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Clifton Strenghts
Clifton Strenghts
Clifton Strenghts
Use this report to make the most of your strongest CliftonStrengths themes, navigate the rest and
maximize your infinite potential:
• Read and reflect on your results to understand what you naturally do best.
• Learn how to apply your strongest CliftonStrengths every day.
• Share your results with others to create stronger relationships and improve teamwork.
STRENGTHEN NAVIGATE
You lead with Strategic
1. Analytical 11. Responsibility Thinking CliftonStrengths
2. Input 12. Discipline themes.
3. Deliberative 13. Communication
4. Futuristic 14. Strategic EXECUTING themes help you
5. Arranger 15. Learner make things happen.
6. Focus 16. Significance INFLUENCING themes help
7. Individualization 17. Consistency you take charge, speak up and
8. Competition 18. Harmony make sure others are heard.
9. Relator 19. Self-Assurance RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
10. Woo 20. Maximizer themes help you build strong
21. Restorative relationships that hold a team
22. Intellection together.
23. Developer STRATEGIC THINKING
24. Positivity themes help you absorb and
25. Activator analyze information that informs
26. Belief better decisions.
27. Context RE AD “IDENTIF Y YOUR UNIQUE
28. Achiever CONTRIB UTION: THE
29. Ideation CLIF TONSTRENGTHS DOMAINS”
30. Command SECTION TO LE ARN MORE
31. Includer
32. Connectedness
33. Empathy
34. Adaptability
1. Analytical The CliftonStrengths at the top of your profile are the most powerful.
2. Input These themes represent how you are uniquely talented. They are the
3. Deliberative starting point for living your strongest life possible.
4. Futuristic Develop these CliftonStrengths to maximize your potential
5. Arranger Your greatest chance to succeed — at work or anywhere else — lies in
6. Focus strengthening what you naturally do best and doing more of it.
7. Individualization
8. Competition Start with your top five.
They are your most powerful natural talents.
9. Relator
10. Woo 1. Read everything about your top CliftonStrengths. To make the most
of your talents, you first need to understand them and how to
describe them to others.
4. Watch out for blind spots. Sometimes how you exhibit your
strongest CliftonStrengths can cause unintended negative
misperceptions. Read the “What Is a Weakness?” section to learn
more about preventing your strongest CliftonStrengths from getting
in your way.
STRATEGIC THINKING
1. Analytical
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You search for reasons and causes. You have the ability to think about all of the factors that might
affect a situation.
It’s very likely that you process numerical information with ease and precision. You probably
perform mathematical calculations in your head. Objective and logical in your thinking, you
typically count or measure results, progress, productivity, profit, or attendance. Teaming
with like-minded individuals is a pleasure. Dealing with people who fail to support their
requests with logical numerical data is difficult and frustrating.
Driven by your talents, you often are regarded as a no-nonsense person. This perception is
amplified as you acquire more knowledge and skills in your area of specialization. To
perform your job, progress in your studies, pursue your hobbies, or plan your travel, you rely
on your natural and acquired abilities. These allow you to perform specific activities without
apparent effort.
Chances are good that you spend considerable time examining exactly why something has
gone wrong. Whenever you experience a personal or professional loss, make a mistake, or
experience failure, you tend to investigate. You are likely to be restless until you have
answers to all your basic questions: What? How? When? Where? Who? Why?
By nature, you purposely set aside time to assess whether your words and deeds measure
up to your core values. You are more reasonable than emotional when you make important
choices. Weighing the pros and cons is only the first step in your thinking process. The
essential second step involves asking yourself questions such as, “Does this decision
mirror what I hold to be true, right, and proper?” “If I choose to do this, am I being consistent
with what I have done in the past?” “Does the course of action I am about to take match the
most important priorities in my life?”
Because of your strengths, you constantly investigate the “hows” and “whys” of a given
situation. You find relationships between the final result and the events preceding it. These
links enable you to understand how things come into being. You draw logical conclusions.
These often broaden your knowledge base.
Your natural ability to investigate, diagnose and identify patterns results in valuable insights
that are logical and well-thought-out. Your critical thinking helps clarify reality and provides
objectivity.
• Your objective and fact-based approach to decision-making may seem skeptical or critical.
Keep in mind that others will have emotional, subjective and personal opinions — and that
their input is just as valuable as yours is.
