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StrengthsFinder 2.
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Strengths Insight and Action-Planning Guide

SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 07-19-2015
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A note of caution: Because many of your StrengthsFinder responses were neutral, the themes listed
are based only on the pairs of descriptors to which you did respond with something other than a
neutral response. Some people do not choose one descriptor from any given pair because they feel
that neither or both descriptors fit them well. While this is acceptable, it does mean that any
feedback you might receive that is based on these results may not be as personalized as it would be if
your results were stronger. Please keep this in mind when you consider how well you feel your top
five themes describe you.
Your Top 5 Themes

Deliberative
Restorative
Intellection
Empathy
Connectedness
What's in This Guide?

Section I: Awareness
A brief Shared Theme Description for each of your top five themes
Your Personalized Strengths Insights, which describe what makes you stand out from others
with the same theme in their top five
Questions for you to answer to increase your awareness of your talents
Section II: Application
10 Ideas for Action for each of your top five themes
Questions for you to answer to help you apply your talents
Section III: Achievement
Examples of what each of your top five themes "sounds like" -- real quotes from people who
also have the theme in their top five
Steps for you to take to help you leverage your talents for achievement
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Section I: Awareness
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.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?
Its very likely that you may appear businesslike and earnest. Even so, you sometimes go out of your
way to become better acquainted with individuals. Instinctively, you might be choosy about the people
you call friend. Sometimes you want to know what makes an individual singular, distinct, or special.
Perhaps you detect subtle differences or nuances that is, slight or delicate variations in the
personality of each person you meet. Driven by your talents, you might approach certain areas of your
life in a determined manner and with an air of earnestness. Perhaps you prefer to think things through
before speaking or taking action. Because of your strengths, you may prefer to have a small circle of
close friends with whom you feel safe sharing just about anything. Chances are good that you may
ponder options rather than react without thinking through things. Sometimes you weigh the
ramifications, consequences, outcomes, or effects. Sometimes you aim to understand the basic
whys and hows of a situation, problem, or opportunity. Individuals might trust you to be cautious.
They might expect you to raise important issues that require further consideration.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?

Restorative
People who are especially talented in the Restorative theme are adept at dealing with problems. They
are good at figuring out what is wrong and resolving it.

Instinctively, you might yearn to capture the top prize or be the best at something. This partially
explains why you reflect on what you need to do better to outperform, outproduce, or outscore
everyone else. Driven by your talents, you sometimes are willing to acquire certain types of skills or
knowledge, especially when doing so benefits you. Perhaps discovering how to do some things better
is as important to you as figuring out how to overcome specific shortcomings or bad habits. Its very
likely that you now and then identify a few of the reasons why you were unsuccessful. Perhaps these
insights inspire you to search for new ways to do something better the next time. Chances are good
that you are sometimes an eager and willing student. Perhaps you derive satisfaction from examining
new sources of information. These might lead you to conclusions about how to make things better.
Because of your strengths, you might critique your results to decide what you need to do better in the
future. When you are planning for the future, you sometimes spend much more time thinking about
your limitations than your talents.
Questions
you?

Intellection
People who are especially talented in the Intellection theme are characterized by their intellectual
activity. They are introspective and appreciate intellectual discussions.

Instinctively, you derive much pleasure from pondering things deeply. After much forethought, you
customarily reach conclusions, offer new ideas, suggest different ways of looking at situations, or ask
probing questions. By nature, you designate a minimum of five hours a week for solitary thinking. You
probably have figured out how to eliminate distractions and interruptions. You accept the fact that you
have less free time to spend with family, friends, coworkers, teammates, or classmates. Chances are
good that you spend a lot of time pondering your future. You can experience anxiety about your
prospects. Fortunately, your ability to reason through stress-producing situations calms many of your
fears about the unknown. Its very likely that you have new ideas whirling around in your head much
of the time. You are very interested in solving problems, conceiving new concepts, designing plans, or
understanding everyday matters. Driven by your talents, you regularly find a quiet place to be alone
so you can clarify your plans, theories, questions, or solutions. Once you know what you think, you
can launch discussions. In addition, you can elaborate on your ideas when it is necessary to do so.
Being deprived of preparation time puts you at a disadvantage. On these occasions, you say as little
as possible and hope someone else gets people talking.
Questions
you?

