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TwiggyWan
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
On April 07 2016 22:08 ThomasjServo wrote: Was this the Tom Rath Strengths Finder? Yes, while he wrote the 2.0 book, it's actually the 'Clifton StrengthsFinder' who my friend studied under and I'm sure with Tom as well. ABOUT STRENGTHSFINDER In 1998, the Father of Strengths Psychology, Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. (1924-2003), along with Tom Rath and a team of scientists at The Gallup Organization, created the online StrengthsFinder assessment. In 2001, they included the first edition of StrengthsFinder with the bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths. In 2004, the assessment's name was formally changed to "Clifton StrengthsFinder" in honor of its chief designer. In 2007, building on the initial assessment and language from StrengthsFinder 1.0, Rath and Gallup scientists released a new edition of the assessment, program, and website, dubbed "StrengthsFinder 2.0." Rooted in more than 40 years of research, this assessment has helped millions discover and develop their natural talents. | ||
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
On April 07 2016 22:43 JimmyJRaynor wrote: imo, Drucker was great man. like you.i wish i met him in person. basically, Drucker's approach to employee recruitment and development is to leverage their personal strengths for everything you can and ignore their weaknesses. This rule goes out the window for an employee displaying a lack of ethics and personal integrity. If the guy's weakness involves lying and fraud he has to go no matter how good his strengths are in other areas. you probably know more about Drucker's work than i do. That actually does fit with the Strengthfinder's model of management. Once again Drucker is still the source code of management ^^ | ||
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
On April 08 2016 02:50 TwiggyWan wrote: But what to do if this test reveals that what you like to do isn't what you are suited to do? I guess it could happen, right? This test isn't about that at all, it's not about what your preferences over skills, it's a level above that. This about the primary traits that guide your every approach to how you deal with a task, problem or view on an situation. People, just take the test first and read up on it and it will be worth it, instead of just speculating away needless. Action or move on with you're lives, thinking about to do or not to do - at this point - is just waiting time. | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On April 08 2016 08:25 MightyAtom wrote: Yes, while he wrote the 2.0 book, it's actually the 'Clifton StrengthsFinder' who my friend studied under and I'm sure with Tom as well. ABOUT STRENGTHSFINDER In 1998, the Father of Strengths Psychology, Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. (1924-2003), along with Tom Rath and a team of scientists at The Gallup Organization, created the online StrengthsFinder assessment. In 2001, they included the first edition of StrengthsFinder with the bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths. In 2004, the assessment's name was formally changed to "Clifton StrengthsFinder" in honor of its chief designer. In 2007, building on the initial assessment and language from StrengthsFinder 1.0, Rath and Gallup scientists released a new edition of the assessment, program, and website, dubbed "StrengthsFinder 2.0." Rooted in more than 40 years of research, this assessment has helped millions discover and develop their natural talents. Yep Yep, my company had me take this like week 3 of training. It was an interesting exercise that I think I actually wrote a blog on; it was a curious thing because you could see exactly why people were given the positions they were based on the results. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17474 Posts
On April 08 2016 08:26 MightyAtom wrote: That actually does fit with the Strengthfinder's model of management. Once again Drucker is still the source code of management ^^ i throw around compliments like manhole covers. so if i say some guy is great .. he is usually great. | ||
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Ahzz
Finland780 Posts
Anyway, I took the test and I was secretly hoping to discover something new from the top 5, but they were more or less similar to each other and traits that I have been at least somewhat aware of. However, the real topping on this was of course how to develop and use these strengths to their full potential and get more out of life through them. There were quite a few new things (And many that I already do/realize) and I'm sure it's going to take some time to process to really use these strengths to their full capacity since I haven't been doing it completely. However, I have a feeling like the answers a person is likely going to give and thus have specific strengths will of course be shaped by their experiences. For example, a 16 year old who hasn't had many life experiences or possibly had the feeling of success in very limited areas could give answers that result in having slightly different strengths than if he did it when he was 21. Or 30. Though some of the top 5 would still be the same probably, so its still a good test if so. Or maybe the test will see past those experiences that have or have not yet shaped the person. Anyway it was a really good food for though. At first I was slightly underwhelmed by the fact that my strengths seem to be very similar to each other but I guess they are still individual strengths and complement each other. It would for sure be interesting to talk about them more with other people. | ||
