Gallup Strengthsfinder
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INFLUENCING STRENGTHS (14.85% of top 5–12,557,656 reports)
– Activator, Command, Communication, Competition, Maximizer, Self-Assurance, Significance, Woo
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
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
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Self-Assurance
59,254 Significance87,738 Command99,048 Focus121,719 Discipline123,422 Analytical130,361 Maximizer136,349 Activator137,553 Arranger143,209 Context150,230 Connectedness164,624 Intellection165,086 Ideation172,867 Deliberative180,209 Individualization194,443 Consistency210,950 Competition216,667 Woo225,372 Futuristic237,398 Communication238,038 Belief240,170 Developer284,078 Includer293,696 Harmony300,556 Positivity302,825 Strategic318,143 Empathy325,374 Input325,523 Learner357,602 Relator362,135 Restorative367,178 Responsibility384,251 Adaptability390,179 Achiever441,143 Overall SQ Completes1,577,478 -
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