1. GALLUP STRENGTHS INSIGHT REPORT
CLARE DWYER: TOP 5 THEMES
Empathy Connectedness Ideation Futuristic Strategic
Empathy
People who are especially talented in the Empathy theme can sense the feelings of other people
by imagining themselves in others’ lives or others’ situations.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights: What makes you stand out?
It’s very likely that you bring an emotional awareness to conversations. Many times, you
ease the stress of individuals when they are about to make an important decision. You can
also calm those who are struggling with the uncertainty of change. You are likely to pose
probing questions to direct the thinking of others. However, you refrain from telling
people what they should and should not do. Driven by your talents, you are consistently
drawn to numerical data. You spontaneously identify recurring sequences of numbers
with ease. They convey special meanings to you, in that they predict trends, signal
danger, or promise opportunity. You usually can sense how the conclusions you reach will
emotionally impact individuals and groups. Chances are good that you take time to
discover someone’s likes, dislikes, hopes, dreams, or idiosyncrasies. You usually gain a
great deal of satisfaction from making a person feel worthwhile and valuable. By nature,
you immediately know without resorting to reason what people think about you. The
impressions they have of you can contribute to your complete success or utter failure.
Understandably, the views of individuals often influence your words and deeds. Because
of your strengths, you are quite sympathetic to the idea that no monetary reward can buy
you or anyone else contentment, peace, or a sense of personal wellbeing.
2. Connectedness
People who are especially talented in the Connectedness theme have faith in the links between
all things. They believe there are few coincidences and that almost every event has a reason.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights: What makes you stand out?
Driven by your talents, you conclude that your life is more meaningful and you are
happier when you can dedicate yourself to something of importance to humankind. It can
be something simple rather than something grand. You sense your acts of kindness
influence individuals to perform good deeds.
You are likely to inspire generosity in many people. Chances are good that you sense that
you are inextricably linked to your teammates. You understand your success depends on
each one of them just as their individual success hinges on you. Instinctively, you bring a
much more optimistic perspective to life than many people do. Why? You feel closely
linked to other members of the human family. Knowing you are not alone in your
sufferings or joys fortifies you. It’s very likely that you occasionally help people realize
they are part of the human family. With your guidance, perhaps they understand that
their lives are intertwined with people they will never meet. By nature, you are attracted
to news that promises to improve the quality of life for the entire human family. This
information makes you feel much more optimistic about the world’s 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.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights: What makes you stand out?
It’s very likely that you sometimes feel comfortable sharing your original ideas with
groups. Perhaps they welcome your innovations. Maybe they realize you suggest novel
3. ways of doing things they would never have considered. Chances are good that you enjoy
spending time with possibility thinkers. This is often the case when they present
intriguing ideas that no one else has considered. You enjoy exploring the fascinating
frontiers of medicine, politics, fashion, renewable energy sources, humanitarian aid, or
the arts. Instinctively, you periodically recharge your imagination by creating original
ideas for new projects. This might occur even before you have completed your current
assignment. Perhaps you are happy if you can hand off to others your unfinished work. In
some ways, you are like a surgeon who performs an operation but asks a competent
assistant to close the patient’s incision. Like the doctor, you may have ways of freeing
yourself of details so you can think about your next project. Driven by your talents, you
have a keen awareness of how others see you.
Usually you are delighted to be in the company of your admirers. By nature, you
automatically think of new and different ways to do things. Your mind is brimming with
ideas. You probably are eager to share them with whoever will listen.
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.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights: What makes you stand out?
By nature, you sense your life has deep meaning. With remarkable vividness, you often
imagine where you will be, what you will be doing, and what you have the ability to
accomplish in the coming months, years, or decades. Your dreams of tomorrow are very
alive in your mind today. You intentionally strive to transform these possibilities into
reality. Because of your strengths, you think a lot about the coming months, years, or
decades. You gravitate to projects and study subjects that promise to shape the future.
You enjoy talking about possibilities that exist only in your imagination.
You probably worry about being left behind if what you know and do were no longer
valued or needed. You prefer to be a pioneer and an inventor. It’s very likely that you
4. regularly pause to envision what you want to accomplish in the coming months, years, or
decades. You think in terms of possibilities. This allows you to recover from setbacks,
problems, disappointments, or even disasters.
People are apt to marvel at your ability to remain upbeat in the face of life’s difficulties
and unpredictability. Instinctively, you are enthusiastic about the future because
visionaries describe it so clearly. Their ideas for products, medicines, or inventions
generally increase your determination to do whatever you can to breathe life into their
dreams. Chances are good that you may intentionally take charge of your future. You
might be determined to shape it as you wish. This partially explains why you set aside
some time to ponder your goals. You may be impelled to create the experiences you
desire. To some extent, you might agree with the notion “If you can think it, you can
make it happen.”
Strategic
People who are especially talented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed.
Faced with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights: What makes you stand out?
By nature, you select the right combination of words to convey your ideas or feelings. In
the middle of discussions, your vocabulary provides you with precise phrases and
terminology. You probably express yourself with ease and grace. Because of your
strengths, you may be attracted to assignments that demand original and inventive
thinking. In some cases, you track down new ideas, facts, or data. Your out-of-the-box
thinking might challenge some people to abandon, or at the very least to question,
specific conventional practices. When you cause one or two of them to suggest options,
maybe their need to protect the status quo will be replaced by a desire to gather more
information. It’s very likely that you likely are quite adept — that is, talented, skilled, and
knowledgeable — with language. You can express your ideas and feelings with ease. You
typically rely on words or phrases your teammates readily understand. Chances are good
