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By embracing your natural talents, developing your strengths, and putting
them to work, you will increase your satisfaction and performance.
Your natural talents area powerful source
of strength.
Now, Discover Your StrengthsGallup conducted a study of excellence over 4 decades with millions of high performers to determine the most natural thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
• 34 patterns emerged as prevalent themes of human talent
• Designed strengthsfinder assessment to identify signature themes
• Introduced a new vernacular to describe people’s talents and strengths
• Changed the conversation away from shortcomings
Only 1/3 of respondents strongly agreed they
have an opportunity todo what they dobest everyday.
Working within your strengths leads to more engagement, satisfaction, and
improved performance
Why understanding your strengths is important?
• More engagement leads to better performance and increasedjob satisfaction
• Happier in your work, less burn-out
• A new vernacular to talk about yourself
• Tool to help you achieve your goals
• A catalyst to discuss professional development
• Understanding of others strengths leads to greater appreciation
Your greatest opportunity for growth and excellence
lies in focusing onyour strengths not
your weakness.
Talentsare your naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling
or behavior that can be productively applied
Skillscan be learned – they will
help you perform, they will not help you excel
Knowledgeconsists of the facts and
lessons learned
Strengthsare a consistent near perfect performance in an activity
Strengthsfinder 2.0, Tom Rath
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How to Identify Your Talents
• Monitor your behavior and your feelings over an extended period of time
• Look for consistent thoughts - often what comes easy is a sign of a strength
• Listen to what others tell you - gratitude, recognition and applause are meaningful
• Consider your successes
• Take assessment by purchasing Strengthsfinder 2.0 by Tom Rath and visit strengthfinder.com to reveal your 5 dominant themes of talent
Overview of Talent ThemesAchiever
Activator
Adaptability
Analytical
Arranger
Belief
Command
Communication
Competition
Connectedness
Consistency
Context
Deliberative
Developer
Discipline
Empathy
Focus
Futuristic
Harmony
Ideation
Includer
Individualization
Input
Intellection
Learner
Maximizer
Positivity
Relator
Responsibility
Restorative
Self- assurance
Significance
Strategic
Woo
Put your strengthsto work.
How will you achieve a goal or solve a problem using your signature strengths?
Key Messages• Talents combined with skills and knowledge leads to strengths
• By focusing on your strengths you have a greater opportunityto achieve excellence
• People are happier when they are working within their strengths
• There are no “bad” strengths, strengths do not define who you are, they are a useful tool
• Your 5 signature talents do not represent your only strengths, they just fire first
• Teams who understand and appreciate each others strengths are more productive, happier, and effective