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Jeanie Kim
Ideation
Futuristic
Self-Assurance
Arranger
Adaptability
Section I: Awareness
A brief Shared Theme Description for each of your top five themes
Your Personalized Strengths Insights, which describe what makes you stand out from
others with the same theme in their top five
Questions for you to answer to increase your awareness of your talents
Section II: Application
10 Ideas for Action for each of your top five themes
Questions for you to answer to help you apply your talents
Section III: Achievement
Examples of what each of your top five themes "sounds like" -- real quotes from
people who also have the theme in their top five
Steps for you to take to help you leverage your talents for achievement
Section I: Awareness
Ideation
People who are especially talented in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are
able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.
By nature, you may assist people with your sound reasoning and logical assessment of
particular opportunities, problems, or proposed solutions. Chances are good that you
sometimes opt to systematically study particular subjects, rules, processes, mechanisms, or
programs when you work alone. In your opinion, deciding how to do something might be one
of the advantages of being an individual contributor. Driven by your talents, you may like to
work on things by yourself. When you can concentrate on your own tasks, assignments, or
projects, you might conceive some original ways to approach your work or studies. It’s very
likely that you occasionally contrive innovative ideas. Perhaps the art of invention stimulates
your mind. You may spring from one original thought to an entirely different one. Now and
then, you find ways to link two or more unique concepts. Because of your strengths, you
might engage in life with gusto. You sometimes approach assignments, tasks, projects,
opportunities, or problems with a creative flair. You might take the innovative path rather
than follow the traditional or tried-and-true ways of doing things.
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?
Futuristic
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.
Chances are good that you may create some vivid images of what can be done in the coming
months, years, or decades. Perhaps you are prompted to transform your ideas into things you
can touch, taste, see, smell, or hear. It’s very likely that you are sometimes filled with hope as
you think about the good things you might accomplish in the coming months, years, or
decades. Perhaps this reinforces your sense of personal well-being. When you are forced to
concentrate solely on current situations, you may become less enthusiastic about life. Driven
by your talents, you may feel wonderful when people value your innovative ideas. Perhaps
you help them envision what can be accomplished in the coming months, years, or decades.
Because of your strengths, you might be eager to get started on a project once you realize
what can be accomplished in the coming weeks, months, or years. Perhaps you work hard to
turn your big dreams into reality. To some degree, they both push and pull you into the future.
By nature, you periodically envision what you can accomplish tomorrow, next week, next
month, next year, or in the coming decades. Your goals and aspirations might motivate you to
keep moving forward. Perhaps the tension you feel if a deadline is fast approaching forces
you to concentrate on the right activities, discard irrelevant information, or not waste time on
intriguing distractions. Your one aim might be reaching your objectives.
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?
Self-Assurance
People who are especially talented in the Self-Assurance theme feel confident in their ability
to manage their own lives. They possess an inner compass that gives them confidence that
their decisions are right.
Because of your strengths, you are sometimes open to new experiences when they promise
excitement. Perhaps you dislike being bored or having to do the same thing again and again.
Maybe you are attracted to situations that provide a bit of variety or change. Instinctively, you
may be an individual performer. Perhaps you trust your ability to handle a certain degree of
risk. A life full of guaranteed success may not offer the excitement you desire. This partially
explains why you avoid or become bored with mundane, tedious, or repetitious tasks. By
nature, you sometimes invest much physical or mental energy doing what you know you do
well. Perhaps your selectivity is the key to your success. To some extent, your work ethic
enables you to reach desirable goals. Driven by your talents, you now and then delve into
interesting concepts and talk about thought-provoking topics. Maybe a spirited conversation
with specific colleagues or classmates adds a little gusto to your life. If people feel compelled
to explain why something cannot be done, perhaps you offer reasons why certain plans are
neither outlandish nor impossible. It’s very likely that you are attracted to difficult and
challenging endeavors. You are not inclined to look for the easy way out. You are bold. You
take risks. You dare to stretch your mind. You test the limits of your abilities in ways that
timid individuals would not attempt.
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?
Arranger
People who are especially talented in the Arranger theme can organize, but they also have a
flexibility that complements this ability. They like to figure out how all of the pieces and
resources can be arranged for maximum productivity.
Because of your strengths, you may be known for completing whatever you start. When you
can work alone, which is your preference, you might accomplish more than when you team
up with others. Chances are good that you might be an individual performer who wants and
expects to be held accountable for your results. Perhaps you are more motivated to excel
when you realize you are the only person doing a particular task. By nature, you may pride
yourself on your capacity to accomplish a great deal. You might be happiest when you are
continually busy. You might need to be occupied with tasks. Perhaps completing certain tasks
exhilarates you. Why? To some extent, finishing one thing frees you to undertake additional
work. Instinctively, you might rely on the diverse viewpoints of certain teammates to spark
conversations that produce exciting ideas. Perhaps you agree that "The whole is greater than
the sum of its parts" -- that when everyone asks questions, offers solutions, describes
situations, or raises issues, the group's collective intelligence may exceed that of any single
person. Driven by your talents, you may be known as a hard worker. Even so, you might be
willing to accept help from individuals who possess the talent, knowledge, and/or skills
needed to overcome obstacles. Perhaps you resist the temptation to interfere in their efforts
once they begin making progress.
