1. Strengths Based Leadership Insight Report
(Personalized)
SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 04-03-2016
Leader: Craig Jones
Gallup found that it serves a team well to have a representation of strengths in each of the four
domains of leadership strength: Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, and Strategic Thinking.
Instead of one dominant leader who tries to do everything or individuals who all have similar
strengths, contributions from all four domains lead to a strong and cohesive team. This doesn't mean
that each person on a team must have strengths exclusively in a single category. In most cases, each
team member will possess some strength in multiple domains.
According to our latest research, the 34 Clifton StrengthsFinder themes naturally cluster into these
four domains of leadership strength. See below for how your top ten themes sort into the four
domains. As you think about how you can contribute to a team and who you need to surround yourself
with, this may be a good starting point.
Your Top Ten Clifton StrengthsFinder Themes
Executing Influencing Relationship Building Strategic Thinking
Belief Communication Positivity Strategic
Arranger Self-Assurance Learner
Achiever
Responsibility
Restorative
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2. Your Personalized Strengths Insights
Communication
Instinctively, you may be quite comfortable telling stories or describing your experiences. People
might look forward to hearing what you have to say. By nature, you are a magnet for fun. You
personify the phrase “the life of the party” — that is, you can make situations enjoyable, exciting, and
interesting for a group of people. You bubble with energy and enthusiasm. You welcome opportunities
to create merriment. People look forward to just being with you or attending your social gatherings. It’s
very likely that you may gravitate to groups whose members love to exchange information, ideas,
opinions, stories, or jokes. Perhaps you have an easy time sharing your thoughts and feelings with
people. Because of your strengths, you might be able to distinguish each person’s unique contribution
to a conversation. In some ways, you guide the exchange of information by drawing out the singular
perspectives of individuals. Once in a while, you help others express their varied, peculiar, eccentric,
quaint, or unusual viewpoints. Perhaps you enliven dialogues by honoring the value of each human
being. Driven by your talents, you may be good talker. In certain situations, you might think of better
ways to pose questions, change topics, launch serious discussions, engage in small talk, tell jokes, or
describe experiences.
Belief
Because of your strengths, you occasionally inconvenience yourself to help someone else. Maybe the
person’s appreciation, smile, or words of thanks make you feel good about yourself and life in general.
Perhaps you have a bit more energy for your own job or studies after you have done a good deed. It’s
very likely that you sometimes delve into opportunities or situations to find clues for handling them.
Piecing together patterns of cause and effect from past or current events sometimes allows you to
propose alternate routes to a particular goal. Perhaps few things take you by surprise. Why? You
might study several options or craft innovative solutions that short-circuit problems before they arise.
Chances are good that you place more importance on the purpose and value of what you do than on
the monetary rewards that accompany success. By nature, you often argue that people should be
held to the highest moral standards. You insist that those who break the law be required to accept the
consequences of their deeds. You have little sympathy for people who are caught in the act of taking
things that do not belong to them. Driven by your talents, you can sometimes place the needs of
others ahead of your own.
Arranger
By nature, you enjoy working and studying with people whose backgrounds, cultures, talents, or
experiences are quite different from one another. You usually are the one who determines how each
individual can contribute to the group. Chances are good that you may partner with people whose
work ethics are sound. Perhaps you prefer collaborating with individuals who seek continuous
improvement. Like you, some of them might refuse to associate their names with average or mediocre
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3. outcomes. Because of your strengths, you occasionally inspire people to accomplish things they
never thought they were capable of doing. Perhaps they credit you with coordinating the group’s
schedules or providing individuals with the resources they need to excel. Maybe you have the clout —
that is, pull or influence — to create meaningful experiences for them. Instinctively, you may be
welcomed onto teams by people who need someone to keep everything in order. Perhaps this is your
forte — that is, strength. Driven by your talents, you have been most productive in the past when
someone in authority really took an interest in you. You probably can name these individuals and
describe how they helped you recognize your talents. You are likely to recall instances when they
created opportunities for you to use your talents, knowledge, and skills. Often these individuals played
the role of a teacher, coach, or mentor even when that was not their official title.
