1. Strengths-Based Leadership Report
(with your personalized Strengths Insights)
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2. Strengths-Based Leadership Report
SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 06-19-2015
Leader: kendall white
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 five 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 Five Clifton StrengthsFinder Themes
Executing Influencing Relationship Building Strategic Thinking
Command Input
Strategic
Futuristic
Learner
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
Input
By nature, you approach your studies or work with dignity and in a businesslike manner. It makes
perfect sense, therefore, that you possess a vocabulary rich in complicated, technical, or subject-
specific words. You habitually take time to carefully think through whatever you are going to say or
write before you begin. Once you have identified your main theories or concepts, you can express
them with clarity and precision. Instinctively, you sometimes enjoy instructing others. Because you like
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3. to read, you probably have more information to share with your students than some educators do. The
individuals you tutor benefit from the facts or insights you gather from the printed page or the
computer screen. Chances are good that you are attracted to the printed word. Each discovery raises
new questions. Each insight enables you to forge linkages between facts, statements, events, or data.
The more you read, the more you know — but the more you know, the more you realize what else you
need to know. Through reading, you acquire knowledge and gain new skills. You feel happy when you
are blossoming — that is, coming into your own. It’s very likely that you pay close attention to current
events. Numerous people merely recount what they heard, saw, or read. Typically you dive deeper
into the topic. You are likely to generate theories, concepts, or philosophies to explain the reasoning
behind newsmakers’ decisions. You routinely gather information about events, policy statements,
people, or crises. Your fresh insights are likely to draw equally engaged thinkers into the conversation.
Because of your strengths, you probably are one of those people who reads the regulations first,
especially when they apply to everyone in a group. Your need to commit these rules to memory is apt
to be the way you prepare to play a game, assemble a device, use a computer program, or adhere to
a standard process.
Strategic
Because of your strengths, you are known for your ease with language. This ability serves you well
when you need to talk with newcomers or outsiders. Your vocabulary probably allows you to tell
stories or express your ideas with great clarity. Driven by your talents, you can reconfigure factual
information or data in ways that reveal trends, raise issues, identify opportunities, or offer solutions.
You bring an added dimension to discussions. You make sense out of seemingly unrelated
information. You are likely to generate multiple action plans before you choose the best one.
Instinctively, you likely are quite adept — that is, talented, skilled, and knowledgeable — with
language. You can express your ideas and feelings with ease. You typically rely on words or phrases
your teammates readily understand. Chances are good that you generate ideas quickly. You draw
clever linkages between facts, events, people, problems, or solutions. You present others with
numerous options at a pace some find dizzying. Your innovative thinking tends to foster ongoing
dialogue between and among the group’s participants. By nature, you have no difficulty finding the
right words to express your ideas. You are quite comfortable talking about ways to make people or
things more complete, perfect, or excellent.
Command
By nature, you keep a tight rein on your emotions. You are cautious and reserved. Rather than add to
the drama of a situation, you simply study the facts. You waste little time discussing your own and
others’ feelings. Instead, you consider the evidence. You weigh the consequences of whatever is said
and done. People realize you need time to think. They know your judgment is rarely clouded by
personal feelings or opinions. Instinctively, you boldly make demands of and set requirements for
people. When expressing opposition or arguing a point, you usually gain the advantage by using
highly technical, academic, or professional words. Your vocabulary enables you to quickly assert —
that is, state confidently without need of proof — your authority over others. Chances are good that
you boldly question a person’s thinking or actions even when you sense your candor makes the
individual feel uncomfortable. Often you combine your straightforward style with your caring nature.
Frequently you raise issues most people prefer to ignore. Many family members, friends, colleagues,
or classmates count on you to confront emotionally charged situations and deal with demanding
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4. individuals. It’s very likely that you bring new thoughts to most discussions and meetings. Your
reputation for innovative thinking explains why you are recruited by groups. You derive satisfaction
from mental activity. You recognize when you are especially creative. Driven by your talents, you help
people do more and better work by issuing demands. You tell them it is unacceptable to simply meet
minimum requirements. You want to see proof they are accomplishing what you told them to do.
Futuristic
It’s very likely that you commonly welcome into your life and give your approval to a broader range of
personalities than many individuals do. Your interest in people leads to discoveries about what needs
to be done and what can be done in the coming weeks, months, years, or decades. By nature, you
are a visionary thinker. Your vivid mental images of the coming months, years, or decades often impel
you to move into action. Instinctively, you intentionally take steps to be the mastermind of your own
future. You refuse to leave your destiny to chance. You probably resist placing it in someone else’s
hands. You trust your own intelligence and imagination when setting a direction for your life. Chances
are good that you are energized by your plans for the coming months, years, or decades. Bringing
your ideas to life is an exciting proposition for you. You sense you have the power to transform
whatever you think is possible into tangible outcomes. Because of your strengths, you create detailed
and vivid images of what the future promises. You can describe it long before others can imagine it.
Learner
Instinctively, you probably register for the most difficult rather than the easiest classes. You likely take
courses from teachers who have a reputation for being tough and demanding. You ordinarily have
great faith in your ability to earn the top grade in these instructional situations. Driven by your talents,
you adore being surrounded by bright, young minds. You want to invest in the future of these
individuals by educating and training them. Your enthusiasm for acquiring knowledge and skills is
likely to motivate these people. By nature, you normally dedicate yourself to acquiring knowledge and
gaining skills. You probably devote many hours to mental labor. It’s very likely that you yearn to
increase your knowledge by being kept in the information loop. This explains why you gravitate to
people who converse about ideas at a deeper and more thoughtful level than most individuals are
capable of doing. “Making small talk” — that is, engaging in idle conversation — probably seems like
a waste of time to you. Chances are good that you endorse the importance of acquiring additional
knowledge and gaining new skills. You regard education as an ongoing activity.
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