• Because you ask many questions, people may think that you always doubt the validity of
their ideas, that you do not trust them and that you are tough to work with. Explain your
analysis so they will be more likely to trust your process and your motives.
STRATEGIC THINKING
2. Input
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You have a need to collect and archive. You may accumulate information, ideas, artifacts or even
relationships.
Driven by your talents, you challenge others with your elaborate, complicated, and difficult-
to-understand vocabulary. This is no accident. You mean to gain the advantage by
presenting yourself as an accomplished, knowledgeable, and trustworthy human being.
Your choice of words probably gives you an air of authority in discussions, conversations,
debates, or presentations. Language allows you to state your opinions so they sound
official and influence listeners.
Chances are good that you can capture the attention of experts with the force of your
voice and the power of your presence. You keep specialists’ interest by speaking their
language — that is, using the technical terminology that they rely on to converse or
correspond with one another. Your forte — that is, strong point — is your ability to describe,
step by step, how complicated procedures operate.
Instinctively, you eagerly welcome opportunities to think out loud about ideas, theories, or
philosophies. You derive pleasure from conversations that force you to ponder matters that
exist only in the realm of thought, not in reality.
Because of your strengths, 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.
By nature, you have kept conversations centered on ideas since childhood. As a child, you
likely listened carefully to discussions among adults. This approach allowed you to join in
without rocking the boat — that is, without causing trouble where none was welcome.
Today, you continue to listen intently to collect information before adding your ideas,
contributing your insights, offering your suggestions, or asking your questions.
You seek and store information. Your pursuit of mastery and access to knowledge
empowers you to make credible and well-informed decisions.
• Unrestrained input can lead to intellectual or physical clutter. Consider occasionally taking
inventory and purging what you don’t need so that your surroundings — and your mind —
don’t become overloaded.
• You might have a tendency to give people so much information or so many resources that
you can overload and overwhelm them. Before you share your discoveries with others,
consider sorting out what is most meaningful so they don’t lose interest.
EXECUTING
3. Deliberative
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You are best described by the serious care you take in making decisions or choices. You anticipate
obstacles.
Because of your strengths, you are intentional and purposeful about what you do. “Rash”
and “impulsive” are not adjectives most people would use to describe you. Typically you
think through things thoroughly before speaking or acting. By nature, you tend to be
businesslike in your approach to personal and professional issues.
By nature, you may remain silent rather than join conversations that involve the sharing of
intimate or personal information. Occasionally you try to change the topic altogether. If your
attempts are unsuccessful, you might excuse yourself from discussions about the
upbringing, finances, problems, physical conditions, or mental health of yourself or others.
Instinctively, you select your friends with great care. You are comfortable nurturing up-close
and personal relationships with these chosen individuals. The quality of your relationships
is much more important to you than the number of people who say you are their friend.
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.
It’s very likely that you sometimes suppress your emotions, and you may be cautious and
reserved. Rather than add to the drama of a situation, you might choose to study the facts.
You may spend little time discussing your own or others’ feelings. To some extent, you
prefer to simply weigh the consequences of whatever you say and do. When people
understand this, they might be willing to wait for you to process facts or refine your
concepts and plans.
You are thorough and conscientious. Through your natural anticipation and careful thought
process, you know how to reduce risks and prevent problems from arising.
• Because you take time to think carefully before making a decision, people might perceive
you as forgetful, slow or afraid to act. Be prepared to explain that you are none of those
things and that you are just considering all of the potential next steps.
• Your cautious and serious outlook on life might give the impression that you are a distant,
private and unapproachable person who doesn’t give much praise. Keep this in mind,
especially when the important people in your life need your approval and validation.
STRATEGIC THINKING
4. Futuristic
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You are inspired by the future and what could be. You energize others with your visions of the future.
By nature, you possess a high level of skill and/or knowledge about specialized issues,
subjects, processes, or programs. You probably combine this expertise with your ability to
set definite goals for the coming weeks, months, years, or decades.
Chances are good that you have a capacity for envisioning what the coming months, years,
or decades could, should, or will be like. Frequently you are prompted to transform your
ideas into things you can touch, taste, see, smell, or hear.
Driven by your talents, you envision what you can accomplish tomorrow, next week, next
month, next year, or in the coming decades. Your goals and aspirations motivate you to
keep moving forward. The tension you feel when a deadline is fast approaching forces you
to concentrate on the right activities, discard irrelevant information, and not waste time on
intriguing distractions. Your one aim is to reach your objectives.