Empathy
People who are especially talented in the Empathy theme can sense the feelings of other people by
imagining themselves in others lives or others situations.

Chances are good that you may be a person to whom people express their personal concerns or
reveal their emotions. Perhaps you have a gift for understanding what individuals are experiencing.
Sometimes your insights help you ask the right questions or offer appropriate assistance. Instinctively,
you may feel honored when someone you know personally says you are a friend who is worthy of
trust. Driven by your talents, you routinely have insights into what individuals are thinking and feeling.
Even so, you refrain from invading peoples privacy by commenting on their moods and ideas. You
are much more comfortable when they introduce the subject. By nature, you experience feelings of
regret, failure, disappointment, or loss. Calling upon your talents, you often discover ways to deal with
your negative emotions, difficult people, or troubling experiences. Because of your strengths, you
might consider what you want to make better about yourself, a project, another person, a plan, or an
event. When people recognize your commitment to quality, some of them may be willing to reveal to
you their innermost thoughts or feelings. Perhaps you yearn to be trusted not to tell anyone what was
meant for you alone to hear.
Questions
you?

Connectedness
People who are 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.

Chances are good that you often are the one who helps people understand how they are linked
across time, distance, race, ethnicity, religion, economic levels, languages, or cultures. You make it
possible for individuals to work together. You aim to break down barriers that separate them. By
nature, you might be fascinated with certain ideas, policies, or philosophies that affect human beings
around the world. Instinctively, you rely on your awareness of others feelings, thoughts, and needs to
guide you into and through partnerships. You consider various ways to initiate, nurture, and sustain
the linkages between individuals and groups. You bring people together. You help them discover
reasons to cooperate and support one another.
Questions
you?

Questions
1. How does this information help you better understand your unique talents?
2. How can you use this understanding to add value to your role?
3. How can you apply this knowledge to add value to your team, workgroup, department, or
division?
4. How will this understanding help you add value to your organization?
5. What will you do differently tomorrow as a result of this report?

Section II: Application
Deliberative
Ideas for Action:
You have naturally good judgment, so consider work in which you can provide advice and
counsel. You might be especially adept at legal work, crafting sound business deals, or
ensuring compliance to regulations.
Whatever your role, take responsibility for helping others think through their decisions. You
can see factors that others may not see. You will soon be sought as a valuable sounding
board.
Explain your process of careful decision making that you highlight risk in order to take
control and reduce it. You dont want others to misconstrue your Deliberative talents for
tentativeness or fear of action.
You inspire trust because you are cautious and considerate about sensitive topics. Use
these talents by taking on opportunities to handle delicate issues and conflicts.
Rather than take foolhardy risks, you are apt to approach a decision cautiously. Trust your
instincts when you believe that something is too good to be true.
During times of change, consider the advantages of being conservative in your decision
making. Be ready to explain these advantages to others.
Dont let anyone push you into revealing too much about yourself too soon. Check people
out carefully before sharing confidential information. You naturally build friendships slowly,
so take pride in your small circle of good friends.
Partner with someone with strong Command, Self-Assurance, or Activator talents.
Together you will make many decisions, and these decisions will be sound.
Temper the tendency of others to haphazardly move into action by declaring a
consideration period before decisions are made. Your caution can serve to steer others
away from folly and toward wise conclusions.
Give yourself permission to withhold your opinion until you get all the facts and have an
opportunity to ponder your stance. You are not someone who embraces change
immediately; you are apt to reflect on possible outcomes so that all the angles are
covered. As a deliberative person, you function as a brake for more impulsive types who
wish to move quickly.
Questions
1. Which of these action items speak to you? Highlight the actions that you are most likely to
take.
2. How will you commit to taking action? Write your own personalized action item that you will
take in the next 30 days.