Positivity
Chances are good that you may be more enthused about life when you can exchange ideas with,
entertain, or work with particular people. You might prefer to be someone’s partner or teammate. You
might have little interest in working alone to coordinate the activities of individuals or groups.
Instinctively, you may decide life is good when you give yourself time to assess your actions.
Sometimes you need to know beforehand that what you are about to say or do is correct. By nature,
you may feel good about life when people answer your questions and keep you informed about topics
that affect you personally or professionally. Perhaps you prefer to be bombarded with facts, data, and/
or explanations. Maybe receiving only bits and pieces of information raises your level of anxiety,
suspicion, or frustration. Sometimes you become upset when individuals forget or refuse to tell you
something you think you have a right or a need to know. Because of your strengths, you might feel a
bit more favorable about your life when you win certain contests or tournaments. Driven by your
talents, you may feel grand when you are in charge of your life. You might resist being micromanaged
or dominated by someone who prevents you from making your own decisions.
Achiever
Driven by your talents, you may have a reputation for applying yourself to your work for many hours at
a time. Perhaps some teammates realize you are capable of working all day or through the night
when you must complete job-related tasks, household chores, or academic assignments. By nature,
you ordinarily take time and exert extra effort to comprehend what you are reading. You probably
refuse to rush through written material. Why? You likely intend to commit to memory as many facts
and concepts as possible. Because of your strengths, you may diligently examine what needs to be
revamped, revised, modified, or fixed. Periodically you give all your attention to a single problem. It
might be related to your personal life, your job, or your studies. Instinctively, you expend much mental
energy making sense of events, identifying problems, and/or creating solutions. You likely sort
through a lot of information to pinpoint essential facts. You probably rely on reason to arrive at sound
conclusions or to make correct decisions. It’s very likely that you tend to be a very good adviser to
many individuals. When offering suggestions or asking questions, you probably are much more
engaged, intense, and involved than usual.
Responsibility
Instinctively, you usually want to be held accountable for outcomes, especially when what you are
being asked to do sounds reasonable. You are apt to scrutinize your own and others’ ideas before
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4. you begin a task. Chances are good that you are occasionally willing to be vulnerable. Perhaps you
claim your talents or admit your weaknesses. Your openness may help some people know you better
as a person. Your straightforward style may convince others you are honest, dependable, and
reliable. Because of your strengths, you sometimes feel twinges of guilt when certain tasks are done
carelessly. Perhaps you want to be associated with quality. You might be disappointed in yourself
when you compromise some of your beliefs about right and wrong. By nature, you may strive to do
tasks correctly the first time. It makes no sense to you to quickly do an assignment just so you can
announce, “I finished first.” Quality probably is one of your top priorities. Driven by your talents, you
might prefer to work with certain teammates. These individuals may share your concern about doing
things correctly or ethically.
Restorative
It’s very likely that you periodically consider skills you might upgrade to be a better trainer or coach.
Perhaps you derive some satisfaction from helping individuals improve personally or professionally.
Driven by your talents, you may notice how people are distinct from one another. These insights
periodically prompt you to find ways to work better with people. Perhaps you even discover how
individuals might partner with a few others in the group. Instinctively, you may be inclined to finish
whatever is assigned to you each day. Occasionally you admit there are a few things you could do
better. When you act on these ideas, maybe you increase your chances of meeting the day-to-day
expectations people place on you. Chances are good that you may desire to be an influential person.
Perhaps you yearn to be the one in charge of certain types of groups or projects. You sometimes
concentrate exclusively on the things you need to perfect, upgrade, or do a little bit better. Because of
your strengths, you sometimes question how well you are doing in certain aspects of your life. You
might aspire to higher levels of excellence. Maybe you sense that your greatest accomplishments lie
ahead. This partially explains why you spend time and energy addressing some of your shortcomings.
