Strengths Insight Report

SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 09-15-2010

Whitney Thurman Your Top 5 Themes

Relator Strategic Focus Input Deliberative

Relator
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Relator theme enjoy close relationships with others. They find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out? Chances are good that you exercise good judgment and common sense when congratulating someone. Your comments tend to be sparing. They carry a great deal of weight, however. People generally value your praise. These individuals are apt to grow personally and professionally because you call attention to their moments of excellence. They understand that any recognition you give them is hard won. Because of your strengths, you are regularly sought out by others for your expert counsel. A variety of people ask for your opinions and suggestions. Once individuals realize you possess the precise knowledge and skills they need, they come to you for guidance. By nature, you definitely enjoy sharing your point of view with individuals who ask, What do you think? Certain visionary thinkers might turn to you to test their ideas about what can be accomplished in the coming months, years, or decades. Driven by your talents, you are happy to share your perspective on things when asked. You really appreciate people who have a gift for beginning discussions or making small talk. These individuals usually create a safe environment for you to express your ideas and feelings. Instinctively, you feel most fulfilled when you are busy and simply performing routine tasks. When you have nothing to do, typically you find something to do. Sitting around and wasting time does not suit you at all.

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Strategic
Shared Theme Description
People who are 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.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out? Because of your strengths, 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. Its very likely that you have acquired valuable skills and knowledge. You spend time considering numerous courses of action before choosing one. You invent original and innovative techniques for dealing with expected and unexpected challenges. You use the same approach to take advantage of promising opportunities. Driven by your talents, you notice that the right word usually pops into your mind exactly when you need it. Your comfort with language makes the oral or written expression of your ideas or feelings appear almost effortless. Others benefit from your ability to transmit information, thoughts, or emotions by using a vocabulary they can easily understand. Chances are good that you select the right combination of words to convey your ideas or feelings. In the middle of discussions, your vocabulary provides you with precise phrases and terminology. You probably express yourself with ease and grace. Instinctively, you are innovative, inventive, original, and resourceful. Your mind allows you to venture beyond the commonplace, the familiar, or the obvious. You entertain ideas about the best ways to reach a goal, increase productivity, or solve a problem. First, you think of alternatives. Then you choose the best option.

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? Driven by your talents, you customarily use reason to govern what you do and how you do it. You probably take charge of activities that directly affect the quality and/or direction of your life. You refuse to let anyone determine your destiny. Because of your strengths, you channel your mental and physical energies toward what you can accomplish in the months, years, or decades ahead. The question you must answer is this: How far into the future can I think before my ideas start becoming vague or uninspiring? Chances are good that you usually set out to be the very best, whether the contest is official or merely an invention of your mind. Your desire to get ahead in life impels you to

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regularly compare your results to those of others. You probably have questioned whether your yearnings for greatness are entirely healthy and wise. Instinctively, you exhibit a deep-seated desire to succeed. You intentionally and unapologetically strive for promotions, fame, or financial gain by showcasing your natural or acquired abilities. You often perform special tasks with apparent ease. Its very likely that you earnestly direct your attention toward the ideas, issues, situations, or possibilities that stir your curiosity. In fact, you devote more time than most people do to exploring topics, problems, prospects, opportunities, or techniques that pique that is, arouse or excite your interest. When something has to be completed, you are eager to acquire the necessary knowledge or skills to meet the challenge.

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? By nature, you characteristically use words that many people find difficult to understand. You naturally expand your vocabulary, quickly grasping the meanings of theoretical or unfamiliar terms. Language is your forte that is, your strong point. You probably are most at ease conversing with individuals whose vocabulary is as sophisticated as yours. You can talk to one another without having to explain what you just said. 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. Its very likely that you can simplify the most complex, convoluted, or intricate procedure. People usually rely on you to offer clear and easy-to-comprehend explanations. Driven by your talents, you give the impression of being well-versed in various subjects. You have invested time acquiring the sophisticated or technical vocabulary used by experts. When your teammates hear you speak or read your writing, they assume you know more than they do. Usually this is the case. As a result, numerous people allow you to run meetings, make decisions, or solve problems. Often they simply step back and let you to take charge. Instinctively, you may refrain from automatically believing what you read in books, publications, correspondence, or Internet sites. When you have doubts about a writers ideas or facts, occasionally you take time to verify, clarify, or discard them. Perhaps your fascination with the printed word causes you to peruse that is, studiously examine other sources of information.

Deliberative
Shared Theme Description
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.

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Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out? Because of your strengths, you offer verbal feedback and positive reinforcement that is equal in measure to peoples accomplishments. Even though you praise sparingly, your words echo in the minds and hearts of recipients. When you compliment individuals, they have no doubt they are truly worthy of recognition. Driven by your talents, 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. Instinctively, you generally present yourself to others as a no-nonsense person. People soon figure out you prefer to work or study by yourself. Chances are good that you recognize someones accomplishments, strengths, or progress only when you believe the person truly deserves recognition. You are more likely to applaud those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Simply meeting expectations is not enough to deserve a compliment, in your estimation. Its very likely that 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.

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