Restorative
Ideas for Action:
Seek roles in which you are paid to solve problems or in which your success depends on
your ability to restore and resolve. You might particularly enjoy roles in medicine,
consulting, computer programming, or customer service.
Dont be afraid to let others know that you enjoy fixing problems. It comes naturally to you,
but many people shy away from problems. You can help.
Give yourself a break. Your Restorative talents might lead you to be overly self-critical. Try
to redirect this either toward things about yourself that can be fixed, such as knowledge or
skill deficits, or toward external, tangible problems.
Let other people solve their own problems. You might want to rush in and solve things for
them, but by doing that, you might hinder their learning. Watch out for this, particularly if
you are in a manager, coach, teacher, or parent role.
Turnaround situations activate your natural fort. Use your Restorative talents to devise a
plan of attack to revitalize a flagging project, organization, business, or team.
Leverage your Restorative talents not only to tackle existing problems, but also to
anticipate and prevent problems before they occur. Share your foresight and your
solutions with others, and you will prove yourself a valuable partner.
Study your chosen subject closely to become adept at identifying what causes certain
problems to recur. This sort of expertise will lead you to the solution that much faster.
Think about ways you can improve your skills and knowledge. Identify any gaps you have
and the courses you can take to fill them.
Constant improvement is one of your hallmarks. Seek opportunities to enhance your
abilities through a demanding field, activity, or endeavor that requires exceptional skill and/
or knowledge.
Use your Restorative talents to think of ways to problem proof your work. Identify existing
and potential issues, and design systems or processes to prevent errors in the future.
Questions
take.

Intellection
Ideas for Action:
Consider beginning or continuing your studies in philosophy, literature, or psychology. You
will always enjoy subjects that stimulate your thinking.
List your ideas in a log or diary. These ideas will serve as grist for your mental mill, and
they might yield valuable insights.
Deliberately build relationships with people you consider to be big thinkers. Their
example will inspire you to focus your own thinking.
People may think you are aloof or disengaged when you close your door or spend time
alone. Help them understand that this is simply a reflection of your thinking style, and that
it results not from a disregard for relationships, but from a desire to bring the most you can
to those relationships.
You are at your best when you have the time to follow an intellectual trail and see where it
leads. Get involved on the front end of projects and initiatives, rather than jumping in at the
execution stage. If you join in the latter stages, you may derail what has already been
decided, and your insights may come too late.
Engaging people in intellectual and philosophical debate is one way that you make sense
of things. This is not the case for everyone. Be sure to channel your provocative questions
to those who similarly enjoy the give and take of debate.
Schedule time for thinking; it can be energizing for you. Use these occasions to muse and
reflect.
Take time to write. Writing might be the best way for you to crystallize and integrate your
thoughts.
Find people who like to talk about the same issues you do. Organize a discussion group
that addresses your subjects of interest.
Encourage people around you to use their full intellectual capital by reframing questions
for them and by engaging them in dialogue. At the same time, realize that there will be
some who find this intimidating and who need time to reflect before being put on the spot.
Questions
take.

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Empathy
Ideas for Action:
Help your friends and colleagues be more aware when one of your peers is having a
difficult time. Remember, most people do not have your ability to pick up on sensitive
situations.
Act quickly and firmly when others behave in a way that is unhealthy for themselves or
others. Understanding someones emotional state does not mean that you must excuse
this behavior. Be aware that when your empathy turns to sympathy, others might see you
as a bleeding heart.
Partner with someone with strong Command or Activator talents. This person will help you
take needed action, even though peoples feelings might suffer as a result.
Consider serving others as a confidante or mentor. Because trust is paramount to you,
people are likely to feel comfortable approaching you with any need. Your discretion and
desire to be genuinely helpful will be greatly valued.
At times, your empathy for others may overwhelm you. Create some rituals that you can
use at the end of your day to signal that work is over. This will help buffer your emotions
and prevent burnout.
Identify a friend who has strong Empathy talents, and check your observations with him or
her.
Sensitive to the feelings of others, you readily gauge the emotional tone of a room. Use
your talents to forge a bridge of understanding and mutual support. Your empathy will be
especially important during trying times because it will demonstrate your concern, thereby
building loyalty.
Witnessing the happiness of others brings you pleasure. Consequently, you are likely to be
attuned to opportunities to underscore others successes and positively reinforce their
achievements. At each opportunity, deliver a kind word of appreciation or recognition. In
doing so, you are likely to make a profound and engaging impression.
Because you are observant of how others are feeling, you are likely to intuit what is about
to happen before it becomes common knowledge. Although your intuitions may at times
seem nothing more than hunches, take conscious note of them. They may turn out to be
valuable assets.
Sometimes empathy does not require words at all. A kind gesture may be all someone
needs to be reassured. Use your Empathy talents to nonverbally comfort others with a
glance, a smile, or a pat on the arm.
Questions
take.

