Elizabeth Blanton

Strengths-Based Leadership Report (Brief)

SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 08-12-2017

DON CLIFTON

Father of Strengths Psychology and

Inventor of CliftonStrengths

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Gallup found that it serves a team well to have a representation of strengths in each of the four
domains of leadership strength: Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, and Strategic Thinking.
Instead of one dominant leader who tries to do everything or individuals who all have similar
strengths, contributions from all four domains lead to a strong and cohesive team. This doesn't mean
that each person on a team must have strengths exclusively in a single category. In most cases, each
team member will possess some strength in multiple domains.

According to our latest research, the 34 Clifton StrengthsFinder themes naturally cluster into these
four domains of leadership strength. See below for how your top five themes sort into the four
domains. As you think about how you can contribute to a team and who you need to surround yourself
with, this may be a good starting point.

YOUR TOP FIVE CLIFTON STRENGTHSFINDER THEMES

EXECUTING INFLUENCING RELATIONSHIP STRATEGIC THINKING

BUILDING

Responsibility Relator Intellection

Achiever Learner

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Your Personalized Strengths Insights

INTELLECTION

Its very likely that you probably enjoy reading because it gives you so many topics to talk about other
than yourself. Characteristically you prefer to discuss ideas rather than delve that is, make a
detailed search for information into your own or anothers personal life. Because of your strengths,
you are the ideal example of a person with an open and agile mind. Thinking consumes a great
portion of your time. You like to exchange ideas with individuals who are as well-read as you are.
Your passion for the written word fuels your thought processes and lays the groundwork for
sophisticated conversations. When you are alone, you probably reflect upon the thoughts of brilliant
writers or the findings of notable researchers. By nature, you probably acquired a fascination for
reading as a child. During your formative years, becoming totally engrossed in a book is likely to have
been your means of staying out of the way to avoid upsetting some adults or youngsters who were
your age. Besides keeping the peace and being absorbed into the group, you commonly collected
information about fictional characters, human nature, geography, historic events, other cultures, or
science. Chances are good that you prefer having quiet time to mull over ideas as well as read and
examine interesting topics. Periods of uninterrupted thinking give you great pleasure. You probably
excuse yourself from noisy, active, or distracting situations to thoroughly process your ideas.
Instinctively, you read to acquire new information or to collect insights about unique discoveries,
events, or people. Characteristically you conduct an in-depth examination of a subject. Your curiosity
is not easily satisfied. Frequently you rely on books, publications, or printed materials to deepen your
understanding of the topic.

RELATOR

Driven by your talents, you are quite comfortable being honest about yourself with others. You harbor
very few illusions about who you really are. Furthermore, you can openly acknowledge your mistakes
and shortcomings. This is apt to distinguish you from most people. By nature, you take pains to
uncover how and why things happen as they do. You share your discoveries with partners,
teammates, and friends. You typically streamline your explanations. You cover only the essential
facts. Most individuals can easily grasp what you say. Listeners probably appreciate you giving them
less detail so they can understand the main points. Because of your strengths, you embody the
adage: If you want to get something done, ask a busy person. You deliver peak performances when
you can tackle a task. You experience tremendous satisfaction each time you accomplish something.
You probably like being held accountable for your actions and words. Instinctively, you may find that
certain individuals solicit your ideas or views on specific issues. Even though you might like working
by yourself, some people feel comfortable interrupting you with their questions. Some may ask what
you think or feel about sensitive topics, internal organizational battles, or the behavior of particular

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individuals. Its very likely that you bond with and work well with people who tell you what they want to
accomplish in life.

LEARNER

Chances are good that 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. Instinctively, you have a deep yearning to acquire more knowledge
and gain new skills to heighten your expertise. Usually you desire to be in the know that is,
completely educated about your area of specialization. Not surprisingly, you suffer greatly when an
information vacuum exists or you are left out of the information loop. Its very likely that you enjoy
reflecting on what you already know and on what you want to know. Your concentration leads you to
major and minor discoveries. You need ample quiet time to critically examine new information,
theories, concepts, or philosophies. Wherever you go and whatever you do, your mind is seldom at
rest. You consider what you have observed. You pose never-before-asked questions. Thinking deeply
about things is a necessity for you. It is not a luxury. It is not an option. By nature, you absorb all sorts
of information from books, publications, or other written materials. You display a voracious that is,
never fully satisfied appetite for knowledge. You devour the written word to savor useful facts. For
you, a great day is one during which you have added new insights to your minds storehouse of ideas.
Because of your strengths, you habitually bring together all sorts of information so you can refer to it
later. At the instant you collect a fact, example, story, or piece of data, typically you are eager to use
it. You trust it is valuable. Your fascination with knowledge has probably been part of you even before
you formed the words to ask your first question.

RESPONSIBILITY

Its very likely that you are naturally compelled to admit the truth. If someone asked you or told you to
intentionally mislead someone, you would reply, I cannot and I will not do that! By nature, you may
refuse to shirk obligations. You might be particularly eager to fulfill your commitments. Perhaps you
are described as earnest and dependable. Chances are good that you are known as a reliable and
dependable person. You are motivated to work diligently. You cannot rest until you have completed
what you told someone you would do. Because of your strengths, you are dependable. Others know
you are someone upon whom they can rely. Once you have committed to an assignment, you resolve
to follow through with it. As a result, others trust you will complete your tasks. Instinctively, you
conduct yourself in an exceptionally mature and orderly fashion even when your teammates,
classmates, friends, coworkers, and colleagues are acting childish.

ACHIEVER

Because of your strengths, you might frequently outwit people. Your cleverness might help you
continually do more and better work than you have done in the past. Perhaps you set out to be the

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winner when you know that your results will be compared to those of everyone else. Chances are
good that you are an enterprising person. You effortlessly launch new ventures. You are likely to
measure your progress on a regular basis. This information probably inspires you to work even
harder. Driven by your talents, you work for hours, days, weeks, or even months to produce
outstanding results. You impose demanding standards for excellence and productivity on yourself.
You probably cannot rest until each requirement is met. Instinctively, you usually give your undivided
attention to individuals. You automatically concentrate on whatever they are saying. You earnestly
strive to eliminate distractions or reduce interruptions that get in the way of your really understanding
someone. By nature, you tend to be a very good adviser to many individuals. When offering
suggestions or asking questions, you probably are much more engaged, intense, and involved than
usual.

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