Because of your strengths, you forge ahead to build the life you envision. You reach your
goals by finding as many opportunities as possible to use your unique abilities and natural
gifts.
Instinctively, you enjoy brainstorming — that is, a group problem-solving technique that
involves the spontaneous contribution of ideas from all participants. Because you have
acquired special skills and knowledge, you can suggest a number of alternative solutions.
Your expertise often serves as a springboard for your own and others’ imaginations. This is
the case when you are encouraged to think about the future.
You are a visionary. Your powerful anticipation and detailed visualization of a better future
can turn aspirations into reality. Your vision of tomorrow can inspire and push others to new
heights.
• Because you live in the future, you may find it difficult to enjoy the present moment. While it
will always be important for you to have things to look forward to, don’t overlook
opportunities to experience and appreciate where you are now.
• Some people may dismiss your visions because they can’t see the future like you do.
Accept that you must address real issues today to get to a better tomorrow.
EXECUTING
5. Arranger
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You can organize, but you also have a flexibility that complements this ability. You like to determine how
all of the pieces and resources can be arranged for maximum productivity.
By nature, you fondly recall the attention or care given to you by an educator or coach. The
individual probably encouraged you as a youth. Consequently, you have an easy time
establishing a rapport with others. Your personable style and optimistic attitude attract
people.
It’s very likely that you rely on the diverse viewpoints of your teammates to spark
conversations that produce exciting ideas. You agree that “The whole is greater than the
sum of its parts.” When everyone asks questions, offers solutions, describes situations,
and raises issues, the group’s collective intelligence far exceeds that of any single person.
Driven by your talents, you enjoy partnering with teammates to complete certain tasks or to
reach particular goals.
Chances are good that you volunteer for additional duties. You really enjoy being given
authority over projects, individuals, or groups. You expect to be held accountable for the
results you produce as well as your words and deeds.
Because of your strengths, you embody the adage: “If you want to get something done, ask
a busy person.” You deliver peak performances when you can tackle a task. You experience
tremendous satisfaction each time you accomplish something. You probably like being
held accountable for your actions and words.
You have a natural ability to coordinate people and resources for maximum effectiveness.
Your creative flexibility in complex situations leads to greater efficiency.
• Your tendency to continually reorganize tasks, projects and people might confuse others.
Take time to explain your approach and how it can work better.
• People with dominant Arranger talents tend to claim responsibility for and take personal
ownership of projects, processes and people. Be aware that when you assume control
without asking, you might irritate others or discourage them from taking responsibility.
EXECUTING
6. Focus
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You can take a direction, follow through and make the corrections necessary to stay on track. You
prioritize, then act.
You have a powerful ability to prioritize, set goals and work efficiently. You avoid time-
consuming distractions and stay on track toward an overall objective.
• You may focus so intently on your own work that you don’t notice when goals and priorities
change. Remember to occasionally stop what you’re doing so you can re-evaluate your
objectives.
• When you are absorbed in something, you may be slow to respond to others’ immediate
needs and appear emotionally distant. Acknowledge that sometimes, you will have to stop
and respond to interruptions from the important people in your life.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
7. Individualization
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You are intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. You have a gift for figuring out how different
people can work together productively.
You notice and appreciate each person’s unique characteristics, and you don’t treat
everyone the same. Because you can see what makes each individual unique, you know
how to bring out their best.
• You often know more about others than they know about you, and when people don’t
naturally show awareness of your likes, dislikes, motivations and needs, this may disappoint
you. Recognize that you will need to share your preferences with people, and don’t assume
they will instinctively know.
• Your natural impulse is to put individual needs and goals ahead of what is best for the
group. To prevent the appearance of favoritism and bias, acknowledge that sometimes you
will need to adjust your style for the greater good.
INFLUENCING
8. Competition
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You measure your progress against the performance of others. You strive to win first place and revel in
contests.
You motivate yourself and others to a higher standard of performance. You can raise a
group’s achievement level by creating a culture of winning and aspiring to be the best.
• Be careful not to let your competitive spirit get in the way of your relationships. Not
everyone has your drive to win, and constantly comparing your performance to theirs
might offend them or hurt their feelings.
• Winning at all costs isn’t winning; it’s self-defeating. Make sure you maintain your principles
when you push yourself toward ultimate victory.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
9. Relator
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You enjoy close relationships with others. You find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to
achieve a goal.
