Week 1: Strengths Reflections

What are your top 5 StrengthsQuest themes? How do you think your themes interact? How do you see your strengths contributing to your experience with Board Immersion? Which strengths do you think you'll use the most this year? Why? What questions do you still have about StrengthsQuest and your talent themes in particular?

My top 5 are: Relator, Command, Maximizer, Futuristic, Self-Assurance.

My top three themes relate especially strongly. I can see how my relator and maximizer work together when I'm working with people; I enjoy matching people and resources. Helping my roommates pick their classes is a good example of where this works in my life. Command and maximizer work well together, but this combination can be frustrating when the situation isn't maximized and I can't provide guidance either. Futuristic is blended with all of my strengths because I'm constantly using these strengths to plan for the future. Finally, self-assurance gives me the confidence to use those plans that I make with the futuristic.

These strengths will suit me for the Board Immersion experience because I'll be able to relate what the organization needs to what/who I know, have the confidence to ask questions (Command), see opportunities for improvement and growth (maximizer/futuristic), and have confidence in the decisions and questions that I make (self-assurance).

Of those strengths, I think I'll use maximizer and relator most this year on the project as I relate the things I'm learning in the classroom, people I know from my experience in non-profits in Columbus, and the things I learn from the Board to help the organization grow and develop through the project.

I'm interested to see how self-assurance plays a role in the year and am curious to see how my previous strengths (strategic, woo, and arranger) will appear throughout the year.