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?
Adaptability
People who are especially talented in the Adaptability theme prefer to “go with the flow.”
They tend to be “now” people who take things as they come and discover the future one day
at a time.
Because of your strengths, you might have an ability to accept and deal with each day as it
unfolds. You may be flexible enough to handle unexpected discoveries and situations. By
nature, you may feel best about life when you take time to envision how you might react to
future situations. To some degree, forethought helps you adjust to unexpected problems. It
sometimes prepares you to take advantage of new opportunities. It’s very likely that you may
do your best work when you are allowed to deal with the day's challenges as they arise. Some
people need a well-defined plan of action and definite goals for each day. Such specificity
might be counterproductive in your case, however. Chances are good that you might prefer to
be an individual performer because you like to deal with things as they occur. Perhaps your
flexible approach makes your job or studies a bit more pleasurable. You might be less
effective when you are forced to adhere to every step or deadline of someone else's action
plan. If the plan also is outdated, your efficiency might be diminished. Driven by your talents,
you may allow certain parts of your life to unfold naturally. To some degree, you trust you
will find your path as it evolves. You sometimes resist being restricted by predetermined
plans or standardized systems. Maybe you prefer to experience life in the moment. You might
resist letting life take you where it may.
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?
Questions
1. How does this information help you better understand your unique talents?
2. How can you use this understanding to add value to your role?
3. How can you apply this knowledge to add value to your team, workgroup,
department, or division?
4. How will this understanding help you add value to your organization?
5. What will you do differently tomorrow as a result of this report?
1. Which of these action items speak to you? Highlight the actions that you are most
likely to take.
2. How will you commit to taking action? Write your own personalized action item that
you will take in the next 30 days.
Futuristic
1. Which of these action items speak to you? Highlight the actions that you are most
likely to take.
2. How will you commit to taking action? Write your own personalized action item that
you will take in the next 30 days.
Self-Assurance
1. Which of these action items speak to you? Highlight the actions that you are most
likely to take.
2. How will you commit to taking action? Write your own personalized action item that
you will take in the next 30 days.
Arranger
1. Which of these action items speak to you? Highlight the actions that you are most
likely to take.
2. How will you commit to taking action? Write your own personalized action item that
you will take in the next 30 days.
Adaptability
1. Which of these action items speak to you? Highlight the actions that you are most
likely to take.
2. How will you commit to taking action? Write your own personalized action item that
you will take in the next 30 days.
Look for signs of achievement as you read these real quotes from people who share your top
five themes.
Ideation sounds like this:
Mark B., writer: "My mind works by finding connections between things. When I was
hunting down the Mona Lisa in the Louvre museum, I turned a corner and was blinded by the
flashing of a thousand cameras snapping the tiny picture. For some reason, I stored that visual
image away. Then I noticed a ‘No Flash Photography' sign, and I stored that away too. I
thought it was odd because I remembered reading that flash photography can harm paintings.
Then about six months later, I read that the Mona Lisa has been stolen at least twice in this
century. And suddenly I put it all together. The only explanation for all these facts is that the
real Mona Lisa is not on display in the Louvre. The real Mona Lisa has been stolen, and the
museum, afraid to admit their carelessness, has installed a fake. I don't know if it's true, of
course, but what a great story."
Andrea H., interior designer: "I have the kind of mind where everything has to fit together or
I start to feel very odd. For me, every piece of furniture represents an idea. It serves a discrete
function both independently and in concert with every other piece. The ‘idea' of each piece is
so powerful in my mind, it must be obeyed. If I am sitting in a room where the chairs are
somehow not fulfilling their discrete function -- they're the wrong kind of chairs or they're
facing the wrong way or they're pushed up too close to the coffee table -- I find myself getting
physically uncomfortable and mentally distracted. Later, I won't be able to get it out of my
mind. I'll find myself awake at 3:00 a.m., and I walk through the person's house in my mind's
eye, rearranging the furniture and repainting the walls. This started happening when I was
very young, say seven years old."
Dan F., school administrator: "In any situation, I am the guy who says, ‘Did you ever think
about . . . ? I wonder if we could . . . I don't believe it can't be done. It's just that nobody has
done it yet. Let's figure out how we can.' I am always looking for options, for ways not to be
mired by the status quo. In fact, there is no such thing as the status quo. You are either
moving forward, or you are moving backward. That's the reality of life, at least from my
perspective. And right now, I believe that my profession is moving backward. State schools
are being out-serviced by private schools, charter schools, home schools, Internet schools. We
need to free ourselves from our traditions and create a new future."
