StrengthsFinder 2.0

We're in goal setting mode at work. I've been wading through all of the corporate puffery and motivational ramblings that are ever present this time of year in hopes of actually setting an awesome path to follow and really blow some minds at work this year. In the course of attending workshops and filling out my CFE (Coaching for Excellence, corporate mandated "tell us how awesome you're going to be and when the awesomeness will occur") form I was asked to read the book "StrengthsFinder 2.0" and take their web survey to find my strengths. I love studying psychology, personalities and the like, but I'm usually skeptical of the little personality tests and evaluation tools that blow through at work. I have to say that I was impressed with the results from the book and survey. I haven't had this good of an introspective look since I took the Myers-Briggs test. For those that have taken it, my 5 strengths are:

Futuristic

People who are especially talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They inspire others with their visions of the future.

Ideation

People who are especially talented in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.

Maximizer

People who are especially talented 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.

Adaptability

People who are especially talented in the Adaptability theme prefer to “go with the flow.” They tend to be “now” people who take things as they come and discover the future one day at a time.

Belief

People who are especially talented in the Belief theme have certain core values that are unchanging. Out of these values emerges a defined purpose for their life.

The thing I like most about StrengthsFinder is it's focus on building and leveraging your strengths instead of trying to fix your weaknesses. My favorite quote is one by Goethe, "Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become all he can and should be." I think all workplaces would be much more enjoyable if we all just focused on the positive and stopped worrying so much about pointing out our faults and trying to fix them.

Enough about work. 360 is back from rehab and seems to have kicked it's bad habits. W000t. Maybe now I can get to playing through Gears of War. I borrowed it from a friend just before the console died. Awww, who am I kidding. Lady's been having Oblivicrack withdrawals, so I'll probably have a tough time prying the controller from her hands. You don't touch a pregnant redhead's contoller, trust me. ;)