Jodi Straka completed a strengths survey that identified her top 5 themes: Individualization, Responsibility, Achiever, Discipline, and Includer. For each theme, the report provides a shared description and personalized insights about what makes Jodi stand out based on her natural talents and how she is driven to use her strengths.

1. Strengths Insight Report
SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 07-23-2012
Jodi Straka
Your Top 5 Themes
Individualization
Responsibility
Achiever
Discipline
Includer
Individualization
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Individualization theme are intrigued with the unique
qualities of each person. They have a gift for figuring out how people who are different can work
together productively.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Chances are good that you have quick and ready insights into how each human being is unique and
distinct from everyone else. Diversity intrigues you. You are apt to be open to individuals who possess
talents, skills, and knowledge that vastly differ from your own. It’s very likely that you provide your
teammates with a logical perspective on things. You often show your partners how one action or even
a single comment caused something unexpected to occur. Experience probably is one of your best
teachers. This explains why you do not automatically orchestrate an event, plan a schedule, or
allocate resources the same way you did the last time. You realize every situation is unique. Because
of your strengths, you cause others to pay attention to their innermost thoughts and feelings. People
are confident of your ability to exercise good judgment and common sense. Many people trust you to
keep to yourself whatever they choose to share. Your capacity to imagine their situations and be
sensitive to their needs allows individuals to unburden themselves. You listen. You customarily
acknowledge their unique circumstances. Driven by your talents, you help individuals feel safe
enough to risk sharing their most personal thoughts and feelings. They trust you will keep this
information to yourself. You probably sense when someone is vulnerable — that is, easily hurt by
criticism, rejection, or betrayal. Instinctively, you realize how wonderful your life is when you have
been able to assist someone in need.
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2. Responsibility
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Responsibility theme take psychological ownership of what
they say they will do. They are committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Instinctively, you experience pangs of remorse when you realize you failed to do something you
promised to do. You feel awful when you do not do something correctly. You probably regret having
compromised your basic values about right and wrong. Driven by your talents, you do much more
than just try to live up to your commitments. You persist working until you can deliver on your
promises. This certainly enhances your reputation for being trustworthy, reliable, and dependable. It’s
very likely that you prefer to work with teammates who share your concern about doing everything
correctly and ethically. Chances are good that you automatically trust your sense of what is right to
guide your decision-making and govern your actions. Your core values and quality standards probably
give you lots of reasons to feel very optimistic about the direction your life is taking. By nature, you are
naturally open and honest about who you are, what you have done, what you can do, and what you
cannot do. Your straightforward explanations and stories help listeners see you as you see yourself.
You reveal your strengths and limitations. You are forthright and plainspoken. People generally seek
your company and want to work with you. Many are impelled to move into action by your words and
examples.
Achiever
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Achiever theme have a great deal of stamina and work
hard. They take great satisfaction from being busy and productive.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Instinctively, you strive to hear what individuals say. Your attentiveness reassures many of them that
you comprehend what they are thinking and feeling. You are delighted to hear, “Finally, someone
really understands me. Thank you for taking the time.” Driven by your talents, you routinely expend
extra energy to keep materials or workspaces neat, orderly, and shipshape. You deplore — that is,
regard as unfortunate or wretched — the messes other people leave. This explains why you scurry
about to clean up things left in disarray. Because of your strengths, you normally tackle projects with
gusto. New assignments or challenges energize your life. Facing mundane, tedious, or routine chores
day after day eventually undermines your upbeat attitude. By nature, you periodically leap into the
middle of difficult tasks. Perhaps you take over projects that must be done meticulously and
accurately. Occasionally you feel you are the only person who can produce the right outcomes. Why?
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3. You likely set high standards of excellence for yourself and others. Often you trust only yourself to
reach them. Chances are good that you accomplish more than many of your teammates accomplish.
You tend to be driven from within to do more work or better work today than you ever have in the past.
You are apt to be motivated to be the winner when your performance, grades, productivity, or profits
are compared to those of others. You likely know how to find the most efficient way to use available
time, money, materials, or human resources.
Discipline
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Discipline theme enjoy routine and structure. Their world is
best described by the order they create.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
It’s very likely that you automatically check and recheck your own as well as others’ work to convince
yourself it is correct. You are apt to be just as careful putting supplies in their proper places. When
you can ensure accuracy, you gain confidence about being able to produce precise outcomes. As
long as you can confirm things are right, you are a lot more cheerful, lively, and upbeat about life.
Because of your strengths, you feel excited about life once you have established and fine-tuned
various procedures. These processes permit you to easily handle repetitious professional duties,
academic assignments, or everyday chores. Chances are good that you like systems or rules
because they produce uniform, consistent, and predictable results every time. This is especially useful
when individuals must perform the same task in the same way over and over again. Being an
organized thinker, you are apt to lead others through step-by-step presentations about processes or
regulations. Driven by your talents, you are welcomed onto teams by people who need someone to
keep everything in shipshape order. This probably is your forte — that is, your strength. By nature,
you set up standard operating procedures because you want to perform the same task the same way
time after time. You care about doing things right from a moral and legal perspective. In addition, your
sense of correctness extends to the quality of your own work. Understandably, you favor everyone
using reliable, step-by-step procedures. You probably believe everyone should follow the same set of
rules.
Includer
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Includer theme are accepting of others. They show
awareness of those who feel left out, and make an effort to include them.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
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4. It’s very likely that you characteristically gravitate to situations where you can team up with people.
Being a practical and objective person, you probably present ideas that have produced good results in
the past. You appreciate teammates who give the same consideration to your suggestions as they
give to everyone else's. Chances are good that you gravitate to activities that permit you to join teams.
Why? You probably enjoy spending time with their members. You often figure out ways you can work
or study with them. Driven by your talents, you capitalize on your ability to ask questions and listen to
people’s answers, especially when meeting strangers or newcomers. You might even be tempted to
eavesdrop on what they are telling someone else. Not wanting anyone to feel like an outsider, you are
apt to draw individuals into the conversation. Unquestionably, you search for reasons to involve them
in your own or the group’s activities. By nature, you find a way to involve everyone so each person
has a good experience. You strive to create a sense of belonging and acceptance. When someone
feels left out, you often are the person who finds a way to engage that individual in the group’s
activities and conversations. Because of your strengths, you usually find a reason to befriend
everyone. You welcome individuals into group discussions and activities. This can require the
redistribution of resources or the revision of plans. You frequently figure out ways to accommodate
those who want to participate.
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