Core concepts:

• Focusing on our natural strengths, instead of improving our weaknesses, results in far more growth potential
• Employees who feel their job plays right into their strength zone, are more emotionally engaged in their work
• Knowledge, skill and practice are most helpful when they amplify your innate talents, in this case talents serve as a multiplier
• 7/10 surveyed by Gallup did not have the opportunity to focus on what they do best on a daily basis
• Employees who do not use their strengths at work become detrimental to themselves and the organization that employes them
• There is minimal gain to improving your weaknesses
• 34 themes of talent were extracted from over 100,000 talent-based interviews conducted by Gallup and classified across four general categories - Striving, Thinking, Relating, and Influencing

Assessment:

Strengths Finder 2.0 provides an online assessment of talents.  Once completed, you will receive a "Discovery and Action-Planning Guide" that includes a report of your talents and ideas for how to capitalize on them.

Related links:

• Strengths Finder Center