my leadership style

Strengths Insight Report

Your Top 5 Themes:

  1. Woo
  2. Futuristic
  3. Includer
  4. Communication
  5. Activator

 

Woo: People who are especially talented 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.

What makes you stand out?: Driven by your talents, you characteristically are friendly, cheerful, and talkative. This explains why you ask questions and give compliments. You are quite fascinated with each person’s unique talents and other traits. Because of your strengths, you are pleasant and amiable — that is, easy to get along with and likeable. You can socialize or work with just about anybody. Your congenial — that is, friendly — manner as well as your interest in people help you identify common ground, offer compliments, ask non-threatening questions, and effortlessly move in and out of conversations. By nature, you enjoy discovering as much as you can about the people you meet. You are friendly and enjoy socializing. You quickly put at ease those you are meeting for the first time or the tenth time. Chances are good that you might engage in life with gusto. You sometimes approach assignments, tasks, projects, opportunities, or problems with a creative flair. You might take the innovative path rather than follow the traditional or tried-and-true ways of doing things. It’s very likely that you regularly surround yourself with people. You are energized by what you learn about each one. You crave to know what makes a person special, singular, or distinct from all the others you encounter.

 

Futuristic: People who are especially talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They inspire others with their visions of the future.

What makes you stand out?: Driven by your talents, you take charge of your future. You are determined to shape it as you wish. You probably spend a lot of time thinking about your goals. You are driven to create the experiences you desire. You tend to agree with the notion “If you can think it, you can make it happen.” Because of your strengths, you may design forward-looking plans for a specific aspect of your life, such as investments, entrepreneurial ventures, education, vacations, or retirement. By nature, you have a capacity for envisioning what the coming months, years, or decades could, should, or will be like. Frequently you are prompted to transform your ideas into things you can touch, taste, see, smell, or hear. Chances are good that you gain a certain degree of satisfaction from envisioning what your life and the world might be like in the coming months, years, or decades. It’s very likely that you invest considerable time creating the future of your own choosing. You frequently share your ideas about what will be possible in the coming months, years, and decades. You probably capture people’s attention whenever you describe in vivid detail what you imagine.

 

Includer: People who are especially talented in the Includer theme are accepting of others. They show awareness of those who feel left out, and make an effort to include them.

What makes you stand out?: Driven by your talents, you welcome others as they are. You strive to create a pleasant environment where most individuals feel comfortable. Being appreciated is important to you. You work hard to create a climate of mutual respect and support. Finding the good in people is quite satisfying to you. Knowing others recognize your finest characteristics, contributions, and talents gives you pleasure. Instinctively, you intentionally involve all kinds of individuals in groups or activities. You refuse to inflict emotional pain by making people feel unwelcome. Your sensitivity causes many to describe you as a nice, kind, and caring human being. Chances are good that you seek the company of individuals who ponder, reflect, consider, muse, or invent. You are especially intrigued by people who carry on conversations about theories, concepts, or philosophies. Often the thoughts you share with one another have yet to be proved, put into practice, transformed into processes, or made into products. It’s very likely that you characteristically are an easygoing and congenial person. Your ability to determine what makes each individual unique frees you to see the good in many people. By nature, you gravitate to situations where you will be in the company of others. You are much less inclined to be solitary or a loner.

 

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

What makes you stand out?: By nature, you have a knack for talking to others. You know how to engage people in discussions. You encourage them to share their stories, ideas, and feelings. You have much to contribute to the dialogue. You look for opportunities to express yourself as often as possible. You routinely acknowledge and affirm each person’s comments. Because of your strengths, you periodically engage others in conversation about the meaning of life. You might discuss subjects that are beyond the understanding of the average mind. You might provide individuals with an opportunity to create, study, reflect, speculate, or tell stories. Sometimes these activities stimulate your thinking. Perhaps you prefer to spend time with people who can understand your profound theories, concepts, or perspectives on life. Driven by your talents, you tend to gravitate to reading groups that discuss an author, a book or writings on a given topic. Prior to these sessions, you are likely to gather as many facts as possible from the reading. By storing this information in your mind, you increase your chances of recalling an insight you want to share with the other participants. It’s very likely that you typically fill your time with reading when your friends or support systems are far away or unavailable. You examine fiction or nonfiction, newspaper accounts, correspondence, magazine articles, or research papers. This can help you forget the loneliness you sometimes feel. In the process of pulling together insights or information, you broaden your knowledge base. Chances are good that you periodically regale people with funny anecdotes, timely jokes, witty comments, or whimsical ideas. Maybe amusing others brings you pleasure — especially when you make them laugh out loud.

 

Activator: People who are especially talented in the Activator theme can make things happen by turning thoughts into action. They are often impatient.

What makes you stand out?: It’s very likely that you periodically determine for yourself or others what should be done. After you have made up your mind, perhaps you waste little time moving forward with projects or assignments. Because of your strengths, you commonly influence people to produce results, sign up to work on projects, or rally around causes. When you take time to know them as individuals, many people are willing to move into action at your prompting. They are apt to realize you appreciate their special qualities, talents, interests, or experiences. Instinctively, you may be particularly decisive about implementing certain upgrades or enhancements. You may realize that great ideas without action are rather meaningless. You might become frustrated with individuals who lack the gumption — that is, boldness — to transform some of their original thoughts into tangible results. By nature, you sometimes make choices or judgments when no one else seems willing to do so. Once you take charge, you may be eager to launch initiatives, present proposals, or solve problems. Driven by your talents, you occasionally energize others so they feel enthusiastic about a position you have taken, a conclusion you have reached, or an innovative idea you have proposed. As soon as you resolve to do something, perhaps you announce, “Let’s get started right away. We can do this!”

 

(Prachi Jhawar) © 2000, 2006-2012 Gallup, Inc. All rights reserved.