TRACY STEPHENS STRENGTHFINDER 2 PROFILE

StrengthsFinder 2.0 Report

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Strengths Insight GuideSURVEY COMPLETION DATE: 03-27-2014

Tracy Stephens

Your Top 5 Themes

IndividualizationStrategicLearnerActivatorSelf-Assurance

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IndividualizationShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Individualization theme are intrigued with the uniquequalities of each person. They have a gift for figuring out how people who are different can worktogether productively.

Your Personalized Strengths Insights

What makes you stand out?

Instinctively, you can juggle several projects simultaneously. You are apt to be a good partner forindividuals who need to concentrate on one activity at a time. While they are finishing one task, youcan coordinate the materials and schedules for their next assignment. This partnership is likely toreduce tension within a group and between individuals who have different work styles. It’s very likelythat you have no difficulty completing assignments by the date they are due. Deadlines probablymotivate you to pace your work. You are sure to be a good partner for people who struggle to stay onschedule. You are likely to break down their projects into a list of daily tasks. With your assistance,these individuals are apt to surprise themselves and others by finishing on time. Driven by yourtalents, you give people the gift of simplicity. You carefully think through convoluted problems andcomplicated projects. You reduce them to their fundamental points. Rather than tell listenerseverything you know about the situation, you present only the highlights. You build mental bridgesfrom one point to the next. Your audience does not know what is missing. Why? You give them themost important facts, and you do so logically. Because of your strengths, you generally rely on reasonto determine how an event, decision, or condition led to an outcome. You usually desire to understandhow things converge to produce the final result. Chances are good that you sometimes discover theuniqueness of certain people. Perhaps you observe their strengths, limitations, likes, dislikes,interests, hopes, or emotional triggers. Armed with this information, you might be able to mix andmatch the various traits of individuals to form groups. When they cooperate, they may reach theircommon goals more easily, efficiently, or quickly.

Questions

1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out toyou?

2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?


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StrategicShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Facedwith any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.



Because of your strengths, you can reconfigure factual information or data in ways that reveal trends,raise issues, identify opportunities, or offer solutions. You bring an added dimension to discussions.You make sense out of seemingly unrelated information. You are likely to generate multiple actionplans before you choose the best one. It’s very likely that you are innovative, inventive, original, andresourceful. 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. Instinctively, you generate innovativeideas. You offer unique perspectives on events, people, and proposals. You probably inspire peopleto start projects and launch initiatives. You tend to identify a goal, devise numerous ways of reachingit, then choose the best alternative. This explains why you see opportunities, trends, and solutionsbefore your teammates, classmates, or peers see them. Chances are good that you usually feelsatisfied with life when your innovative thinking style is appreciated. You automatically pinpoint trends,notice problems, or identify opportunities many people overlook. Armed with this knowledge, youusually devise alternative courses of action. By evaluating the circumstances, available resources,and/or the potential consequences of each plan, you can select the best option. By nature, you long toknow more so you remain on the cutting edge of your field or areas of interest. Your inventive mindusually generates more possibilities than you can handle or fund. Nonetheless, you are committed toacquiring knowledge and/or skills. You study everything involved in a situation and conceive entirelynew ways of seeing or doing things. What you already know prompts you to ask questions and delveeven deeper into a subject or problem.

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LearnerShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and want tocontinuously improve. In particular, the process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites them.



Chances are good that you have the extra energy to work hard whenever you are acquiringinformation to broaden your base of knowledge. You desire to deepen your understanding of varioustopics, opportunities, problems, solutions, situations, events, or people. By nature, you are motivatedto continually acquire knowledge and skills. Discovering new ways to use your talents energizes you.You are likely to escape from situations and avoid people who want you to keep doing what youalready know how to do well. Maintaining an intellectual status quo is unacceptable to you. It’s verylikely that you absorb all sorts of information from books, publications, or other written materials. Youdisplay a voracious — that is, never fully satisfied — appetite for knowledge. You devour the writtenword to savor useful facts. For you, a great day is one during which you have added new insights toyour mind’s storehouse of ideas. Instinctively, you are excited to discover new facts about historicevents and key people. Your commonly rely on experts who have conducted in-depth research onvarious periods of history. Because of your strengths, you acquire knowledge more easily when youcan talk with others about ideas, concepts, or theories. Thoughts come alive for you when questionsare posed and answers are proposed. You have a delightful time thinking out loud and listening tointelligent people express themselves. You naturally document or store in your mind bits and pieces ofdiscussions. You want to refer back to these insights or facts whenever the opportunity presents itself.

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ActivatorShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Activator theme can make things happen by turningthoughts into action. They are often impatient.



Driven by your talents, you rely on your upbeat attitude to help people feel enthusiastic about life. Youregularly direct their attention to what is good, beautiful, delightful, right, or possible. Others usuallynotice it is difficult to feel downcast — that is, in low spirits or dejected — when in your presence.Instinctively, you probably feel jubilant about life when you can lead the charge, design the project, rollout the program, or rally people to work on a worthy cause. Because of your strengths, you energizeothers so they feel enthusiastic about a position you have taken, a conclusion you have reached, oran innovative idea you have proposed. As soon as you resolve to do something, you typicallyannounce, “Let’s get started right away. We can do this!” It’s very likely that you traditionally determinefor yourself and others what should be done. After you have made up your mind, you typically wastelittle time moving forward with projects or assignments. By nature, you relish talking to others.Frequently you help people express their opinions, thoughts, or viewpoints with enthusiasm. Yourwords frequently energize individuals or groups.

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Self-AssuranceShared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Self-Assurance theme feel confident in their ability tomanage their own lives. They possess an inner compass that gives them confidence that theirdecisions are right.



Instinctively, you probably enjoy life more when you can practice using your dominant talents everyday. Not surprisingly, you reach your goals, excel, and gain confidence when you are permitted to dothings you naturally do quite well. Driven by your talents, you may like to talk about grand ideas withyour coworkers, classmates, or teammates. Perhaps you force them to ask hard questions. Howmuch will this cost? Can we raise the funds? How many people will need to be involved? How do webreak down the project into manageable tasks? How much time will this job require? What has to beeliminated from the plan? What has to be changed? Because of your strengths, you might be honestwith yourself about yourself. Perhaps your personal integrity tells you the right thing to do in manysituations. By nature, you feel fulfilled by the steady improvements you have made as an individualthroughout your life. You probably have confidence in your talents, knowledge, and skills. It’s verylikely that you routinely reduce elaborate or intertwined ideas, processes, legal documents, and/oraction plans to their basic elements. As a result, people usually turn to you for plainspoken, easy-to-understand explanations.

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