Jan K., internist: "Here at the Mayo Clinic, we are launching a group called the Hospitalists.
Rather than having patients handed off from one doctor to another during their stay in the
hospital, I envision a family of providers. I envision fifteen to twenty MDs, of various
genders and races, with twenty to twenty-five nurse practitioners. There will be four to five
new hospital services, most of which will work with surgeons and will provide para-operative
care as well as care for the hospitalized elderly. We are redefining the model of care here. We
don't just take care of the patients when they are in the hospital. If a patient comes in for a
knee replacement, a member of the Hospitalist team would see him before the surgery, follow
him from the day of surgery through the days of hospitalization, and then see him when he
comes in six weeks later for his postoperative check. We will provide patients with a
complete episode of care so that they don't get lost in the handoffs. And to get the funding, I
just saw the detailed picture in my head and kept describing this picture to the department
chair. I guess I made it seem so real that they had no choice but to grant me the funds."
James K., salesman: "I never second-guess myself. Whether I am buying a birthday present or
a house, when I make my decision, it feels to me as if I had no choice. There was only one
decision to make, and I made it. It's easy for me to sleep at night. My gut is final, loud, and
very persuasive."
Pam D., public service executive: "I was raised on a remote farm in Idaho, and I attended a
small rural school. One day, I returned home from school and announced to my mother that I
was changing schools. Earlier in the day, my teacher had explained that our school had too
many kids and that three kids would have to move to a different school. I thought about it for
a moment, liked the idea of meeting new people, and decided I would be one of them -- even
though it meant getting up half an hour earlier and traveling farther on the bus. I was five
years old."
Deborah C., ER nurse: "If we have a death in the ER, people call on me to deal with the
family because of my confidence. Just yesterday, we had a problem with a young psychotic
girl who was screaming that the devil was inside her. The other nurses were afraid, but I
knew what to do. I went in and said, ‘Kate, come on, lie back. Let's say the Baruch. It's a
Jewish prayer. It goes like this: Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech Haolam.' She
responded, ‘Say it slowly so that I can say it back to you.' I did, and then she said it back to
me slowly. She wasn't Jewish, but this calm came over her. She dropped back against her
pillow and said, ‘Thank you. That's all I needed.'"
Sarah P., finance executive: "I love really complicated challenges where I have to think on
my feet and figure out how all the pieces fit together. Some people look at a situation, see
thirty variables, and get hung up trying to balance all thirty. When I look at the same
situation, I see about three options. And because I see only three, it's easier for me to make a
decision and then put everything into place."
Grant D., operations manager: "I got a message the other day from our manufacturing facility
saying that demand for one of our products had greatly exceeded the forecast. I thought about
it for a moment, and then an idea popped into my head: Ship the product weekly, not
monthly. So I said, ‘Let's contact our European subsidiaries, ask them what their demand is,
tell them the situation we are in, and then ask what their weekly demand is.' That way we can
meet requirements without building up our inventory. Sure, it'll drive shipping costs up, but
that's better than having too much inventory in one place and not enough in another."
Jane B., entrepreneur: "Sometimes, for instance, when we are all going to a movie or a
football game, this Arranger theme drives me up the wall. My family and friends come to rely
on me -- ‘Jane will get the tickets, Jane will organize the transportation.' Why should I always
have to do it? But they just say, ‘Because you do it well. For us it would take half an hour.
For you, it seems to go much faster. You just call up the ticket place, order the right tickets,
and just like that, it's done.'"
Marie T., television producer: "I love live TV because you never know what is going to
happen. One minute, I might be putting together a segment on the best teenage holiday gifts,
and the next, I will be doing the pre-interview for a presidential candidate. I guess I have
always been this way. I live in the moment. If someone asks me, ‘What are you doing
tomorrow?' my answer is always, ‘I don't know. Depends what I'm in the mood for.' I drive
my boyfriend crazy because he'll plan for us to go to the antique market on Sunday afternoon,
and then right at the last minute, I'll change my mind and say, ‘Nah, let's go home and read
the Sunday papers.' Annoying, right? Yeah, but on the positive side, it does mean that I'm up
for anything."
Linda G., project manager: "Where I work, I am the calmest person I know. When someone
comes in and says, ‘We didn't plan right. We need this turned around by tomorrow,' my
colleagues seem to tense up and freeze. Somehow that doesn't happen to me. I like that
pressure, that need for instant response. It makes me feel alive."
Peter F., corporate trainer: "I think I deal with life better than most people. Last week, I found
that my car window had been smashed and the stereo stolen. I was annoyed, of course, but it
didn't throw me off my day one bit. I just cleared it, mentally moved on, and went right on
with the other things I had to get done that day."
Questions
1. Talk to friends or coworkers to hear how they have used their talents to achieve.