Gallupreport 1
Gallupreport 1
DON CLIFTON
Many years of research conducted by The Gallup Organization suggest that the most effective people
are those who understand their strengths and behaviors. These people are best able to develop
strategies to meet and exceed the demands of their daily lives, their careers, and their families.
A review of the knowledge and skills you have acquired can provide a basic sense of your abilities,
but an awareness and understanding of your natural talents will provide true insight into the core
reasons behind your consistent successes.
Your Signature Themes report presents your five most dominant themes of talent, in the rank order
revealed by your responses to StrengthsFinder. Of the 34 themes measured, these are your "top
five."
Your Signature Themes are very important in maximizing the talents that lead to your successes. By
focusing on your Signature Themes, separately and in combination, you can identify your talents,
build them into strengths, and enjoy personal and career success through consistent, near-perfect
performance.
Achiever
Your Achiever theme helps explain your drive. Achiever describes a constant need for achievement.
You feel as if every day starts at zero. By the end of the day you must achieve something tangible in
order to feel good about yourself. And by every day you mean every single dayworkdays,
weekends, vacations. No matter how much you may feel you deserve a day of rest, if the day passes
without some form of achievement, no matter how small, you will feel dissatisfied. You have an
internal fire burning inside you. It pushes you to do more, to achieve more. After each
accomplishment is reached, the fire dwindles for a moment, but very soon it rekindles itself, forcing
you toward the next accomplishment. Your relentless need for achievement might not be logical. It
might not even be focused. But it will always be with you. As an Achiever you must learn to live with
this whisper of discontent. It does have its benefits. It brings you the energy you need to work long
hours without burning out. It is the jolt you can always count on to get you started on new tasks, new
challenges. It is the power supply that causes you to set the pace and define the levels of productivity
for your work group. It is the theme that keeps you moving.
Futuristic
Wouldnt it be great if . . . You are the kind of person who loves to peer over the horizon. The future
fascinates you. As if it were projected on the wall, you see in detail what the future might hold, and
this detailed picture keeps pulling you forward, into tomorrow. While the exact content of the picture
will depend on your other strengths and interestsa better product, a better team, a better life, or a
better worldit will always be inspirational to you. You are a dreamer who sees visions of what could
be and who cherishes those visions. When the present proves too frustrating and the people around
you too pragmatic, you conjure up your visions of the future and they energize you. They can energize
others, too. In fact, very often people look to you to describe your visions of the future. They want a
picture that can raise their sights and thereby their spirits. You can paint it for them. Practice. Choose
your words carefully. Make the picture as vivid as possible. People will want to latch on to the hope
you bring.
Relator
Relator describes your attitude toward your relationships. In simple terms, the Relator theme pulls you
toward people you already know. You do not necessarily shy away from meeting new peoplein fact,
you may have other themes that cause you to enjoy the thrill of turning strangers into friendsbut you
do derive a great deal of pleasure and strength from being around your close friends. You are
comfortable with intimacy. Once the initial connection has been made, you deliberately encourage a
deepening of the relationship. You want to understand their feelings, their goals, their fears, and their
dreams; and you want them to understand yours. You know that this kind of closeness implies a
Self-Assurance
Self-Assurance is similar to self-confidence. In the deepest part of you, you have faith in your
strengths. You know that you are ableable to take risks, able to meet new challenges, able to stake
claims, and, most important, able to deliver. But Self-Assurance is more than just self-confidence.
Blessed with the theme of Self-assurance, you have confidence not only in your abilities but in your
judgment. When you look at the world, you know that your perspective is unique and distinct. And
because no one sees exactly what you see, you know that no one can make your decisions for you.
No one can tell you what to think. They can guide. They can suggest. But you alone have the
authority to form conclusions, make decisions, and act. This authority, this final accountability for the
living of your life, does not intimidate you. On the contrary, it feels natural to you. No matter what the
situation, you seem to know what the right decision is. This theme lends you an aura of certainty.
Unlike many, you are not easily swayed by someone elses arguments, no matter how persuasive
they may be. This Self-Assurance may be quiet or loud, depending on your other themes, but it is
solid. It is strong. Like the keel of a ship, it withstands many different pressures and keeps you on
your course.