Gallup - CliftonStrengths

 

YOUR TOP 5 THEMES

1. Deliberative

2. Strategic

3. Achiever

4. Intellection

5. Input

 

Deliberative

YOUR PERSONALIZED STRENGTHS INSIGHTS

Driven by your talents, you tend to be earnest, businesslike, and dignified in what you say and do. Understandably, the books and publications you read are apt to reflect your no-nonsense approach to life. You aim to accumulate knowledge whenever you peruse — that is, studiously examine — the printed word. Because of your strengths, you often are described as an industrious, no-nonsense person. When you have a goal, you aim to reach it. When you have a problem to solve, you first break it into parts. When you have a major decision to make, you study all the facts from a variety of angles. By nature, you divulge your innermost thoughts and feelings to a small, close-knit circle of confidants. With great caution, you expose your beliefs, fears, hopes, desires, failures, worries, dreams, or personal history. Understandably, you are careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences about what you reveal. Instinctively, you probably enjoy reading because it gives you so many topics to talk about other than yourself. Characteristically you prefer to discuss ideas rather than delve — that is, make a detailed search for information — into your own or another’s personal life. Chances are good that you refuse to shirk your obligations. You are eager to fulfill your commitments. Often you are described as earnest. Your dependability is a hallmark of your personality.

 

Strategic

YOUR PERSONALIZED STRENGTHS INSIGHTS

Driven by your talents, you are innovative, inventive, original, and resourceful. Your mind allows you to venture beyond the commonplace, the familiar, or the obvious. You entertain ideas about the best ways to reach a goal, increase productivity, or solve a problem. First, you think of alternatives. Then you choose the best option. Chances are good that you work diligently to invent alternative courses of action. You notice new as well as unusual configurations in facts, evidence, or data. Others, however, can see only separate, unrelated bits of information. You are fascinated by problems that puzzle, confound, or frustrate most people. Instinctively, 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. By nature, you long to know more so you remain on the cutting edge of your field or areas of interest. Your inventive mind usually generates more possibilities than you can handle or fund. Nonetheless, you are committed to acquiring knowledge and/or skills. You study everything involved in a situation and conceive entirely new ways of seeing or doing things. What you already know prompts you to ask questions and delve even deeper into a subject or problem.

 

Achiever

YOUR PERSONALIZED STRENGTHS INSIGHTS

Instinctively, you contend that what you have to say is very important. You probably tell individuals or groups they would be wise to stop what they are doing and give you their undivided attention. By nature, you channel your energy into your work or studies. You seldom count the hours you work. Feeling fully engaged in what you do is a major source of satisfaction. You believe there is always something more challenging you can pursue. Given your ability to withstand hardship, adversity, and stress, it is no surprise you love what you do. You strive to do more and more of it each day. Because of your strengths, you are much more industrious when you are working on projects you feel are really important. Your fervor increases whenever the outcomes directly impact the quality of your life. Driven by your talents, you habitually bring together all sorts of information so you can refer to it later. At the instant you collect a fact, example, story, or piece of data, typically you are eager to use it. You trust it is valuable. Your fascination with knowledge has probably been part of you even before you formed the words to ask your first question. It’s very likely that you toil with little rest and enjoy it as long as you can partner with individuals who share your strong work ethic. Having slackers in the group certainly tries your patience, especially when they are content to meet the minimum expectations. Your drive to do more and better work undoubtedly annoys and even threatens them.

 

Intellection

YOUR PERSONALIZED STRENGTHS INSIGHTS

Instinctively, you rely on your passion for reading to help you launch conversations. Engaging in small talk or casual chitchat is likely to be difficult for you. As a result, you tend to draw on the ideas you find on the printed page or the Internet to spark discussions. Writers’ thoughts generally prompt you to use questions to break the ice — that is, conquer the first challenges in starting a dialogue. This tactic permits others to begin talking and allows you to simply listen. It’s very likely that you characteristically read books, periodicals, documents, correspondence, or Internet sites. You are willing to be mentally stimulated by thought-provoking ideas, information, data, predictions, insights, characters, or plots. Chances are good that you favor reading about precise research results or thoroughly conducted projects. You love to collect information you can use someday. You are attracted to books, journals, documents, or Internet sites that many people would find quite boring and beyond their ability to understand. Because of your strengths, you combine your fascination for reading with your ability to figure out what sets individuals apart from everyone else. You are likely to discover things that interest someone. Then you read more about those topics. You aim to collect insights that can inspire the person to take advantage of his or her one-of-a-kind talents, knowledge, and/or skills. By nature, you

regularly can be found reading. You probably are attracted to books that have short chapters or publications that contain concise articles. You admit that you comprehend the printed word better when you can concentrate on it for short periods of time. Your mind tends to wander when you force yourself to read for an hour or more without taking a break.

 

Input

YOUR PERSONALIZED STRENGTHS INSIGHTS

Because of your strengths, you are determined to keep abreast of the news. You probably satisfy your hunger for current information by habitually reading newspapers, magazines, correspondence, memos, files, or Internet sites. By nature, you are quite comfortable having time to yourself to enjoy a favorite pastime: reading. Whether you are sitting on a quiet beach or in a crowded airport terminal, you create your own space with a book, magazine, newspaper, document, or correspondence. Gleaning information, inspiration, or insights from these sources can make your relaxation more pleasurable or your delays more tolerable. Chances are good that you relish reading about topics that fascinate you. People are not surprised to find you with your nose in a book — that is, reading all the time. When a subject intrigues you, you review a wide range of printed materials. You glean — that is, collect bits and pieces — as much information as you possibly can about your areas of greatest interest. Instinctively, you usually equate education — formal and informal — with understanding more about something today than you understood about it yesterday. It’s very likely that you have no difficulty diving into books, journals, files, correspondence, or Internet sites to prepare yourself for new assignments. By nature, you are driven to gather lots of information, facts, data, or insiders’ perspectives about an upcoming project. All this newfound knowledge probably prepares you to tackle first-time projects with gusto — that is, vigor and enthusiasm.

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