Workstyle Profile

Complete individually and/or or share with teams to identify preferences, strengths, and challenges in the workplace.

Written By Kyle Oddis, Ph.D. (Super Administrator)

Updated at February 13th, 2025

What

Self-assessment that explores individual strengths, challenges, and workstyle preferences

 
 

Who

  • For individuals seeking to take an inventory of workstyle preferences in a current role or for future roles
  • For managers and teams seeking to gain insight into how best to support and understand preferences
 
 

Why

Helps employees identify, justify, and communicate the nuances of what helps them do their best work and provides insight into how their manager/team can support that

 
 

Assessment Areas

Completing this assessment can help you understand more about the following:

Communication & Learning

Identify the optimal ways for you to receive tasks, assignments, and instructions.

Productivity

Identify what keeps your day and projects running smoothly.

Barriers

Identify workplace barriers and streamline support implementation.

Support

Identify possible supports that could optimize your work.

Skills

Celebrate the value that you add to your team, especially when your workstyle needs are met.


Instructions

Answer the assessment questions thoughtfully and independently. 

  1. Download the worksheet in your preferred format (Word doc or fillable PDF) and enter your responses. 
  2. Alternatively, review the questions and record your responses separately; then store for your own reference.
  3. Refer to your responses in the future and/or share with a supervisor.

*It may be helpful to complete this document in collaboration with a career coach. 

 

Download Files

Worksheet - Personal Inventory

This document is meant to help you take inventory of where you have been and develop a map for where you would like to be. This can be a private document for you to use, or, you can opt to share it with your manager and/or your team. 

Download Personal Inventory Worksheet

Helpful components include: 

  • Disclosure preferences of disabilities 
  • Working style preferences:
    • Environmental
    • Autonomous vs collaborative preferences
    • Productivity strategies
    • Anxiety areas

Fillable PDF - General Employee Workstyle Assessment

This document is useful for managers to share with employees on teams.


Assessment Insights

✅ We want to normalize the fact that everyone works best in different ways and make those preferences known so more support can be offered.

✅ Completing a workstyle profile can be a good starting point for employees or managers seeking guidance and support from a workplace neurodiversity program.

✅ Preferences do shift over time for all people, but our goal is simply to capture current information. This can always be reevaluated in the future.