Reflection Upon Flourishing The Strength Finder Survey

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Upon finishing the Strength Finder Survey, I have a new understanding of my strengths. One of my most prominent strengths is context. By possessing the context theme, I definately enjoy reviewing the past. I m always looking at the past for answers to the future.I in fact have a large collection of literature that I refer to in times of deciscions. Possessing the context theme, means that I have a vast knowledge of the past events, as well as the past lives of historians.I also surrond myself with others that share my passion for history. My next shared theme, would be restorative. .By assuming the restorative theme, Means that I am good at dealing with problems. This is true, in that in my career, I deal daily with problems and issues that …show more content…
The third shared theme that I posess, is communication. I agree with this, as I am a very effective communicator. I rely on effective communication to thrive in my field. I must, everyday communicate to my employees the tasks that have to be done. Without effective communication, my job would fail.Communication goes with the next strength, focus.I am a well focused person. My job title instills that I have to be one hundred percent focused, every day. The last of my top five strengths, would be discipline. One must be a very disciplined person to manage others. I think that all of my strengths coincide together to sum up my daily life. I am a manger of a retail store, and therefore I do instill every one of these strengths in myself. I have had to do this, in order to become the person I am today. Taking this survey has made me more aware of just how much that I incorporate my strengths into my daily …show more content…
By utilizing each person 's strengths, you would have a team made up of many strentghs working in unison towards the same goal. With a good leader putting together a team based on each person 's strengths, an organization could thirve beyond any gols set by the corporation. Take for instance, someone who has the organization strength working with someone that has the leadership strength.While one person lays out the plan of action, the other is setting it into motion.If we build on strengths, we set a standard of success to be followed. By becoming an includer, one can apply a "unique fit"P.265, to a company effort. By including everyone 's talents into a plan of action, the includer will become a successful leader. The benefits to this would be increased productivity, good morale, and met goals. The disadvantages to not utilizing employees potential would be high turnover, low morale, and less productive workers. I feel tht nowadays, most corporations have learned that focusing on the strengths of it 's employees, they can become more successful and productive. I have seen this firsthand in my company. The company that I work for holds manager training regularlty to keep mangers informed of new techniques and products. The mangers then take each employee and coach them on the new technique and develop the employees interpretation of the

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