Stengths-Based Leadership

I think it is safe to say that we have all been aware of some of our strengths as we grow up.  Not only do others point out our strengths and weaknesses, but we recognize them in ourselves as well.  After completing the StrengthQuest they were able to narrow down each of our strengths to point out the top 5 of 34 themes.  How do you feel they did on analyzing your strengths? Do you agree or disagree with how they described you? I found it to be pretty accurate as far as my themes go.  However, after taking their evaluation I would have thought some of their other themes described me better than the top five they narrowed it down to.

Furthermore, I wish there would have been a way to show us our lowest scoring strengths based off this evaluation.  Not only is it important to know our well developed strengths but also our lower strengths that need to be improved upon.  By being a good leader I think it would be important to know your weaknesses so that when working with others we are able to find people that fill in the areas we lack.  Do you think that focusing on the strengths is better than spending time to work on our weaknesses?


After spending time in class reflecting in class on our signature themes and how we use the talents in them, did you talk to anyone who shared the same themes as you but viewed them differently? Or similarly? Also, when it comes to picking our groups, how important is it to you to work with others that share your strengths? Or would you rather work with those who have different strengths than you?