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Responsibility and Accountability

• Makes appropriate decisions regarding his/her own behavior
• Recognizes and accepts consequences of actions
• Meets agreed upon expectations
• Follow through on commitments
• Accepts responsibility for personal errors
• Takes responsibility for his/her own learning

Independence and Interdependence

• Determines appropriately when to act alone and when to work or consult with others
• Demonstrates ability to initiate action and effectively engage others to enhance outcomes
• Works with minimum supervision whether it be alone or within a group
• Adapts behavior as appropriate in response to team or organization needs

Goal Orientation

• Manages energy and behavior to accomplish specific outcomes
• Possesses and maintains sufficient motivation to achieve goals
• Understands how to use his/her talents and skills to contribute to the betterment of society
• Demonstrates effective planning and purposeful behavior
• Does not allow distractions to prevent timely completion of tasks
• Pushes self, when needed, to accomplish goals

Self-Confidence/Humility

• Maintains and projects optimistic perspective
• Expects the best from self and others
• Assesses and articulates accurately (when appropriate) personal strengths and weaknesses
• Shows interest in learning about others and their accomplishments
• Demonstrates ability to help others adapt to new situations

Resilience

• Recovers from disappointment or bad experience and continues to work successfully
• Learns from a bad experience and recovers
• Works through disappointments (i.e., what caused them, what can be done to avoid them next time, and what can be done to repair them now)

Appreciation of Differences

• Works effectively with others, despite differences; can respectfully discuss differences with others
• Recognizes advantages of moving outside existing "comfort zone"
• Seeks out others with different backgrounds and/or perspectives to improve decision making
• Appreciates the importance of diversity and conveys this value to others
• Understands and respects the values and beliefs of others

Tolerance of Ambiguity

• Demonstrates intellectual and emotional ability to perform in complicated environments and the absence of standard operating procedures
• Can work under conditions of uncertainty

*Adopted from Student Success Outcomes, University of Minnesota, Office of Student Affairs and Learning Reconsidered: A Campus-Wide Focus on the Student Experience, NASPA and ACPA