It is also an effective method to employ when building teams. If after analyzing your strengths profile you notice that you have only thinking and striving themes, it would be beneficial to recruit additional team members with impacting and relating themes.
The 4 Strength Domains
Relating Themes (Working with People)
Harmony, Communication, Empathy, Includer, Individualization, Relator, Responsibility
Impacting Themes (Influencing People)
Command, Competition, Developer, Positivity, Maximizer, Woo
Striving Themes (Working Harder)
Achiever, Activator, Belief, Significance, Discipline, Adaptability, Focus, Restorative, Self-Assurance
Thinking Themes (Working Smarter)
Analytical, Arranger, Consistency, Connectedness, Deliberative, Futuristic, Ideation
Input, Intellection, Learner, Context, Strategic
StrengthsFinderTM, The Gallup School of Management, ©1999.
Below are the profiles of two men that I’m Strengths coaching.
James- Futuristic, Strategic, Includer, Belief, Communication
Thinking, Thinking, Relating, Striving, Relating
Thinking 2, Relating 2, Striving 1 Impacting 0
James is strong in Thinking/Relating themes, but he has no Impacting themes.
Allan- Woo, Positivity, Adaptability, Belief, Includer
Impacting, Impacting, Striving, Striving, Relating
Impacting 2, Striving 2, Relating 1, Thinking 0
Allan is strong in Impacting/Striving themes, but he has no thinking themes. Allan and James are collaborating on film and television projects. Is this a good match? They seem to be an excellent match as far as balancing each other out. They enjoy working together. Allan just mentioned today how he and James seemed to make a good pair. Of course there are many other ingredients involved in making a great team, but knowing your strengths domain profile is a good start.
Do you know how your strengths interplay with others in your life?
I would love to help anyone interested in knowing more about the implications and applications of their strength domain profile. Just write me a note. Tim
Tim, I bought StrengthsFinder 2.0 about 3 weeks ago, and I have not been able to use it because there is some sort of security conflict with WinXP on their site. A tech support person told me they were aware of this but that they don’t know how to fix it. Are you aware of any tweaks that I should do with Windows in order to have access to the assessment? Thanks.
Mark
By: Mark on March 26, 2007
at 4:08 pm
I’m sorry to hear that you’re having troubles. I never ran into any problem using XP. Hmmmmm. Any pop-up blockers? Norton Anti-Virus? Spam Blockers? Disable them all and try again…I wish I could be more help. Take care
By: Tim McGinnis on March 26, 2007
at 5:20 pm
Hi Tim,
I did StrengthsFinder 2.0 last night and below are my strengths.
Futuristic
Learner
Self-assurance (strange because sometimes i’m not so sure of myself!)
Ideation
Individualisation
Could you advise on what these means and what kind of careers can i apply my strength domains in?
I’m very new to this whole premise of Strengths so I hope you could provide some insight into this area.
Thank you so much!
Cheers,
Olivia
By: Olivia on July 18, 2007
at 5:59 am
Good question Olivia. I can’t respond fully in this format, so email me at my email listed in my profile if you’d like to continue the discussion. Cheers. Tim
By: Tim McGinnis on July 18, 2007
at 11:00 pm
Hi!
My top 5 strengths are:
Individualization
Developer
Empathy
Restorative
Relator
I would love to know the different types of jobs that go well with these strengths. According to your domain categories I have 3 Relating Themes, 1 Impacting Theme, and 1 Striving Theme.
Thank you so much in advance for your response. I was really hoping for more career direction. I got my degree in psychology and was debating on whether to go back and get my Master’s. I was wondering if that would be a good career according to my strengths and if not, what would be.
Thanks!
Kelly
By: Kelly on January 21, 2008
at 6:03 am
Hi Kelly. You ask a great question. If you would like a detailed response, please email me at the address on my profile page or visit my website and look for contact information.
Regards,
Tim
By: Tim McGinnis on January 21, 2008
at 5:07 pm