement by indicating the extent to which you agree or disagree with them. Use the following rating scale for your responses:

Strong disagree
Moderately disagree
Slightly disagree
Neither agree or disagree
Slightly agree
Moderately agree
Strongly agree

  1. I am constantly on the lookout for new ways to improve my life.

  2. I feel driven to make a difference in my community, and maybe the world.

  3. I tend to let others take the initiative to start new projects.

  4. Wherever I have been, I have been a powerful force for constructive change.

  5. I enjoy facing and overcoming obstacles to my ideas.

  6. Nothing is more exciting than seeing my ideas turn into reality.

  7. If I see something I don't like, I fix it.

  8. No matter what the odds, if I believe in something I will make it happen.

  9. I love being a champion for my ideas, even against others' opposition.

  10. I excel at identifying opportunities.

  11. I am always looking for better ways to do things.

  12. If I believe in an idea, no obstacle will prevent me from making it happen.

  13. I love to challenge the status quo.

  14. When I have a problem, I tackle it head-on.

  15. I am great at turning problems into opportunities.

  16. I can spot a good opportunity long before others can.

  17. If I see someone in trouble, I help out in any way I can.



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Source: T.S. Bateman and J. Michael Crant, "The Proactive Component of Organizational Behavior: A Measure and Correlates," Journal of Organizational Behavior, March 1993, p. 112; and J. Michael Crant, "Proactive Behavior in Organizations," Journal of Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2000, pp. 435-62.