Perhaps you think you jeopardize your chances of future success when you ignore certain
deficiencies.
Self-Assurance
Driven by your talents, you typically use sound reasoning to identify the basic components of a
complicated situation, process, event, or decision. You describe intricate things in ways that people
can easily understand. You are likely to direct their attention to key points. You avoid overwhelming
them with every fact and detail you know. Chances are good that you are sometimes delighted to be
part of a group engaged in creative thinking. You might enjoy meetings where most people
spontaneously contributes ideas. Exchanging innovative concepts or hearing others’ views may prove
energizing. Testing schemes, plans, tactics, or inventions with your teammates may be a bit more fun
than being alone with your thoughts. Because of your strengths, you may choose to associate with
specific people who think big and think smart. Perhaps exchanging ideas, concepts, or theories with
them exhilarates you. You might pull together a few thoughts from these animated conversations. To
be sure you don’t overlook a potentially valuable suggestion, you mentally file away or physically
document those bits of insight or wisdom for easy retrieval. Instinctively, you periodically see yourself
as the person in charge of people or projects. You might search for positions in which you can be the
primary guide, director, boss, or decision maker. It’s very likely that you periodically choose
teammates who dare to do things that some people would say are too risky.
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5. Strategic
Driven by your talents, you now and then demonstrate an ability to express your ideas in the presence
of historians. This may occur when you are discussing historical events or telling stories about
interesting people from the past. Chances are good that you might feel satisfied with life when your
innovative thinking style is appreciated. You might pinpoint trends, notice problems, or identify
opportunities some people overlook. Armed with this knowledge, you may devise alternative courses
of action. By evaluating the circumstances, available resources, and potential consequences of each
plan, perhaps you can select the best option. It’s very likely that you might spot some emerging trends
or problems others fail to notice. You sometimes generate innovative ideas before selecting the best
option. Perhaps your proposals, coupled with your optimism, ignite people’s enthusiasm for certain
endeavors. By nature, you may feel good about yourself and life in general when you know the exact
words to express an idea or a feeling. Perhaps language has fascinated you since childhood.
Occasionally your ever-expanding vocabulary earns you compliments. Instinctively, you sometimes
bring an imaginative game plan to your teammates’ attention. You might enjoy partnering with people
who rely on you to identify critical and recurring sequences of events, facts, or data.
Learner
Driven by your talents, you might fix your mind on capturing the topmost honor when your
performances or results are compared to those of certain individuals. Sometimes you attempt to know
a little bit more than the people who pit their knowledge against yours. Perhaps you practice specific
skills until they become almost natural. You might aim to be the very best when you can choose the
activities. Because of your strengths, you may have started asking people questions as a child and
continue to do so today. Others might notice that you are genuinely interested in what they have to
say. Sometimes your inquiries turn tense frowns into relaxed smiles. Maybe the warmth of your
presence can transform a timid person into a talkative one. To some degree, you offer compliments.
Perhaps few things delight you as much as hearing a stranger say, “I really like you — and I’ve just
met you!” Instinctively, you may sometimes seek to acquire additional knowledge. Your desire to
study may enable you to talk about a variety of topics with newcomers or outsiders. Maybe knowing
more increases the likelihood of having something in common to talk about with strangers. By nature,
you might yearn to acquire certain types of knowledge and/or master specific skills. Perhaps your
active mind grows weary of performing the same tasks the same way day after day. Now and then,
you make a conscious effort to gather facts, evidence, data, or background information. To some
extent, your hard work prepares you to move forward with particular projects, assignments, or action
plans. You might glean much of what you know from observation, investigation, study, or instruction.
It’s very likely that you may thirst for new ideas and knowledge. Sometimes you dive into your reading
with abandon. Other times you lose yourself in a book. Maybe you pore over the thoughts contained
in its pages for long stretches of time. Why? You might want to absorb as much information as you
can.
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