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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Strengths Finder Themes - HP

Strengths Finder Themes - HP

  • Responsibility (Executing): People strong in the Responsibility theme take psychological ownership of what they say they will do. They are committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty. 
    • Healthy/Productive Descriptors: committed, accountable, independent, trusted, conscientious. 
    • Unhealthy/Barrier Descriptors: micromanager, obsessive, can’t say “no”, takes on too much.
  • Achiever (Executing): People strong in the Achiever theme have a great deal of stamina and work hard. They take great satisfaction from being busy and productive. They take great satisfaction from being busy and productive. 
    • Healthy/Productive Descriptors: tireless, strong work ethic, leads by example, go-getter, hungry 
    • Unhealthy/Barrier Descriptors: unbalanced, brownnoser, overcommitted, can’t say no, burns the candle at both ends, too concentrated on work. 
  • Maximizer (Influencing): People strong in the Maximizer theme focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. They seek to transform something strong into something superb. 
    • Healthy/Productive Descriptors: mastery, success, excellence, enjoys working with the best. 
    • Unhealthy/Barrier Descriptors: perfectionist, picky, never good enough, always reworking.
  • Learner (Strategic Thinking): People strong in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve. In particular, the process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites them. 
    • Healthy/Productive Descriptors: always learning, catches on quickly, interested in many things, finds life intriguing. 
    • Unhealthy/Barrier Descriptors: know-it-all, lacks focus on results, learns a lot – produces little, bookish.
  • Belief (Executing): People strong in the Belief theme have certain core values that are unchanging. Out of these values emerges a defined purpose for their life. 
    • Healthy/Productive Descriptors: passionate, steadfast, knows where he or she stands, altruistic, family-oriented, ethical, responsible. 
    • Unhealthy/Barrier Descriptors: stubborn, set in his or her ways, elitist, unaccepting of other ideas, opinionated, goody-two-shoes.

Detailed Descriptors - Click HERE