You naturally form genuine and mutually rewarding one-on-one relationships. Your
authenticity allows you to build close, long-lasting connections that foster trust and
confidence.
Connect deeply with the right people to gain friends for life.
• Try to get one-on-one time with people, rather than attempting to connect with them in a
group. This will help you build the deeper and trusting relationships you value most.
• Stay in contact with your friends, no matter how busy you are. Your closest relationships
energize you.
• Make sure people know that you are more interested in their character and personality than
in their status or job title. You might serve as a model for others.
• Because Relators typically do not trust others implicitly and people have to earn your trust
over time, some may think you are hard to get to know. Be aware of this perception with
new people you meet as well as with the people you see every day.
• Your tendency to spend more time with the people you know best might give the
impression that you are exclusive or unfriendly to those outside your inner circle. Consider
that you might be missing out on the benefits of widening the circle and getting to know
more people.
INFLUENCING
10. Woo
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You love the challenge of meeting new people and winning them over. You derive satisfaction from
breaking the ice and making a connection with someone.
You have an exceptional ability to win others over. Because you energize social situations
and naturally put strangers at ease, you help build networks by connecting people with
each other.
• Others may view you as shallow and insincere because you connect with people quickly
then move on. In social situations, when you are talking with someone and have the urge to
go meet someone else, try to remember that some people may just be getting
comfortable.
• You may have a tendency to reveal yourself and trust others too quickly. This may cause
more reserved people to step back from a relationship. Be aware that people’s personal
comfort zones differ, and you will need to adjust your approach if you want to win people
over.
11. Responsibility Your greatest opportunity to reach your full potential is developing and
12. Discipline using your strongest CliftonStrengths. But it is also important to
13. Communication understand all 34 of your CliftonStrengths themes.
14. Strategic Your unique CliftonStrengths 34 profile
15. Learner The themes toward the top of your CliftonStrengths 34 profile might show
16. Significance up regularly in your life, and the ones closer to the bottom might not show
17. Consistency up at all.
18. Harmony To fully understand your talent DNA, consider how all your CliftonStrengths
19. Self-Assurance themes, separately or in combination, influence your work and personal life.
20. Maximizer In addition to concentrating on your top 10 themes:
21. Restorative
22. Intellection • Navigate the middle. You might notice these CliftonStrengths
23. Developer themes in your behaviors from time to time. And you may need to rely
24. Positivity on them in certain situations. Think of these themes as a support
25. Activator system you can use when you need to.
26. Belief
• Manage the bottom. Just as your top CliftonStrengths show you
27. Context
who you are, those at the bottom may tell you who you are not. They
28. Achiever
aren’t necessarily weaknesses, but they are your least powerful
29. Ideation
themes. If you don’t manage them properly, they could prevent you
30. Command
from maximizing your potential.
31. Includer
32. Connectedness • Identify weaknesses. To determine if any themes are getting in your
33. Empathy way, review the “What Is a Weakness?” section on the next page, and
34. Adaptability find out how to overcome potential obstacles to your success.
To learn more about your entire CliftonStrengths profile, see the “Your
CliftonStrengths 34 Theme Sequence” section at the end of the report.
What Is a Weakness?
1. Analytical Focusing on your CliftonStrengths doesn’t mean you can ignore your
2. Input weaknesses.
3. Deliberative Gallup defines a weakness as anything that gets in the way of your
4. Futuristic success.
5. Arranger While the CliftonStrengths assessment does not mathematically quantify
6. Focus weaknesses, you can use your profile to understand how any of your
7. Individualization CliftonStrengths themes might prevent you from maximizing your potential.
8. Competition
Your strongest CliftonStrengths are your best opportunity for success. But
9. Relator in some situations and with some people, these same themes can hinder
10. Woo your effectiveness and become blind spots.
11. Responsibility
12. Discipline The themes at the bottom of your profile can also get in the way of your
success. They aren’t necessarily weaknesses, but they likely do not come
13. Communication
naturally to you.
14. Strategic
15. Learner To identify potential weaknesses, ask yourself:
16. Significance • Does this theme ever undermine my success?
17. Consistency • Have I ever received negative feedback related to this theme?
18. Harmony • Does my role require me to use this theme, but I feel drained when I
19. Self-Assurance do?
20. Maximizer
21. Restorative If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be discovering
22. Intellection areas of weakness. Don’t ignore your weaknesses. Instead, focus on your
strengths, and work to manage the areas that get in your way.
