SF 2

StrengthsFinder 2.0 Report
© 2000, 2006-2008 Gallup, Inc. All rights reserved.

Michael Saavedra
Your Top 5 Themes
Context
Maximizer
Consistency
Discipline
Harmony
Strengths Insight Guide
274087245 (Michael Saavedra) © 2000, 2006-2008 Gallup, Inc. All rights reserved.
1
11/17/2011

Context
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Context theme enjoy thinking about the past. They
understand the present by researching its history.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Because of your strengths, you welcome opportunities to hear historians share their thoughts,
stories, or theories about prominent people. Your interest probably extends to important
events. It’s very likely that you usually choose to associate with people who value
yesteryear’s stories, events, feats of daring, and interesting personalities. You demonstrate a
need to acquire lots of historic information. This likely leads you to experts who appreciate
many of your thought-provoking questions. Driven by your talents, you intentionally spend
time with people who study past events and notable individuals. You become well-acquainted
with each of these students of history. How? Your common interests and shared experiences
probably draw you together. Chances are good that you are excited to discover new facts
about historic events and key people. Your commonly rely on experts who have conducted
in-depth research on various periods of history. By nature, you gravitate to people who love
to think about and talk about the past. Your taste in books and other written materials often
leads you to the history sections of bookstores, libraries, or Internet sites. Your passion for
reading about humankind’s ever-unfolding story allows you to feel quite comfortable in the
presence of knowledgeable historians.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand
out to you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in
you?
2
11/17/2011

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.
Instinctively, you typically choose to partner with individuals who recognize what you do
well and acknowledge areas in which you excel. You genuinely appreciate their willingness
to provide you with opportunities to practice using your natural abilities. You accept the need
to build upon your raw talents to create true strengths. It’s very likely that you are likely to
improve your results and add to your list of accomplishments by consciously using your
talents. You are more efficient and effective when you practice doing better what you
naturally do very well. Chances are good that you instinctively recognize that you grow and
benefit when you emphasize your strong points. This explains why you routinely seek the
company of people who value your unique gifts. Driven by your talents, you exhibit a
heightened awareness of your talents. One of your top priorities is building upon these natural
abilities to create strengths. You undoubtedly find opportunities to practice using your talents
in new and different ways. Because of your strengths, you exhibit an awareness about what
you do and do not do well. You trust your instincts in this regard. Over time, you have
progressed faster and moved further by relying on your talents. You simply refuse to risk
losing confidence in yourself by tackling assignments for which you lack the talent, even
when you may possess some relevant knowledge, skills, or experience.
Questions
out to you?
you?
3
11/17/2011

Consistency
People who are especially talented in the Consistency theme are keenly aware of the need to
treat people the same. They try to treat everyone in the world with consistency by setting up
clear rules and adhering to them.
Chances are good that you regularly stay abreast of newsworthy events. You are likely to
have a process in place to monitor issues of personal and professional interest. You collect
updates from the print and broadcast media. One-on-one conversations with informed
individuals are a natural part of your day. By balancing everything you hear, read, or see, you
usually can sort fact from fiction. Because of your strengths, you favor familiar, predictable,
and standardized procedures for doing things. Understandably, you seek and find ways to
streamline the daily, weekly, monthly, or annual tasks that are part of your job, your family,
or your studies. You like knowing what to expect next. You probably dislike being caught off
guard or surprised. Your satisfaction comes from planning for and executing repetitious
assignments. Deadlines anchor you and help you prioritize your activities. You probably have
a reputation for doing what needs to be done on time and in accordance with established rules
and processes. By nature, you design orderly steps and processes to handle various activities.
As a result, you discharge your duties and perform your tasks efficiently. It’s very likely that
you are happy to do exactly what is assigned to you, as long as you sense you are not being
asked to carry more than your fair share of the workload. Checking those tasks off your list
brings you much pleasure, and it helps you get along with others who notice your close
attention to the work required of you. Driven by your talents, you usually are the team
member who finishes the assignments given to you each day. Measuring up to the high
standards people set for you is very fulfilling.
Questions
out to you?
you?
4
11/17/2011

Discipline
People who are especially talented in the Discipline theme enjoy routine and structure. Their
world is best described by the order they create.
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.
Instinctively, you prefer mapping paths toward your long-term goals. You usually create
orderly and detailed tactics to secure your objectives. Customarily, you are energized by what
you can accomplish. It’s very likely that you impose structure on your day to ensure every
task is accomplished. You are comforted by the familiarity of patterned and repetitious
processes as well as your habits. You like to be clear about what each day promises before it
begins. Your orderliness keeps chaos at a distance. By nature, you are a natural tactician. You
anticipate what needs to be done. Usually you create an action plan to reach your goal. You
outline the steps and establish the timelines. Then you execute your plan with precision.
Because of your strengths, you have a knack for creating agendas, itineraries, processes, or
procedures for recurring tasks. You leave very few things to chance. You carefully plot goals,
timelines, deadlines, assignments, and other details. You expect people to automatically
implement your plan. Understandably, you appreciate individuals who follow it step by step.
You grow impatient with those who ignore it in part or altogether. Their lack of order is likely
to cause inefficiencies, gaps in performance, errors, or quarrels.
Questions
out to you?
you?
5
11/17/2011

Harmony
People who are especially talented in the Harmony theme look for consensus. They don’t
enjoy conflict; rather, they seek areas of agreement.
Instinctively, you fondly recall the attention or care given to you by an educator or coach. The
individual probably encouraged you as a youth. Consequently, you have an easy time
establishing a rapport with others. Your personable style and optimistic attitude attract
people. It’s very likely that you characteristically are good-natured and even-tempered in
your dealings with individuals. Your friendly disposition causes others to feel comfortable in
your presence. You are apt to accept the differences and commonalities you find between
yourself and these people. Because of your strengths, you rely on the expertise of others to
identify proper solutions, decisions, or maneuvers. You feel much more sure of yourself when
a specialist approves your plan before you start something. You often want one of them to
say, “You have made the best possible choice.” You probably trust them to be more
knowledgeable than you are in various situations. Driven by your talents, you bring a spirit of
friendliness to whatever you do. Your personal warmth and congenial disposition cause
others to be kind and generous. People find it is easier to work together when you are part of
the group. In your absence, they probably notice a difference in the overall level of
cooperation. Chances are good that you are willing to work with your coworkers, classmates,
teammates, family members, and friends. You realize everyone sees opportunities, problems,
solutions, and events differently. While you have opinions, you refrain from imposing them
on others. You are good-natured — that is, you have a pleasant, cheerful, and cooperative
disposition.
Questions
out to you?
you?
6
11/17/2011

SF 2

More Related Content

What's hot

Similar to SF 2

SF 2