Strength-Based Leadership Reflection Paper

There is a point as individuals we assume that we are in tune to our strengths weaknesses and core values. We develop these key competencies from experiences such as, culture, religion and life events. In the Strength Based Leadership, the StrengthFinder assessment provided the ability to gain insight into leadership behaviors that otherwise would not be considered in much detail. The results allow us to gain an interpretation based on how others may view our leadership capabilities.
The Strength Based Leadership listed thirty-four insightful strengths of leaders, after the assessment, my five strengths were concluded to be relator, responsibility, strategic ideation and achiever. Prior to completing the assessment one of the strengths, that I had always embraced as part of my leadership skills would be analytical. It has always been a point of reference when someone would describe my personality primarily in a professional setting. “Your stamina causes others to see you as a rock.”(Rath, T., & Conchie, B, 2008, p104). Ideally management and supervisors have always …show more content…
When making decisions weather personal or professional I make sure that I analyze the pros and cons. One of the key moments, experienced being analytical was making a decision to move from one state to another I had to think about how it could affect my life in the short term as well as the long term. My interpretation of ideation as a leadership skill is being able to interpret seemingly complicated and challenging situations and forming simple answers and clarifications. This strength is one that I considered as analytical but understand to be more in-depth. I use this to dissect complicated government policies and regulations in my current role and find it allows me to be more successful than my