23. Developer
24. Positivity How do I manage my weaknesses?
25. Activator • Claim them: Know your weaknesses and how they get in your way
26. Belief • Collaborate: Ask partners for support
27. Context
• Apply a strength: Use a different theme to achieve a better
28. Achiever
outcome
29. Ideation
• Just do it: Lean in and do your best
30. Command
31. Includer
32. Connectedness
33. Empathy
34. Adaptability
The best teams are made up of individuals who understand their own — and others’ — unique contribution
to the team. This awareness and appreciation empowers the team to be more cohesive, versatile,
productive and engaged.
However, be careful not to let the four domains limit your thinking. If you don’t have any top themes in a
particular domain, don’t worry. That doesn’t mean you can’t think strategically or build relationships, for
example. Everyone accomplishes tasks, influences others, builds relationships and processes information.
You just use your stronger themes in different domains to get to the same outcome.
The next page shows you how your unique CliftonStrengths profile sorts into the four domains. Knowing
which domain you lead with can help you understand your most powerful contribution.
EXECUTING INFLUENCING
This chart shows the relative distribution of your unique CliftonStrengths 34 results across the four domains. These
categories are a good starting point for you to examine where you have the most potential to perform with excellence and
how you can best contribute to a team.
See chart below for more detail about your CliftonStrengths by domain.
28 12 25 20 34 31 1 2
Achiever Discipline Activator Maximizer Adaptability Includer Analytical Input
5 6 30 19 32 7 27 22
26 11 13 16 23 24 4 15
17 21 8 10 33 9 29 14
3 18
Deliberative Harmony
Take Action
Discovering your CliftonStrengths is only the beginning. Achieving excellence depends on your ability to
develop and apply your CliftonStrengths and maximize your potential.
• Share your CliftonStrengths with others. Conversations with those closest to you can
accelerate your CliftonStrengths development.
• Find a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach. A coach can help you learn to productively apply your
CliftonStrengths regardless of the situation.
• Apply your strongest CliftonStrengths every day. Read the suggestions in your report, and
use the following statements to guide you.
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE WITH YOUR TOP CLIF TONSTRE NGTHS
Analytical
Use your logical, objective approach to make important decisions.
Input
Keep exploring; always be curious.
Deliberative
Stop, listen and assess before taking action.
Futuristic
Share your visions of a better future.
Arranger
Improve effectiveness and efficiency by reorganizing resources.
Focus
Set specific goals with timelines to motivate yourself.
Individualization
Appreciate the uniqueness in each person you meet.
Competition
Aim for first place so you’ll always finish strong.
Relator
Connect deeply with the right people to gain friends for life.
Woo
Spend time every day interacting with people.
2. Input 8. Competition
STR ATEGIC THINKING INFLUENCING
People exceptionally talented in the Input theme have People exceptionally talented in the Competition
a need to collect and archive. They may accumulate theme measure their progress against the
information, ideas, artifacts or even relationships. performance of others. They strive to win first place
and revel in contests.
3. Deliberative
E XECUTING
9. Relator
People exceptionally talented in the Deliberative REL ATIONSHIP B UILDING
theme are best described by the serious care they People exceptionally talented in the Relator theme
take in making decisions or choices. They anticipate enjoy close relationships with others. They find deep
obstacles. satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a
goal.
4. Futuristic
STR ATEGIC THINKING
10. Woo
People exceptionally talented in the Futuristic theme INFLUENCING
are inspired by the future and what could be. They People exceptionally talented in the Woo theme love
energize others with their visions of the future. the challenge of meeting new people and winning
them over. They derive satisfaction from breaking the
5. Arranger ice and making a connection with someone.
E XECUTING
11. Responsibility
People exceptionally talented in the Arranger theme
can organize, but they also have a flexibility that E XECUTING
complements this ability. They like to determine how all People exceptionally talented in the Responsibility
of the pieces and resources can be arranged for theme take psychological ownership of what they say
maximum productivity. they will do. They are committed to stable values such
as honesty and loyalty.
6. Focus
E XECUTING
12. Discipline
People exceptionally talented in the Focus theme can E XECUTING
take a direction, follow through and make the People exceptionally talented in the Discipline theme
corrections necessary to stay on track. They prioritize, enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best
then act. described by the order they create.