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Connectedness
Ideas for Action:
Consider roles in which you listen and counsel. You can become adept at helping other
people see connection and purpose in everyday occurrences.
Explore specific ways to expand your sense of connection, such as starting a book club,
attending a retreat, or joining an organization that puts Connectedness into practice.
Within your organization, help your colleagues understand how their efforts fit in the larger
picture. You can be a leader in building teams and helping people feel important.
You are aware of the boundaries and borders created within organizations and
communities, but you treat these as seamless and fluid. Use your Connectedness talents
to break down silos that prevent shared knowledge.
Help people see the connections among their talents, their actions, their mission, and their
successes. When people believe in what they are doing and feel like they are part of
something bigger, commitment to achievement is enhanced.
Partner with someone with strong Communication talents. This person can help you with
the words you need to describe vivid examples of connection in the real world.
Dont spend too much time attempting to persuade others to see the world as a linked
web. Be aware that your sense of connection is intuitive. If others dont share your
intuition, rational argument will not persuade them.
Your philosophy of life compels you to move beyond your own self-interests and the
interests of your immediate constituency and sphere of influence. As such, you see the
broader implications for your community and the world. Explore ways to communicate
these insights to others.
Seek out global or cross-cultural responsibilities that capitalize on your understanding of
the commonalities inherent in humanity. Build universal capability, and change the mindset
of those who think in terms of us and them.
Connectedness talents can help you look past the outer shell of a person to embrace his
or her humanity. Be particularly aware of this when you work with someone whose
background is very different from yours. You can naturally look past the labels and focus
on his or her essential needs.
Questions
take.

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Section III: Achievement

Look for signs of achievement as you read these real quotes from people who share your top five
themes.
Deliberative sounds like this:

Dick H., film producer: My whole thing is to reduce the number of variables out there the fewer the
variables, the lower the risk. When I am negotiating with directors, I always start by giving in on some
of the smaller points right away. Then once I have taken the smaller issues out of play, I feel better. I
can focus. I can control the conversation.
Debbie M., project manager: I am the practical one. When my colleagues are spouting all of these
wonderful ideas, I am asking questions like, How is this going to work? How is this going to be
accepted by this group or that group of people? I wont say that I play devils advocate, because that
is too negative, but I do weigh the implications and assess risk. And I think we all make better
decisions because of my questions.
Jamie B., service worker: I am not a very organized person, but the one thing I do without fail is
double-check. I dont do it because I am hyper-responsible or anything. I do it to feel secure. With
relationships, with performance, with anything, I am out there on a limb, and I need to know that the
particular branch I am standing on is solid.
Brian B., school administrator: I am putting together a safe-schools plan. I am going to conferences,
and we have eight committees working. We have a district-wide review board, but I am still not
comfortable with the basic model. My boss asks, When can I see the plan? And I say, Not yet. I am
not comfortable. With a big smile on her face, she says, Gee, Brian, I dont want it to be perfect, I just
want a plan. But she lets me be because she knows that the care I take now pays big dividends.
Because of this pre-work, once the decision is made, it stays made. It doesnt unravel.

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Restorative sounds like this:

Nigel L., software designer: I have these vivid memories of my childhood woodworking bench with
hammers and nails and wood. I used to love fixing things and putting things together and making
everything just so. And now with computer programs, its the same thing. You write the program, and
if it doesnt work, you have to go back and redo it and fix it until it works.
Jan K., internist: This theme plays in my life in so many ways. For example, my first love was
surgery. I love trauma, love being in the OR, love sewing. I just love fixing things in the OR. Then
again, some of my best moments have been sitting at the bedside of a dying patient, just talking
together. It is incredibly rewarding to watch someone make the transition from anger to acceptance
about grief, to tie up loose ends with family members, and to pass with dignity. And then with my kids,
this theme fires every day. When I see my three-year-old buttoning her sweater for the first time and
she buttons it crooked, I feel this powerful urge to walk up and rebutton the sweater. I have to resist,
of course, because she has to learn, but, boy, its really hard.
Marie T., television producer: Producing a morning TV program is a fundamentally clumsy process. If
I didnt like solving problems, this job would drive me up the wall. Every day, something serious goes
wrong, and I have to find the problem, fix it, and move on to the next one. If I can do that well, I feel
rejuvenated. On the other hand, if I go home and a problem remains unsolved, then I feel the
opposite. I feel defeated.

