Personal Strengths Discovery

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Using your Strengths

Express Your Uniqueness!

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 “Over the Years , I’ve learned that a
confident person doesn’t concentrate
or focus on their weaknesses – they
maximize their strengths”

Joyce Meyer

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Maximizing your potential

People who know and use their Strengths

are:

6x 7.8%
as likely to be engaged at work more productive in their role

3x 6x
as likely to have an excellent quality as likely to do what they do best
of life every day

Source: CliftonStrengths

Discover what you naturally do best, learn how to develop your greatest talents to live your best life!

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 You are as strong as you allow your
mind to be.
Never let weakness convince you
that you lack strengths.
Magnify people’s strengths and not their
weaknesses.

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 No one can discover you until you
do.
Exploit your talents, skills and
strengths and make the world sit up
and take notice.

-Rob Liano
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 Complete your personal SWOT Analysis
A SWOT analysis is a method businesses use to identify internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats. SWOT analysis can
also be helpful for individuals. Whether you’re looking for a new job or trying to climb the corporate ladder, a personal SWOT analysis can help you
achieve your goals.

Strengths
(Internal, positive factors) Weaknesses
Areas we do well or advantages of our (Internal, negative factors)
organization Areas that need improvement

Opportunities
(External positive factors) Threats
Areas that may contribute to our organization (External factors)
and we can build up our strengths) Areas beyond our control that could put our
business in risk. Maybe we need a
contingency plan for them

The SWOT analysis will provide critical information needed to create your personal plan for growth.

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 SWOT Analysis

Helpful Harmful

Strength Weakness
(Don’t be modest) (be honest)
• What do we know works well • What doesn’t work so well
• What we do better than others • What could we improve?
Internal

• What do others outside view as our strengths • What we should stop doing?
• What achievement are you most proud of? • What do you avoid because you lack confidence?

SWO
Opportunities T Threat

• What are we not doing yet but could easily see ourselves • What the others doing much better than us?
doing with the right momentum? • What obstacle do you currently face in your career/life
External

• Are there any of our strengths that could represent a new • Who is your competition?
opportunity for us? • How is your job changing in ways that could affect your
• Are there any changes on the horizon that could help us? advancement?

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 Personal SWOT Analysis
Example

Helpful Harmful

Strength Weakness

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•
Personal attitude
Excellent communication skills

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•
Procrastinator
Lose control over emotions

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Internal

• Capacity to accept and adapt changes • Lack of education

• Responsible • Lack of confidence

x a m SWO
•
•
Continuous Learning
Use new technology
E Opportunities T
• Organization changed a lot
• Technology changes rapid
Threat
External

• Stress management
• Expand networking

Consider asking people you know and trust to review your matrix and provide honest feedback

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 You can do, what I cannot do.
I can do what you cannot do….
Together we can do great things!

Mother Teresa

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 Building your Strengths – The right Formula!

Skills
The basic ability to move through the fundamental
steps of a specific task
Strength

Knowledge Talent
What you know as a result of either formal or informal A naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling or
education behavior that can productively apply

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 There’s no real secret to living your best life. All
you need is a willingness to discover your unique
talents. Use them every day. Apply them in your
relationships at work and everywhere else.

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 Resources to discover your strengths
• Gallup Strengths (CliftonStrengths) Assessment (English only)
• VIA Institute of Character (available in 41 languages)
• Personality Types (All types developed by Myers Briggs) (English only)

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 Strength assessment framework from CliftonStrengths

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 CliftonStrengths Assessment
One Assessment to Discover the One True You!

Excellence in any role starts with talent.

Use CliftonStrengths to discover your unique combination of
talents and
feel empowered to use your talents to achieve greatness!!

Completing the Assessment is your way to:

• Discover what you naturally do best

• Learn how to develop your greatest talents
• Use your customized results to live your best life

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Strengths Domains
Discover your strength, unleash your potential!
Influencing
Activator, Command, Communication, Maximizer, Self-
Assurance, Significance, Woo
Impacting
(influencing others)
An individual moves others to actions. Impact or
influence others in powerful ways by taking
charge, speaking up, and making sure ideas are
heard, inside and outside organization.
Relationship Building
Adaptability, Connectedness, Developer, Empathy, Harmony,
Includer, Individualization, Positivity, Relator
Relating
(relating with others)
An individual builds connections with others,
including interpersonal bonding, forming deeply
meaningful and close personal relationships. In
teams, these themes are the “essential glue that holds
a team together”
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 How do you absorb, think about and analyze information and
situations?
 How do you make things happen?
 How do you influence others?
 How do you build and nurture strong relationships?
Executing
Achiever, Arranger, Belief, Consistency, Deliberative,
Discipline, Focus, Responsibility, Restorative
An individual under this theme pushes others Striving
towards results. Motivational strengths that (working harder)
generate and focus energy to achieve and
accomplish a lot, for themselves and their teams.
Strategic Thinking
Analytical, Context, Futuristic, Ideation, Input,
Intellection, Learner, Strategic
Thinking
This individual analyzes the world. Strengths of (working smart)
perception, organization, and information processing
that produce lifelong learners and help teams make
better decisions. They help us focus on what could
be, stretching our thinking for the future.
 Influencing
Activator
People especially talented in the Activator theme can make things happen by turning thoughts into action. They are often impatient.
Command
People especially talented in the Command theme have presence. They can take control of a situation and make decisions.
Communication
People especially talented in the Communication theme generally find it easy to put their thoughts into words. They are good
conversationalists and presenters.
Competition
People especially talented in the Competition theme measure their progress against the performance of others. They strive to win first place
and revel in contests.
Maximizer
People especially talented in the Maximizer theme focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. They seek to
transform something strong into something superb.

