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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
I like the concept of the Strengths Finder. The book itself is really only as useful because it comes with the code for the assessment. Most of it is dedicated to explaining the various strengths, and you get most of that text in your own assessment, so really it's just a catalog.
An interesting book which I would say is more suitable for people holding managerial roles or above - unless you are a person who is particularly keen learning to manage people.
Nevertheless, it was an insightful read to learn how to deal with people with particular traits and how to further hone your personal skills which you already possess.
Nevertheless, it was an insightful read to learn how to deal with people with particular traits and how to further hone your personal skills which you already possess.
Kind of useless to borrow this from the library when the real value of this book is to take the online quiz (no access code provided from the library). I’m not paying $20 to take a quiz online that I feel will provide no value to my life. I read through the descriptions of each of the 34 traits, and they were all quite vague in their descriptions.
Edit: I was given this book and ended up taking the quiz. It pretty much just told me what I already knew about myself. But I bumped it up a star for a little bit more insight into my strengths.
Edit: I was given this book and ended up taking the quiz. It pretty much just told me what I already knew about myself. But I bumped it up a star for a little bit more insight into my strengths.
3.5.
My supervisor at work bought this for me and the other analyst because she bought it and really liked it, and then our boss bought it so we can figure out how to use our skill sets more. I think the concept of focusing on strengths rather than weaknesses is an important one, and while the opening chapter got very repetitive, the quiz and categories themselves were a good learning experience.
My supervisor at work bought this for me and the other analyst because she bought it and really liked it, and then our boss bought it so we can figure out how to use our skill sets more. I think the concept of focusing on strengths rather than weaknesses is an important one, and while the opening chapter got very repetitive, the quiz and categories themselves were a good learning experience.
Just read this again today, a repeat after having read it (and taken the assessment) in 2011 at the beginning of grad school. My biggest complaint is that they make you buy another book in order to retake the assessment. Talk about a waste of paper.
Top five themes THEN (2011):
Input
Learner
Intellection
Belief
Responsibility
Top five themes NOW (2017):
Intellection
Connectedness
Strategic
Input
Achiever
Lots to ponder as I mull my next career move!
Top five themes THEN (2011):
Input
Learner
Intellection
Belief
Responsibility
Top five themes NOW (2017):
Intellection
Connectedness
Strategic
Input
Achiever
Lots to ponder as I mull my next career move!
I read this as part of a professional mentorship program and took the associated online quiz. This is basically a reference book to go with the paid online quiz component of the assessment. The only part that is not actually on the website is the foreward, which uses a bunch of metaphors to hammer home the idea that you should focus on maximizing your strengths rather than compensating for or trying to improve your weaknesses. The book was fine, but I would have appreciated more info about how strengths work in combination with each other. The test also seems to assume you have complete and accurate self-knowledge, which seems like a potential pitfall. Most of the strengths it assigned me seemed reasonably correct.
I am personally fascinated and passionate about understanding what makes me, and other people, tick. Strengths Finder is another great tool to help you understand how you operate and what that may look like in your life.
One of the things that trip us up in life is that we think we are born to do a certain role. We aren’t born to be an accountant, we aren’t born to be athletes and we aren’t born to be doctors. These are roles that allow us to express ourselves at the core of our being. The thing that we miss in all this? Understanding what’s at the core of our being.
Strengths Finder 2.0 is another of many great tools to help you in self discovery. This book, like others, wont completely solve the puzzle for you, but it will get you that much closer to identifying who you are at the core.
The books looks to assist you in identifying your top 5 themes that you operate by. There are 34 possible themes that you can fit into. This is done through a code that you get in the book to take an online assessment once you have read some background info on why the test exists.
Strengths Finder not only helps you identify your top 5 themes but also gives you a guide with an action plan to help you cultivate and understand your themes more clearly. The thing that I like most about the assessment is that they also give you examples of what that theme looks like using real life explanations of people in various fields. “What it looks like” is a powerful exercise to help you visualize your strengths in action and make them more concrete.
I recommend this book to anyone who needs additional clarity of their purpose and talents. I know I personally sacrificed 9 years in a job I hated because I really had no comprehension of what my true gifts were. Our gifts and talents come so natural to us that we devalue them as a result. In reality someone is looking at you right now with amazement with regards to your talents. Now it’s time for you to recognize the talent that everyone else already sees.
One of the things that trip us up in life is that we think we are born to do a certain role. We aren’t born to be an accountant, we aren’t born to be athletes and we aren’t born to be doctors. These are roles that allow us to express ourselves at the core of our being. The thing that we miss in all this? Understanding what’s at the core of our being.
Strengths Finder 2.0 is another of many great tools to help you in self discovery. This book, like others, wont completely solve the puzzle for you, but it will get you that much closer to identifying who you are at the core.
The books looks to assist you in identifying your top 5 themes that you operate by. There are 34 possible themes that you can fit into. This is done through a code that you get in the book to take an online assessment once you have read some background info on why the test exists.
Strengths Finder not only helps you identify your top 5 themes but also gives you a guide with an action plan to help you cultivate and understand your themes more clearly. The thing that I like most about the assessment is that they also give you examples of what that theme looks like using real life explanations of people in various fields. “What it looks like” is a powerful exercise to help you visualize your strengths in action and make them more concrete.
I recommend this book to anyone who needs additional clarity of their purpose and talents. I know I personally sacrificed 9 years in a job I hated because I really had no comprehension of what my true gifts were. Our gifts and talents come so natural to us that we devalue them as a result. In reality someone is looking at you right now with amazement with regards to your talents. Now it’s time for you to recognize the talent that everyone else already sees.
informative
inspiring
reflective
informative
inspiring
reflective
The best part of this book is the online test assessment you can take that tells you strengths.