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Intellection sounds like this:

Lauren H., project manager: I suppose that most people who meet me in passing presume that I am
a flaming extrovert. I do not deny the fact that I love people, but they would be amazed to know how
much time alone, how much solitude, I need in order to function in public. I really love my own
company. I love solitude because it gives me a chance to allow my diffused focus to simmer with
something else. Thats where my best ideas come from. My ideas need to simmer and perk. I used
this phrase even when I was younger: I have put my ideas in, and now I have to wait for them to
perk.
Michael P., marketing executive: Its strange, but I find that I need to have noise around me or I cant
concentrate. I need to have parts of my brain occupied; otherwise, it goes so fast in so many
directions that I dont get anything done. If I can occupy my brain with the TV or my kids running
around, then I find I concentrate even better.
Jorge H., factory manager and former political prisoner: We used to get put into solitary confinement
as a punishment, but I never hated it as much as the others did. You might think that you would get
lonely, but I never did. I used the time to reflect on my life and sort out the kind of man I was and what
was really important to me: my family, my values. In a weird way, solitary actually calmed me down
and made me stronger.

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Empathy sounds like this:

Alyce J., administrator: Recently, I was in a meeting of trustees where one of the individuals was
presenting a new idea that was critical to her and to the life of this group. When she was finished, no
one heard her opinion, no one really heard her. It was a powerfully demoralizing moment for her. I
could see it in her face, and she wasnt herself for a day or two afterward. I finally raised the issue with
her and used words that helped describe how she was feeling. I said, Somethings wrong, and she
started to talk. I said, I really understand. I know how important this was for you, and you dont seem
like yourself, and so on. And she finally gave words to what was going on inside her. She said,
Youre the only one who heard me and who has said one word to me about it.
Brian H., administrator: When my team is making decisions, what I like to do is say, Okay, what will
this person say about this? What will that person say about it? In other words, put yourself in their
position. Lets think about the arguments from their perspective so that we can all be more
persuasive.
Janet P., schoolteacher: I never played basketball because they didnt have it for women when I was
a kid, but I believe I can tell at a basketball game when the momentum is changing, and I want to go
to the coach and say, Get them revved up. You are losing them. Empathy also works in large groups;
you can feel the crowd.

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Connectedness sounds like this:

Mandy M., homemaker: Humility is the essence of Connectedness. You have to know who you are
and who you arent. I have a piece of the wisdom. I dont have much of it, but what I do have is real.
This isnt grandiosity. This is real humility. You have confidence in your gifts, real confidence, but you
know you dont have all the answers. You start to feel connected to others because you know they
have wisdom that you dont. You cant feel connected if you think you have everything.
Rose T., psychologist: Sometimes I look at my bowl of cereal in the morning and think about those
hundreds of people who were involved in bringing me my bowl of cereal: the farmers in the field, the
biochemists who made the pesticides, the warehouse workers at the food preparation plants, even the
marketers who somehow persuaded me to buy this box of cereal and not a different one sitting next to
it on the shelf. I know it sounds strange, but I give thanks to these people, and just doing that makes
me feel more involved with life, more connected to things, less alone.
Chuck M., teacher: I tend to be very black and white about things, but when it comes to
understanding the mysteries of life, for some reason, I am much more open. I have a big interest in
learning about all different religions. I am reading a book right now that talks about Judaism versus
Christianity versus the religion of the Canaanites. Buddhism, Greek mythology its really interesting
how all of these tie together in some way.

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Questions
1. Talk to friends or coworkers to hear how they have used their talents to achieve.
2. How will you use your talents to achieve?

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Strengths Insight and Action-Planning Guide

Your Top 5 Themes

What's in This Guide?

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Your Personalized Strengths Insights

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Your Personalized Strengths Insights

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Your Personalized Strengths Insights

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Section II: Application

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Section III: Achievement

Deliberative sounds like this:

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Restorative sounds like this:

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Intellection sounds like this:

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Empathy sounds like this:

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Connectedness sounds like this:

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