Gallup Strengthsfinder

Gallup Strengthsfinder

Pay 25 bucks to take Gallup’s best-selling tool. You only get your top five signature strengths of their 34.

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The Domains of Leadership Strength

INFLUENCING STRENGTHS (14.85% of top 5–12,557,656 reports)

– Activator, Command,  Communication, Competition, Maximizer, Self-Assurance, Significance, Woo

EXECUTING STRENGTHS (28.32% of top 5–23,949,799 reports)

RELATING STRENGTHS (30.80% of top 5–26,048,137 reports)

– Adaptability, Connectedness, Developer, Empathy, Harmony, Includer, Individualization, Positivity, Relator

STRATEGIC THINKING (26.03%of top 5 –22,018,228 reports)

–Analytical, Context, Futuristic, Ideation, Input, Intellection, Learner, Strategic

For the sake of analysis I will correlate the categories as such:

  • Executing = Striving (working harder)
  • Influencing = Impacting (influencing others)
  • Relationship = Relating (relating with others)
  • Strategic Thinking = Thinking (working smarter)

Unfortunately, I don’t have access to the underlying data to confirm these assumptions, but from observation, they seem accurate.

What I would like to know is if the new categories are unique because of the business application of the strengths, or if Gallup in their ongoing research has refined the categories and now the new ones are more accurate. Below, I will highlight the strengths that have switched categories.

Talent Theme_____1999 Category (GSM*)___2007 Category
Arranger_________Striving ____________Executing
Responsibility _____Relating ___________ Executing
Activator ________ Striving ____________Influencing
Communication____Relating____________ Influencing
Self-Assurance_____Striving ____________Influencing
Significance_______Striving ____________Influencing
Adaptability_______Striving____________Relationship
Developer________Impacting___________Relationship
Connectedness____ Thinking ___________Relationship
Positivity ________Impacting__________ Relationship

Below you will find the suggested partnerships among strengths as listed in Strengthsfinder 2.0
Some strengths have no obvious partnerships.
  • Achiever = NONE (recommendation: work with other hard-working people)
  • Activator = Focus, Strategic, Futuristic, Analytical
  • Adaptability = Focus, Strategic, Belief
  • Analytical = Activator
  • Arranger = NONE LISTED
  • Belief = Futuristic
  • Command = Woo, Empathy (Circumvent problems)
  • Communication = NONE LISTED
  • Competition = NONE LISTED
  • Contentedness = Communication (helps with real-world examples)
  • Consistency = Maximizer, Individualization (accommodate differences)
  • Context = Futuristic, Strategic
  • Deliberative = Command, Self-Assurance, Activator
  • Developer = Individualization (Identify talents to develop)
  • Discipline = NONE LISTED
  • Empathy = Command, Activator (take action)
  • Focus = NONE LISTED
  • Futuristic = Activator (Take action on plans)
  • Harmony = Command, Activator (confrontation)
  • Ideation = Analytical (Question and challenge to strengthen ideas)
  • Includer = Activator, Command (Deliver tough news)
  • Individualization = NONE LISTED
  • Input = Focus, Discipline
  • Intellection = NONE LISTED
  • Learner = NONE LISTED
  • Maximizer = Restorative (solve problems)
  • Positivity = NONE LISTED
  • Relator = NONE LISTED
  • Responsibility = Discipline, Focus (stay on track and help avoid overload)
  • Restorative = NONE LISTED
  • Self-Assurance = Strategic, Deliberative, Futuristic
  • Significance = NONE LISTED
  • Strategic = Activator (action)
  • Woo = Relator, Empathy
Frequency of occurrence

Learn more here.

Another way of clustering strengths:

CliftonStrengths “Packages”: Grouping Themes by Their Shared Talents

Each CliftonStrengths theme is unique. Yet multiple themes can share certain characteristics. Here are a few talent groupings (i.e., packages) that show how certain themes work together.

Anticipation and Imagination: You might possess high levels of these themes if you naturally imagine possibilities, foresee challenges and anticipate what lies ahead.

  • Deliberative
  • Futuristic
  • Ideation
  • Strategic

Detail-Oriented: For people who naturally value precision and attention to detail, the following themes often go together.

  • Analytical
  • Discipline
  • Individualization

Perspective: Some themes are all about perspective — global perspective, forward-mindedness, introspection and focusing on individuals.

  • Connectedness
  • Context
  • Futuristic
  • Individualization
  • Intellection

Social: If you’re a social butterfly by nature, you likely possess high levels of multiple “social” themes that make you more accepting, dependable and relatable.

  • Communication
  • Includer
  • Individualization
  • Relator
  • Responsibility
  • Woo

Speed: Several CliftonStrengths are related because of their emphasis on efficiency. These themes go together for fast-paced people who naturally work quickly.

  • Achiever
  • Activator
  • Adaptability
  • Learner
  • Woo

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