CliftonStrengths® helps answer: “Who am I, and what allows me to thrive?”
Roots are about identity, self-awareness, restoration, belonging, and embodiment. CliftonStrengths® helps leaders recognize their natural patterns – what energizes them, what comes naturally, and what they need to be at their best.
🌱 Restoration
How CliftonStrengths® helps:
Your talents reveal the activities, environments, and ways of working that restore your energy.
Examples:
- Learner may restore through curiosity, exploration, and discovering something new.
- Intellection may restore through solitude, reflection, and deep thinking.
- Relator may restore through meaningful conversations with trusted people.
- Adaptability may restore by releasing control and reconnecting with the present moment.
- Activator may restore through movement and forward progress.
Reflection Questions:
- What activities energize me because they align with my natural talents?
- Am I spending enough time using my strengths in ways that restore me?
🌱 Belonging
How CliftonStrengths® helps:
Your talents help you understand the environments and relationships where you feel valued and where you can contribute authentically.
Examples:
- Includer creates belonging by ensuring people feel welcomed.
- Relator creates belonging through deeper relationships.
- Harmony creates belonging through understanding and reducing unnecessary conflict.
- Connectedness creates belonging through recognizing shared purpose.
- Significance seeks belonging through meaningful contribution.
Reflection Questions:
- Where do my strengths feel recognized and valued?
- How do I naturally help others feel they belong?
🌱 Embodiment
How CliftonStrengths® helps:
CliftonStrengths® helps leaders move from “Who should I be?” to “Who am I already becoming?”
Examples:
- Self-Assurance helps leaders trust their internal compass.
- Authenticity through Individualization helps leaders honor uniqueness.
- Responsibility helps leaders align actions with commitments.
- Consistency helps leaders operate from fairness and values.
Reflection Questions:
- Am I leading from my strengths or performing someone else’s version of leadership?
- What parts of myself become stronger when I use my talents intentionally?