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
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TwiggyWan
France336 Posts
On April 08 2016 08:30 MightyAtom wrote: This test isn't about that at all, it's not about what your preferences over skills, it's a level above that. This about the primary traits that guide your every approach to how you deal with a task, problem or view on an situation. People, just take the test first and read up on it and it will be worth it, instead of just speculating away needless. Action or move on with you're lives, thinking about to do or not to do - at this point - is just waiting time. That's what I did.. I was expecting to somehow find out if what I do currently really is what suits me, but I find the 'ideas for action' things extremely.. general. So I don't really know what to do with the results. | ||
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TwiggyWan
France336 Posts
http://freestrengthstest.workuno.com/free-strengths-test.html | ||
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Trainninja
Australia105 Posts
I took the test and it spat out aspects of my character and personality. While I did not find the results surprising and to be honest, the traits it listed were things I have already intrinsically discovered about myself over the last few years (as a matter of fact, I wasn't impressed with the dot point summary of how to maximise your strength because it was too vague, hard to action and I believed some of the advice was outright wrong in certain contexts), it flipped the frame in which I saw myself. Which funnily enough, after doing the test, reflecting on it and then rereading your initial post on the test, was exactly your message. I just didn't understand what you were saying the first time around, and probably would never have until I did the test. But to be fair, your blogs incorporate too much other ideas and random stuff (especially talk about fighting the good fight...which I love haha) that sometimes you lose me. For the guys who are deciding on whether they should do this test, don't walk in with the expectation that it will identify an aspect of your character which is your super saiyan strength bankai that you didn't know that you had until you did this survey and suddenly boom you level up. As a personal example, one of my strengths was 'significance' which was my need to feel important and respected. I always knew that was a personal trait I had, but I never thought of it as as positive or negative. I never associated that as a strength at all. It was just...me. But the test picked up that trait and framed it in a completely positive light and something I should maximise and abuse. I definitely got value doing the exercise. I think people who already have a good understanding of themselves would get more out of this test rather than someone who doesn't. | ||
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
On April 28 2016 20:55 Trainninja wrote: Heya MightyAtom, good to see that you're alive and crushing. I took the test and it spat out aspects of my character and personality. While I did not find the results surprising and to be honest, the traits it listed were things I have already intrinsically discovered about myself over the last few years (as a matter of fact, I wasn't impressed with the dot point summary of how to maximise your strength because it was too vague, hard to action and I believed some of the advice was outright wrong in certain contexts), it flipped the frame in which I saw myself. Which funnily enough, after doing the test, reflecting on it and then rereading your initial post on the test, was exactly your message. I just didn't understand what you were saying the first time around, and probably would never have until I did the test. But to be fair, your blogs incorporate too much other ideas and random stuff (especially talk about fighting the good fight...which I love haha) that sometimes you lose me. For the guys who are deciding on whether they should do this test, don't walk in with the expectation that it will identify an aspect of your character which is your super saiyan strength bankai that you didn't know that you had until you did this survey and suddenly boom you level up. As a personal example, one of my strengths was 'significance' which was my need to feel important and respected. I always knew that was a personal trait I had, but I never thought of it as as positive or negative. I never associated that as a strength at all. It was just...me. But the test picked up that trait and framed it in a completely positive light and something I should maximise and abuse. I definitely got value doing the exercise. I think people who already have a good understanding of themselves would get more out of this test rather than someone who doesn't. Alive, and yeah, for once actually starting to crush a bit ^^ and I agree with your assessment and recommendation 100%, it was the same thing with me, nothing surprising, but in framing it in a positive way, as a strength, I felt as though it was freeing to simply use as is, instead of trying to justify why that trait was part of my repertoire ^^ | ||
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Topin
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c3rberUs
Japan11286 Posts
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