CliftonStrengths® (formerly known as StrengthsFinder®)
CliftonStrengths® (formerly known as StrengthsFinder®) is a personal development tool created by Gallup that helps individuals identify and understand their natural talents — the patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that come most naturally to them.
CliftonStrengths® helps people turn talents into strengths through intentional practice, awareness, and application.
There are 34 possible strengths. The likelihood that you would have the same top five as someone else is 1 in 278,000. The likelihood that you would have the same top five in the same order as someone else is 1 in 33 million. No one on this planet is like you! How amazing is that?
I was married to my husband for about 10 years before I learned about CliftonStrengths®. I can honestly say it impacted our marriage in such a beautiful way! We’re going on 34 years to date, and I still believe that CliftonStrengths® has been and is a game changer for us — not to mention understanding my children and now their spouses as well!
My strengths — like Strategic, Futuristic, Ideation, and Connectedness — help me see patterns, possibilities, and purpose in people and systems. My strengths have shaped how I lead, coach, and communicate with clarity and optimism. It challenges me to stay aligned with my values and to help others do the same — not by fixing them, but by helping them see what’s already strong within them.
CliftonStrengths® is for anyone who wants to understand and leverage their natural talents to live, lead, and work more effectively. It’s especially impactful for those who want to:
Discover and appreciate their own uniqueness.
Aim their strengths toward increased performance.
Understand how to understand and collaborate better with others.
Lead authentically and effectively.
Build high-performing teams.
Improve communication.
Increase employee engagement, retention, and development.
Better navigate career and life transitions.
When we name, claim, and aim our strengths toward understanding ourselves and others, we learn to appreciate and love ourselves and create deeper connections with others through complementary partnerships, appreciation, and synergy.
