What is Self Regard?

Self Regard is the extent that someone has a positive self-image, is satisfied with who they are as a person, and tends to be self-assured and optimistic. It is the degree to which someone is content, secure and cheerful.

In terms of workplace behavior, Self Regard is the disposition/likelihood for:

• Accepting criticism and feedback from coworkers and customers.
• Dealing positively with obstacles and failures.
• Sharing responsibility for direction and performance of the team.
• Taking responsibility for one's own actions, even when they result in errors.
• Using intuition and experience to complement data.

Self Regard is one of the dominant aspects of Stress Tolerance in the five-factor model of personality - the other dominant aspect is Stability.

It factors highly into the Plum talents Adaptation and Decision Making.