07 November 2006 ~ 2 Comments

My Strengths

Our staff, lead team, and oversight team are preparing to go through a workshop based on the strengthsfinder and the book Now, Discover Your Strengths.  If you aren’t familiar with it, you take an online test that gives your top 5 strengths out of a list of 32.  The idea is that it gives a much more unique profile of who you are as opposed to something like the Meyer-Briggs test, and I believe the book encourages you to build upon your strengths as opposed to focusing on your weaknesses.  (I’ll let you know for sure after I’ve read the book.)

So I took the online deal today to get my top 5.  So in order to allow you to know me better, and for those of you who get to put up with me regularly to understand me, they are…

Woo
People strong in the Woo theme love the challenge of meeting new people and winning them over.  They derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection with another person.

Adaptability
People strong in the Adaptability theme prefer to "go with the flow." They tend to be "now" people who take things as they come and discover the future one day at a time.

Communication
People strong in the Communication theme generally find it easy to put their thoughts into words. They are good conversationalists and presenters.

Positivity
People strong in the Positivity theme have an enthusiasm that is contagious. They are upbeat and can get others excited about what they are going to do.

Belief
People strong in the Belief theme have certain core values that are unchanging. Out of these values emerges a defined purpose for their life.

And there you have it.  I guess that should be me in a nutshell.  The full report has about a paragraph description of each one, so this is just the short description.

Still deciding what I think, but I guess I’d say it’s pretty accurate.  I’m looking forward to getting through the book and sitting through the workshop to learn more.

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