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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 Relationship
1. Woo 11. Futuristic Building CliftonStrengths
2. Developer 12. Relator themes.
3. Positivity 13. Competition
4. Harmony 14. Includer EXECUTING themes help you
5. Responsibility 15. Self-Assurance make things happen.
6. Empathy 16. Consistency INFLUENCING themes help
7. Communication 17. Adaptability you take charge, speak up and
8. Belief 18. Connectedness make sure others are heard.
9. Maximizer 19. Focus RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
10. Learner 20. Significance themes help you build strong
21. Analytical relationships that hold a team
22. Arranger together.
23. Activator STRATEGIC THINKING
24. Intellection themes help you absorb and
25. Restorative analyze information that informs
26. Individualization better decisions.
27. Discipline RE AD “IDENTIF Y YOUR UNIQUE
28. Ideation CONTRIB UTION: THE
29. Command CLIF TONSTRENGTHS DOMAINS”
30. Input SECTION TO LE ARN MORE
31. Achiever
32. Deliberative
33. Context
34. Strategic
1. Woo The CliftonStrengths at the top of your profile are the most powerful.
2. Developer These themes represent how you are uniquely talented. They are the
3. Positivity starting point for living your strongest life possible.
4. Harmony Develop these CliftonStrengths to maximize your potential
5. Responsibility Your greatest chance to succeed — at work or anywhere else — lies in
6. Empathy strengthening what you naturally do best and doing more of it.
7. Communication
8. Belief Start with your top five.
They are your most powerful natural talents.
9. Maximizer
10. Learner 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.
INFLUENCING
1. 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.
Chances are good that you demonstrate a natural fondness for human beings. As a result,
many individuals are attracted to you. They sense you really understand what they are
feeling, thinking, or experiencing at the moment. People usually appreciate your willingness
not to discount or belittle their emotions, ideas, or reactions to events.
It’s very likely that you enjoy discovering as much as you can about the people you meet.
You are friendly and enjoy socializing. You quickly put at ease those you are meeting for the
first time or the tenth time.
Instinctively, you might appear enthusiastic about your life. Some people find your energy
contagious. Periodically you ask, “What is there not to like about life?” Perhaps you are
puzzled by people who see life as a struggle and seldom experience its joys.
By nature, you feel forlorn — that is, miserable or deprived — when you are separated from
someone who is dear to you. You yearn to spend time with your friends. Their absence
saddens you.
Driven by your talents, you are genuinely fond of your teammates. You can see the good in
them more readily than most people can. This explains why individuals like having you in
their groups.
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.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
2. Developer
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You recognize and cultivate the potential in others. You spot the signs of each small improvement and
derive satisfaction from evidence of progress.
By nature, you have a special gift for helping people realize that you truly value them and
hold them in high regard.
Because of your strengths, you may understand the importance of giving certain people
credit when their contributions warrant special attention.
Instinctively, you occasionally coax certain visionaries to dream big dreams. Why? They
might be able to generate novel ideas, products, proposals, or processes that will be
important years or decades from now.
Driven by your talents, you periodically empower individuals by expressing your confidence
in them. Perhaps you comment favorably about their knowledge, skills, talents, or
successes. You might feel that life is grand when your words of encouragement or support
motivate someone to excel or attempt something for the first time.
Chances are good that you repeatedly demonstrate that you value your teammates and
care about them as individuals. How? You simply listen to them talk about their talents,
successes, or aspirations. The insights you collect prepare you to provide them with
opportunities to grow personally or professionally.
You see the raw potential in people and even small signs of progress as you actively invest
in their development. Your encouragement helps others learn, grow and improve.
• You may become overinvested in someone’s development and feel personally responsible
if they are struggling. Accept that sometimes, the best option is for them to find their own
path forward.
• Be careful not to devote so much time to other people that you forget to invest in your own
development. Remember that you can’t help others if you don’t take time to work on
yourself.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
3. Positivity
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You have contagious enthusiasm. You are upbeat and can get others excited about what they are
going to do.
Driven by your talents, you now and then pause to envision what you want to accomplish in
the coming months, years, or decades. Perhaps you think in terms of possibilities. Maybe
this allows you to recover from certain kinds of setbacks, problems, disappointments, or
disasters. People may marvel at your ability to remain somewhat upbeat in the face of life’s
difficulties and its unpredictability.
