Strengths Insight Report

SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 09-30-2014

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Your Top 5 Themes
Learner
Harmony
Input
Focus
Significance

Learner
Shared Theme Description
People who are 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.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
Instinctively, you are motivated to continually acquire knowledge and skills. Discovering new ways to
use your talents energizes you. You are likely to escape from situations and avoid people who want
you to keep doing what you already know how to do well. Maintaining an intellectual status quo is
unacceptable to you. By nature, you have little difficulty giving intense effort to projects, problems, or
opportunities that capture and keep your attention. Because of your strengths, you probably identify
the traits or experiences that distinguish one person from the next. Once you familiarize yourself with
someone, you can often predict with accuracy how the person will react in different situations. Its very
likely that you endorse the importance of acquiring additional knowledge and gaining new skills. You
regard education as an ongoing activity. Chances are good that you fill your mind with new ideas by
asking questions, reading, studying, observing, or listening. Normally, you accumulate facts, data,
stories, examples, or background information from the people you meet. Determining what they want
to accomplish in the coming weeks, months, or years generally satisfies your curiosity. These insights
also allow you to understand why individuals behave they way they do in different situations.

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Harmony
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Harmony theme look for consensus. They dont enjoy
conflict; rather, they seek areas of agreement.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
Because of your strengths, you seek others points of view. You accept that there is more than one
way to look at something. This usually prevents you from letting your personal preferences for people,
things, or thoughts cloud your judgment. You give equal consideration to each bit of information.
Frequently your tough-minded approach allows you to cut through untruths, rumors, or
misinformation. Driven by your talents, you are comfortable turning to experts for information and
guidance. Determined to do things right, you wisely tap into the expertise of noteworthy individuals.
Before conversing with these specialists, you learn their language. Acquiring a new set of intricate
words and knowing their definitions delights you. Being able to understand and being understood by
preeminent that is, outstanding individuals in a specific field makes all your studying well worth
the effort. Its very likely that you consider yourself a no-nonsense, practical thinker. Others have
called your approach businesslike. You are apt to have a reputation for pointing out things others fail
to notice. By nature, you create well-defined action plans that contain sequenced steps, guidelines, or
due dates. Usually your practical procedures minimize the chances for misunderstandings or conflicts
later in the project. You do whatever you can to make sure everything and everyone keeps on an
even keel that is, remains in a calm, cool, sound, and stable condition. Chances are good that you
seek objective advice when situations are unclear, confusing, or tainted by political undercurrents.
Being a realist, you know that others often have access to specific facts, see things from an insiders
perspective, or possess expertise you lack. You tend to put off adopting any suggestion until you have
had sufficient time to give every idea equal consideration.

Input
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like to
collect and archive all kinds of information.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
Driven by your talents, 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. Chances are good that you put yourself in the middle of mentally
stimulating conversations. You want to gather new ideas, discover new approaches, hear about new
theories, consider new concepts, or apply new technologies. Often you are one of the early

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discoverers of innovations. Others can lag behind if they wish, but you consistently acquire
knowledge. You exhibit little need to know precisely where all this information ultimately will lead you.
Its very likely that you equate language with power. Regularly, you intersperse complicated or
difficult-to-understand words in your speech. Not content to use everyday terminology, you continually
add sophisticated words to your vocabulary. When you translate an esoteric term that is, a word
understood by a limited group you probably discover subtle distinctions between its various
meanings. This knowledge amplifies the forceful effect your words can have on others. 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. Instinctively, you exhibit a yearning to collect
information about topics of special interest and/or entirely unrelated subjects. Whatever your ultimate
goal, you usually locate specialists to help you ask the right questions so you obtain the right answers.
Rather than leap into action unprepared, you prefer to uncover facts, data, itineraries, costs, or
product specifications.

Focus
Shared Theme Description
People who are 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.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
By nature, you routinely create vivid mental images of what you plan to accomplish in the coming
weeks, months, or years. You delight in sharing your dreams and goals with others. Formal and
informal discussions usually capture your interest and keep your attention. You welcome opportunities
to refine your thinking about what is possible. Because of your strengths, you pinpoint what you need
to accomplish. Then you give it your undivided attention. Few people can match your natural powers
of concentration. Its very likely that you set definite goals for yourself. These performance objectives
allow you to exercise control over the events in your life. They also influence many of the choices you
make. Chances are good that you prefer to work or study by yourself. You probably spend as much
time as you need to reach a particular goal and produce quality results. You can lose track of time
when you are engrossed in a task. Driven by your talents, you now and then desire to advance
personally or professionally. To meet your high expectations, you might identify specific things about
yourself or a project that you want to upgrade or do better.

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

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Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
Because of your strengths, you sometimes display an uncanny ability to feel what someone is going
through mentally, physically, or emotionally. You occasionally understand when and how exactly to
spotlight someones finest accomplishments. You call attention to individuals moments of excellence.
You know how to make others feel good about themselves. Perhaps you know how to prevent them
from dismissing the importance of these events. Chances are good that you may aim to be number
one or the very best at certain things. Sometimes you want to be the person who has a lot of
followers. Laying claim to the top job in an organization might be one of your goals. You may feel that
being a follower all of the time would be dissatisfying. Driven by your talents, you may help some
individuals be stronger and tougher in the face of lifes challenges, difficulties, or adversities.
Instinctively, you want your work to be seamlessly interwoven into the fabric of your personal life. You
insist that no line be drawn to separate the two. You gravitate to roles where you are a person of
importance. You want to perform noteworthy deeds in many areas of your life. Its very likely that you
may see particular value in the proverb Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Instead of choosing the
easy and obvious path, you might challenge yourself to surpass your original goals. With courage and
perseverance, you attempt to produce good results. Rather than ask for guarantees of success or
financial rewards, you might choose to boldly forge ahead toward your desired goals.

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