Charles Staals' top 5 themes from the Gallup StrengthsFinder assessment are Connectedness, Belief, Relator, Strategic, and Responsibility. The assessment provides insights into how each of these strengths shows up uniquely in Charles. He sees connections between all things and believes that acts of kindness can inspire generosity in others. He is motivated to make the world better and help others recognize their talents. Charles welcomes diverse people and seeks to be honest about himself. He enjoys generating alternatives and using language precisely. Reliability and dependability are also important values for Charles.

1. Strengths Insight Report
SURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 04-09-2015
Charles Staals
Your Top 5 Themes
Connectedness
Belief
Relator
Strategic
Responsibility
Connectedness
Shared Theme Description
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?
Chances are good that you often are the one who helps people understand how they are linked
across time, distance, race, ethnicity, religion, economic levels, languages, or cultures. You make it
possible for individuals to work together. You aim to break down barriers that separate them.
Instinctively, 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. It’s very likely that you likely work on your own rather
than with a partner or a group. Even so, you can put aside this personal preference to contribute to
the well-being of humankind, the environment, or other worthwhile causes. You are willing to sacrifice
your independence when it helps others reach altruistic — that is, unselfish — goals. Driven by your
talents, 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. By nature, you usually welcome a wide array of people into your life. From the first
moment you meet them, you are likely to sense that an unspoken bond exists between you. You are
curious, so you probably search for explanations about why you linked up with each other at this
particular moment. Even when it remains a mystery, you contend there is a reason.
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2. Belief
Shared Theme Description
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.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Instinctively, you choose to live your life in a way that benefits individuals and society as a whole. You
are highly motivated to make the world a better place than you found it. Your ideals and core values
influence how you spend your time and use your talents. You have a deep and abiding concern for
others. Chances are good that you can sometimes place the needs of others ahead of your own.
Driven by your talents, you place more importance on the purpose and value of what you do than on
the monetary rewards that accompany success. It’s very likely that you refuse to be blinded by others’
enthusiasm about what is possible. You are hardwired to isolate the issues that lie ahead. Working
with overly optimistic people is difficult for you. You have seen them accidentally derail more than one
promising project or unwittingly sabotage more than one inventive, yet undeveloped, idea. Because of
your strengths, you regularly set out to convince individuals you think well of them. Whenever you
succeed, your life as well as theirs has new meaning. One of your core values probably involves
helping people recognize their unique talents, skills, and knowledge.
Relator
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Relator theme enjoy close relationships with others. They
find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
By nature, you probably are quite willing to welcome all kinds of individuals regardless of their
appearance, education, social class, native language, religious preference, or political persuasion.
This explains why your circle of friends or acquaintances is so diverse and interesting. Your openness
might encourage people to seek your counsel. Instinctively, you are quite comfortable being honest
about yourself with others. You harbor very few illusions about who you really are. Furthermore, you
can openly acknowledge your mistakes and shortcomings. This is apt to distinguish you from most
people. Because of your strengths, you feel life is best when you are truthful about your talents, skills,
education, successes, experiences, or background. You are determined to dispel illusions you have
about yourself and others have about you. This is likely to be one of your top priorities. As long as you
do not pretend to be someone you are not, you are a happier and healthier human being. Driven by
your talents, you traditionally initiate small talk with newcomers or outsiders. On one level, you make
people comfortable in an unfamiliar setting with unfamiliar people. On another level, you realize
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3. strangers solicit your views on a variety of issues. They often reveal who referred them to you. Your
knowledge, coupled with your personal interest in human beings, probably causes individuals to
return again and again with the same basic question: “What do you think about . . .?” It’s very likely
that you feel pleased when friends seek your counsel. Being asked for guidance uplifts you. It often
gives meaning to your life.
Strategic
Shared Theme Description
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?
Driven by your talents, you probably feel very good about yourself and life in general when you know
the exact words to express an idea or a feeling. Language has fascinated you since childhood. Your
ever-expanding vocabulary often earns you compliments. It’s very likely that you sometimes work
diligently to generate several alternatives. Perhaps you notice new as well as unusual configurations
in facts, evidence, or data. Others, however, may see only separate, unrelated bits of information.
Periodically you are fascinated by problems that puzzle, confound, or frustrate others. Chances are
good that you are innovative, inventive, original, and resourceful. Your mind allows you to venture
beyond the commonplace, the familiar, or the obvious. You entertain ideas about the best ways to
reach a goal, increase productivity, or solve a problem. First, you think of alternatives. Then you
choose the best option. Because of your strengths, 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. By nature, you may
see solutions before other people know there is a problem. You might start formulating answers
before your teammates, coworkers, or classmates understand the question. Sometimes you generate
numerous ideas before sorting to the one that makes the most sense in a particular situation.
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?
By nature, you might be known as a reliable and dependable person. Perhaps you are motivated to
work diligently. In some cases, you cannot rest until you have completed what you told someone you
would do. It’s very likely that you yearn to be regarded as a highly reliable and dependable person. To
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4. create this impression in people’s minds, you consistently strive to do things even better, more
completely, or more perfectly than you have in the past. Your strong desire to be deemed worthy of
others’ trust motivates you, so you tend to concentrate on things about yourself that need to be fixed,
enhanced, or upgraded. Because of your strengths, you may want people to regard you as
trustworthy, dependable, or reliable. Perhaps this yearning motivates you to do whatever you said you
would do. Chances are good that you volunteer for additional duties. You really enjoy being given
authority over projects, individuals, or groups. You expect to be held accountable for the results you
produce as well as your words and deeds. Driven by your talents, you might be particularly earnest
about doing things right. Perhaps taking shortcuts strikes you as unprincipled, thoughtless, or
careless. You might refuse to produce sloppy work or engage in unethical practices.
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