By nature, you now and then enjoy observing sports events. Perhaps being a spectator
enhances the quality of your life. Maybe you look forward all season to a particular game or
championship tournament.
It’s very likely that you are a happy-go-lucky individual who can find the good in just about
anyone or anything. Your optimism and enthusiasm are wonderful gifts that you share.
Because of your strengths, you occasionally feel pleased when friends seek your counsel.
Perhaps being asked for guidance uplifts you. It may give meaning to your life.
Chances are good that you might feel wonderful about yourself and life in general as long
as you can adhere to your timelines or complete your tasks on schedule.
You have an infectious energy and enthusiasm. As someone who offers genuine
encouragement and an optimistic outlook on life, you have the power to make people feel
better when you are around.
• Sometimes your optimism and generosity with praise might come off as superficial, naïve
or insincere. Make sure your positivity and admiration are always genuine; you can do more
damage with false praise than with criticism.
• Be careful not to point out the positive side of a bad situation before others have the
chance to fully vent. Acknowledge that sometimes people are not ready to hear the bright
side and just need you to listen.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
4. Harmony
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You look for consensus. You don’t enjoy conflict; rather, you seek areas of agreement.
Chances are good that you may be practical or realistic as you process ideas. Perhaps you
think sequentially. You might appreciate projects that have simple steps or defined starting
and stopping points. Sometimes you test your ideas with specialists who might be able to
confirm their accuracy or usefulness.
Because of your strengths, you inspire cooperation in others when you admit you are
unsure about what to do and ask for advice. You gather ideas and consider suggestions in
a straightforward manner. Traditionally, you make it easier for people to talk with one
another before they reach their wit’s end — that is, they feel puzzled after exhausting their
ideas or resources. Routinely, the conversations you start lead to agreements that work
well for everyone involved.
Instinctively, you help keep the peace on your team by doing your share of each day’s
assignments. You generally perform your tasks so no one in the group has to do chores
you overlooked, ignored, or forgot.
Driven by your talents, you may appreciate experts who assure you that your thinking is
sound, your actions are correct, or your behavior is appropriate.
By nature, you characteristically look for practical explanations to inform your thinking.
Armed with this information, you can treat people, groups, programs, or budgets equally.
You are naturally practical and prefer emotional balance. You can prevent arguments before
they start by quickly helping others find common ground and a resolution.
• In your desire to move conversations toward practical and common-sense decisions, you
may frustrate those who want to share broader ideas and opinions. Allow others to express
their ideas fully before bringing them back to the task at hand.
• You may instinctively downplay confrontational situations and try to suppress others from
openly airing their ideas and emotions. Recognize and accept that there will be times when
conflict is inevitable and that some people will revel in it.
EXECUTING
5. Responsibility
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You take psychological ownership of what you say you will do. You are committed to stable values such
as honesty and loyalty.
Because of your strengths, you experience pangs of remorse when you realize you failed to
do something you promised to do. You feel awful when you do not do something correctly.
You probably regret having compromised your basic values about right and wrong.
Chances are good that you are determined to be victorious. As much as you yearn to be
“number one,” you know cheating is unacceptable. You probably experience remorse when
you unintentionally take unfair advantage of anyone. You likely think finishing first counts
only when you have followed all the rules just like everyone else.
By nature, you sometimes volunteer to do things rather than wait to be asked to assume
more duties.
It’s very likely that you may wish to have a broader range of control and accountability on
the job or in your personal life.
Driven by your talents, you are the team member whom others count on to do what is right.
You make sure your job and assignments are done correctly. You customarily conduct
yourself in such a way that your ethics are above reproach — that is, anyone’s disapproval.
You have a deep sense of dedication and feel ownership for your commitments. You are a
person of your word, and others know they can rely on and trust you.
• Because you find it difficult to turn down others’ requests, sometimes you overcommit. Try
to manage your Responsibility talents by giving up something before you take on a new
task.
• Too many obligations can keep you from spending time with the most important people in
your life. Remember that sometimes, no is the best answer for the health of your
relationships.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
6. Empathy
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You can sense other people’s feelings by imagining yourself in others’ lives or situations.
You have great emotional depth. Your awareness of the expression, value and implications
of others’ emotions makes them feel like you understand them.
