1. StrengthsFinder 2.0 Report
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2. Strengths Insight Guide
SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 02-06-2015
Neal Richardson
Your Top 5 Themes
Strategic
Command
Competition
Futuristic
Achiever
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3. Strategic
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Faced
with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
It’s very likely that you notice that multiple solutions to nagging problems automatically pop into your
mind. You usually study each option from many different angles. After carefully evaluating the entire
situation, you likely choose the alternative that makes the most sense. Why? You habitually aim to
outscore or outperform most of your rivals most of the time. Chances are good that you usually
identify problems others fail to notice. You repeatedly create solutions and find the right answers. You
yearn to improve things about yourself, other people, or situations. You are drawn to classes, books,
or activities that promise to give you the skills and knowledge you seek. Because of your strengths,
you have no difficulty finding the right words to express your ideas. You are quite comfortable talking
about ways to make people or things more complete, perfect, or excellent. By nature, you work
diligently to invent alternative courses of action. You notice new as well as unusual configurations in
facts, evidence, or data. Others, however, can see only separate, unrelated bits of information. You
are fascinated by problems that puzzle, confound, or frustrate most people. Driven by your talents,
you select the right combination of words to convey your ideas or feelings. In the middle of
discussions, your vocabulary provides you with precise phrases and terminology. You probably
express yourself with ease and grace.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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4. Command
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Command theme have presence. They can take control of a
situation and make decisions.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Driven by your talents, you quiet outspoken people with your quick and clever thinking. You rely on
facts and reason to support your ideas. Many individuals choose to submit to whatever you tell them
to do. Few dare to resist and ignore your orders. Frequently your mental agility overpowers people
who traditionally like to take charge. It’s very likely that you approach most win-lose situations in a
practical and realistic manner. When you are intent on being victorious, you automatically extinguish
any sentimental feelings you have toward your rivals. Because of your strengths, you may trust
yourself to decide when to use intricate, sophisticated, or complicated words. Perhaps you enjoy
inserting academic or professional terminology into your conversations, debates, and
correspondence. Sometimes you reinforce your knowledge and build your confidence by using your
extensive vocabulary. Maybe difficult-to-understand words give you an advantage that some people
lack. Instinctively, you motivate your friends with your passion for moving ideas from the talking stage
to the action stage. Your dedication to various projects rallies numerous individuals to work alongside
you. By nature, you usually set out to be the very best, whether the contest is official or merely an
invention of your mind. Your desire to get ahead in life impels you to regularly compare your results to
those of others. You probably have questioned whether your yearnings for greatness are entirely
healthy and wise.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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5. Competition
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Competition theme measure their progress against the
performance of others. They strive to win first place and revel in contests.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Instinctively, you are eager to broaden your knowledge and expand your skills when comparisons are
made between you and your opponents. Sometimes your rivalries are public. Sometimes they are
known only to you. Either way, you are determined to be victorious by capturing the top prize, finishing
in first place, or being declared the very best. By nature, you regularly set up rivalries between
yourself and others. Your take-charge style ordinarily allows you to create opportunities where you
can vie for the top prize or championship title. It’s very likely that you routinely compare your scores,
ratings, or rankings to those of others. You probably are highly motivated to be the very best and win
the topmost prize. Driven by your talents, you occasionally set out to be “number one” when
comparisons are being made or scores are being kept. Perhaps you derive very little satisfaction from
finishing in second or third place. Simply ranking among the top performers may actually be a source
of displeasure. Chances are good that you may sometimes feel a particular need to reach goals,
make money, have power, or become famous. To achieve these successes, you might easily state
what you want, expect, demand, or need. From time to time, you use sophisticated words or
complicated terminology to capture and keep the attention of certain people. Maybe your vocabulary
sets you apart. What you say and how you say it might threaten or intimidate selected listeners, if that
is your intent.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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6. Futuristic
Shared Theme Description
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.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
It’s very likely that you sometimes share your ideas about what can be accomplished in the coming
months, years, or decades. The different kinds of people you invite into your life are sometimes
inspired by your forward-looking plans, proposals, inventions, or suggestions for change. Because of
your strengths, you are energized by your plans for the coming months, years, or decades. Bringing
your ideas to life is an exciting proposition for you. You sense you have the power to transform
whatever you think is possible into tangible outcomes. Chances are good that you may help people
see the opportunities and possibilities that await them in the coming months, years, or decades.
Instinctively, you sharpen your ideas about the future by spending time with possibility thinkers. These
individuals regularly talk about inventions, medicines, designs, technologies, or food supplies that no
one else has even considered. By nature, you occasionally work seriously at something when you
have defined the specific objective you want to reach in the near term or the long term. Remember,
your other talents might influence how far into the future you can push certain goals and still give them
your undivided attention.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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7. Achiever
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Achiever theme have a great deal of stamina and work
hard. They take great satisfaction from being busy and productive.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Because of your strengths, you can mentally zero in on tasks for hours at a time when you have a
goal to reach. When the assignment demands extra time, you would be wise to honor your body’s
natural rhythms. In other words, if you are a “morning person,” work in the morning. Work in the
afternoon if that is when you hit your stride. Work in the evening if that is when you think better. Work
around midnight after everyone has gone to bed if you are someone who usually stays up very late.
Chances are good that you possess the physical and mental endurance to withstand hardships as
well as stress. Characteristically you work harder and longer than most people are capable of doing.
By nature, you probably work diligently, persevering to the very end. You are gratified when people
tell others you are a competent, trustworthy, and accomplished individual. Driven by your talents, you
exhibit the physical and mental endurance needed to continuously toil long after others have stopped
working. You are hardwired to pursue goals until they are reached. When obstacles arise, you
become even more determined to succeed. Instinctively, you frequently point out to people the things
that are correct, accurate, and/or appropriate. You prefer to pay close attention to quality rather than
mediocrity. You often conclude that today’s successes are simply the byproduct of having done
everything right yesterday.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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