Self-Assurance
People especially talented in the Self-Assurance theme feel confident in their ability to manage their own lives. They possess an inner
compass that gives them confidence that their decisions are right.

Significance
People especially talented in the Significance theme want to be very important in the eyes of others. They are independent and want to be
recognized.

Woo
People especially talented in the Woo theme love the challenge of meeting new people and winning them over. They derive satisfaction from
breaking the ice and making a connection with another person. .

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 Executing
Achiever
People especially talented in the Achiever theme have a great deal of stamina and work hard. They take great satisfaction from being busy and productive.
Arranger
People especially talented in the Arranger theme can organize, but they also have a flexibility that complements this ability. They like to figure out how all of the
pieces and resources can be arranged for maximum productivity.
Belief
People especially talented in the Belief theme have certain core values that are unchanging. Out of these values emerges a defined purpose for their life.
Consistency
People especially talented in the Consistency theme are keenly aware of the need to treat people the same. They try to treat everyone in the world with consistency
by setting up clear rules and adhering to them.
Deliberative
People who are especially talented in the Deliberative theme are best described by the serious care they take in making decisions or choices. They
anticipate the obstacles.
Discipline
People especially talented in the Discipline theme enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best described by the order they create.
Focus
People especially talented in the Focus theme can take a direction, follow through, and make the corrections necessary to stay on track. They prioritize, then act.
Responsibility
People especially talented in the Responsibility theme take psychological ownership of what they say they will do. They are committed to stable values such as
honesty and loyalty.
Restorative
People especially talented in the Restorative theme are adept at dealing with problems. They are good at figuring out what is wrong and resolving it.

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Relationship Building
Adaptability
People especially talented in the Adaptability theme prefer to “go with the flow.” They tend to be “now” people who take things as they come and discover
the future one day at a time.
Developer
People especially talented in the Developer theme recognize and cultivate the potential in others. They spot the signs of each small improvement and derive
satisfaction from these improvements.
Connectedness
People especially talented in the Connectedness theme have faith in the links between all things. They believe there are few coincidences and that almost
every event has a reason.
Empathy
People especially talented in the Empathy theme can sense the feelings of other people by imagining themselves in others’ lives or others’ situations.
Harmony
People especially talented in the Harmony theme look for consensus. They don’t enjoy conflict; rather, they seek areas of agreement.

Includer
People especially talented in the Includer theme are accepting of others. They show awareness of those who feel left out, and make an effort to include them.

Individualization
People especially talented in the Individualization theme are intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. They have a gift for figuring out how people
who are different can work together productively.
Positivity: People especially talented in the Positivity theme have an enthusiasm that is contagious. They are upbeat and can get others excited about what
they are going to do.

Relator
People especially talented in the Relator theme enjoy close relationships with others. They find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a
goal.
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 Strategic Thinking
Analytical
People especially talented in the Analytical theme search for reasons and causes. They have the ability to think about all the factors that
might affect a situation.
Context
People especially talented in the Context theme enjoy thinking about the past. They understand the present by researching its history.
Futuristic
People especially talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They inspire others with their vision of the
future.
Ideation
People especially talented in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are able to find connections between seemingly disparate
phenomena.
Input
People especially talented in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like to collect and archive all kinds of information.
Intellection
People especially talented in the Intellection theme are characterized by their intellectual activity. They are introspective and appreciate
intellectual discussions.
Learner
People especially talented in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve. In particular, the process of
learning, rather than the outcome, excites them.
Strategic
People especially talented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Faced with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the
relevant patterns and issues.

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 The Four Domains Of Strength?

Executing Influencing Relationship Building Strategic Thinking

These nine themes are the hardest working of the These eight themes enable individuals or groups While certainly not the only themes that deal When a plan needs to be made, or a new idea
bunch. They tend to get things done, with speed, to sell the big ideas. They are able to take with people (because they’re all about created for solving a problem, these eight
precision, and accuracy. They put in the hard work charge, speak up and be heard. They are people), these nine themes have an innate themes can help accomplish that. Whether it’s
now, so that when it’s time to move, they are ready. extremely helpful when you need to reach a ability to take the human component into the thinking into a current problem, or dreaming
Putting ideas into action is the strengths of this broader audience, or meet a bigger goal. This equation. They look at how individuals fit into about how to overcome tomorrow’s, the
domain. can happen both internally with the team, or to the bigger pictures, and can create pathways strategic thinking themes can take a thought or
external constituents. They tend to influence for them to thrive. They make strong idea and look for the best way to move forward
Achiever forward. relational connections that bind a group on it.
Arranger together around a cause, idea or each other.
Belief Activator Analytical
Consistency Command Adaptability Context
Deliberative Communication Developer Futuristic
Discipline Competition Connectedness Ideation
Focus Maximizer Empathy Input
Responsibility Self-Assurance Harmony Intellection
Restorative Significance Includer Learner
Woo Individualization Strategic
Positivity
Relator

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