Appreciate and refine your gift for understanding others’ thoughts and feelings.
• Create a list of great questions that help others describe their emotions and experiences.
Experiment using these questions with friends. Refine your list by keeping the questions
that best help others express their thoughts and feelings.
• Practice refining the words you use to name your own feelings as well as those you
observe in others. Try this: Journal your emotions for one week. Stop throughout the day to
capture what you are feeling. Try to use different words to describe your experience each
time.
• Be sure to decompress at the end of each day. Develop a routine that allows you to unwind
and relax. If you don’t, at times, the depth of your emotions might overwhelm or drain you.
• Pay attention to your energy levels. Constantly experiencing others’ emotions can be
draining, so try to occasionally disconnect from all the emotions so you don’t get burned
out.
• Because you are so sensitive to others’ emotions, some people might think you are prying
or overinvolved in their lives. Be careful not to overstep when others prefer to keep their
feelings to themselves.
INFLUENCING
7. Communication
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You generally find it easy to put your thoughts into words. You are a good conversationalist and
presenter.
You are good at capturing people’s attention by what you say and how you say it. Your
ability to find words for your own and others’ thoughts and feelings highlights important
messages and helps you make meaningful connections.
Use your gift for stimulating conversation to connect with and inspire others.
• Monitor your audience. Carefully watch how they react to what you say and what engages
them. Identify the words and phrases that caught their attention. Refine your upcoming
presentations, conversations and speeches to focus on these highlights.
• Keep getting smarter about the words you use. They are a critical currency for you. Spend
them wisely, and monitor their impact.
• Take your Communication talents to the level of strength by developing your knowledge
and expertise in specific areas. You can be highly effective and influential when your
message has substance.
• Because you are naturally verbal and instinctively share your thoughts, you may not realize
when you are monopolizing a discussion. Try to be mindful of when other people have
something to say, and consider pausing so they can say it.
• Remember that your words are not always enough to motivate others. Take time to listen
and pay attention to what others are saying — and not saying.
EXECUTING
8. Belief
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You have certain core values that are unchanging. Out of these values emerges a defined purpose for
your life.
Your core values guide you and give you purpose. You provide clarity, conviction and
stability by living your values.
Honor your values; they keep you on course during tough times.
• Keep reminders of your personal mission around. In difficult situations, these reminders will
help you focus on your objective and the valuable contribution you make.
• Have courage in your ability to select projects to work on. Ask about their intended
outcomes and target audiences. When possible, get involved in ideas and projects that
match your values.
• Try to keep an appropriate balance between your work and personal life. Both areas will
benefit when you dedicate enough time and attention to each.
• Because you are passionate about your own beliefs, others might view you as stubborn or
set in your ways. Keep in mind that everyone has a unique worldview, and often, it will not
be the same as yours.
• Be careful not to pass judgment on others’ principles and motivations. Their values and
belief systems deserve your respect, even when you don’t agree with them.
INFLUENCING
9. Maximizer
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. You seek to transform
something strong into something superb.
You focus on quality, and you prefer working with and for the best. By seeing what each
person naturally does best and empowering them to do it, you make individuals, teams and
groups better.
• Your desire to exhaust all possible outcomes can frustrate those who want to come to a
suitable conclusion and move forward. Sometimes, you will need to accept that “good
enough” is adequate and appropriate.
• You might be disappointed when a project or initiative falls short of your definition of
excellence. Try not to get discouraged when you have to work on or sign off on something
that is acceptable, but not ideal, in your eyes.
STRATEGIC THINKING
10. Learner
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE
You have a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve. The process of learning, rather than
the outcome, excites you.
You love to learn, and you intuitively know how you learn best. Your natural ability to pick up
and absorb information quickly and to challenge yourself to continually learn more keeps
you on the cutting edge.
Use your passion for learning to add value to your own and others’ lives.
• Become an early adopter of new technology, and keep your coworkers, friends and family
informed. You learn quickly, and others will appreciate when you share and explain cutting-
edge developments to them.
• Respect your desire to learn. Take advantage of educational opportunities in your
community or at work. Discipline yourself to sign up for at least one new course or class
each year.
• Find opportunities to expand your knowledge. Take on increasingly difficult topics, courses
or projects. You love the challenge of a steep learning curve, so beware of learning
plateaus.
• You place a high value on learning and studying, and you may tend to impose this value on
others. Be sure to respect others’ motivations, and resist pushing them toward learning for
learning’s sake.
• You love the process of learning so much that the outcome might not matter to you. Be
careful not to let the process of knowledge acquisition get in the way of your results and
productivity.
11. Futuristic Your greatest opportunity to reach your full potential is developing and
12. Relator using your strongest CliftonStrengths. But it is also important to
13. Competition understand all 34 of your CliftonStrengths themes.
14. Includer Your unique CliftonStrengths 34 profile
15. Self-Assurance The themes toward the top of your CliftonStrengths 34 profile might show
16. Consistency up regularly in your life, and the ones closer to the bottom might not show
17. Adaptability up at all.
18. Connectedness To fully understand your talent DNA, consider how all your CliftonStrengths
19. Focus themes, separately or in combination, influence your work and personal life.
20. Significance In addition to concentrating on your top 10 themes:
21. Analytical
22. Arranger • Navigate the middle. You might notice these CliftonStrengths
23. Activator themes in your behaviors from time to time. And you may need to rely
24. Intellection on them in certain situations. Think of these themes as a support
25. Restorative system you can use when you need to.
26. Individualization
• Manage the bottom. Just as your top CliftonStrengths show you
27. Discipline
who you are, those at the bottom may tell you who you are not. They
28. Ideation
aren’t necessarily weaknesses, but they are your least powerful
29. Command
themes. If you don’t manage them properly, they could prevent you
30. Input
from maximizing your potential.
31. Achiever
32. Deliberative • Identify weaknesses. To determine if any themes are getting in your
33. Context way, review the “What Is a Weakness?” section on the next page, and
34. Strategic 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. Woo Focusing on your CliftonStrengths doesn’t mean you can ignore your
2. Developer weaknesses.
3. Positivity Gallup defines a weakness as anything that gets in the way of your
4. Harmony success.
5. Responsibility While the CliftonStrengths assessment does not mathematically quantify
6. Empathy weaknesses, you can use your profile to understand how any of your
7. Communication CliftonStrengths themes might prevent you from maximizing your potential.
8. Belief
Your strongest CliftonStrengths are your best opportunity for success. But
9. Maximizer in some situations and with some people, these same themes can hinder
10. Learner your effectiveness and become blind spots.
11. Futuristic
12. Relator 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. Competition
naturally to you.
14. Includer
15. Self-Assurance To identify potential weaknesses, ask yourself:
16. Consistency • Does this theme ever undermine my success?
17. Adaptability • Have I ever received negative feedback related to this theme?
18. Connectedness • Does my role require me to use this theme, but I feel drained when I
19. Focus do?
20. Significance
21. Analytical If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be discovering
22. Arranger 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. Activator
24. Intellection How do I manage my weaknesses?
25. Restorative • Claim them: Know your weaknesses and how they get in your way
26. Individualization • Collaborate: Ask partners for support
27. Discipline
• Apply a strength: Use a different theme to achieve a better
28. Ideation
outcome
29. Command
• Just do it: Lean in and do your best
30. Input
31. Achiever
32. Deliberative
33. Context
34. Strategic
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.
31 27 23 9 17 14 21 30
22 19 29 15 18 26 33 24
8 5 7 20 2 3 11 10
Belief Responsibility Communication Significance Developer Positivity Futuristic Learner
16 25 13 1 6 12 28 34
32 4
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
Woo
Spend time every day interacting with people.
Developer
Recognize and cultivate the potential in others.
Positivity
Help others see the humor and positive side of life.
Harmony
Help others find common ground through practical solutions.
Responsibility
Take ownership for the things that matter most to you.
Empathy
Appreciate and refine your gift for understanding others’ thoughts and feelings.
Communication
Use your gift for stimulating conversation to connect with and inspire others.
Belief
Honor your values; they keep you on course during tough times.
Maximizer
Strive for excellence, and encourage others to do the same.
Learner
Use your passion for learning to add value to your own and others’ lives.
32. Deliberative
E XECUTING
People exceptionally talented in the Deliberative
theme are best described by the serious care they
take in making decisions or choices. They anticipate
obstacles.