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Cli on Strengths measures 34 strengths overall.
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It is interesting to note that Gallup reports the odds of two people having the same top ve signature themes as one in 33 million. With more than 7.6 billion
people on Earth (United Nations, 2017), one in 33 million means there are more than two hundred mes out there.
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Strategic
People who are especially alented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Faced with any given scenario,
they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.
○ you are a self-reliant person who needs time alone to think and work
○ you are known for your ease with language
▫ your vocabulary probably allows you to tell stories or express your ideas with great clarity
▫ you notice that the right word usually pops into your mind exactly when you need it
○ you generate innovative ideas and propose systematic programs of action
▫ allows you to see patterns where others simply see complexity
○ you tend to identify a goal, devise numerous ways of reaching it, then choose the best alternative
▫ you cull and make selections until you arrive at the chosen path: Select. Strike.
How strategic manifests in work/life. Eternally an introvert who seeks sanity in the humbling chaos of extroversion,
I retreat into my mind to solve both my and others’ problems. In doing so, I am most certainly strategic: paths appear out of
nowhere and out of nothing I manifest a new route. Elo uent in speech to the point of pedantic hauteur4, I have traveled the
world in reckless abandon, drawing patterns in my observation of human life. ough en masse these predilections earn me
the badge of strategic, I am forever held in sway of my impulsive and temerarious whims: my polyglottal tongue and clever
insight are slave to my mercurial nature. To be sure, I am more intrigued by what Cli on states I eschew: the paths that lead
nowhere, the paths that lead straight into resis ance, the paths that lead into a fog of confusion. Arguably biogenetic in ontogenesis,
my best alternative mirrors my posit that my weaknesses are my strengths: the chosen path is not, for me, the healthiest or the
most humane; rather, it is that from which I can scrape the rock bottom of my soul, test the limits of my human mortality5.
What doesn’t kill me ....
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Italicized and bulleted descriptions are taken from Gallup’s Cli on Strengths Signature emes and Insight Report.
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My undergraduate degree is, in fact, in Sociolinguistics and Language Ac uisition.
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If nothing else, this is at least what I tell myself. Having spent more than half of my life embroiled in the throes of addiction, there is little I can do to assuage my
fears than to convince myself that my stru les are fought beneath the banner of my greater good. I have lost many a battle, but I justify the blood I have shed in the
hope that I will win the war.
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Ideation
People who are especially alented in the Ideation theme are ascinated by ideas. ey are able to find connections between
seemingly disparate phenomena
○ fascinated by ideas
▫ you revel in taking the world we all know and turning it around so we can view it from a strange but
strangely enlightening angle
▫ others may label you creative or original or conceptual or even smart
○ you have a rich vocabulary upon which to draw
▫ the words you choose o en expand and challenge your listeners’ or readers’ thinking
○ you rely on reason to reduce things to their simplest parts
○ you like to test your limits as a human being in travel, work, sports, or thinking
▫ you intentionally seek out what is new and di erent
▫ when others worry about your well-being, you trust you can take care of yourself
How ideation manifests in work/life. Hardly disparate from the preceding analysis, my ideation attributes are
manifest in my purview of the world. Prone to bizarre fascinations and obscure convictions, I am most certainly fascinated
by ideas and wont to simplify subjective and biased opinations into cold and hard facts. Albeit grateful for my abstruse
mentality, this signature theme has been as much a curse as a blessing: callous to the point of cruelty and nonpartisan at the
risk of rejection, I am at best alexythmic and at worst borderline6. at I would not trade this for a simpler mind is perhaps
my only saving grace: my enlightening angles have staved o toxic relationships and my faith that I can ake care of [my]self has
carried me across more than forty states and y countries. Comfortable in my discomfort, I thrive in the unknown.
Removed from the dangers of simplicity and standards, I o en feel that I am removed from the rest of the world: my head
is in the clouds and my throne is on the ninth. I am safe. But it is lonely up here ....
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Despite no o cial diagnosis, Borderline Personality Disorder has always run comorbid with the .... shall we say, more trea able of my conditions.
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Restorative
People who are especially alented in the Restorative theme are adept at dealing with problems. ey are good at figuring out
what is wrong and resolving i .
○ you love to solve problems
▫ you enjoy the challenge of analyzing the symptoms, identifying what is wrong, and nding the solution
▫ you may feel the greatest push when faced with complex and unfamiliar problems
○ you occasionally stru le to recall certain details, names, facts, appointments, numbers, or deadlines
○ you may yearn to be held in high esteem by certain people
▫ you want them to regard you as trustworthy, competent, and accomplished
▫ you entertain ideas about doing speci c things so much better that these individuals have to notice
How restorative manifests in work/life. In its similarity to strategic, I cannot deny that I enjoy the challenge of a
complex problem; indeed, my harsh realism and preference for playing devil’s advocate has o en landed me as a mediator
in friends’ and colleagues’ mishaps. Recent years, however, have witnessed my cathartic dissociation from this role. Edged
ever deeper into the crevice of my hollow heart, my restorative capacities have grown brittle with the frost of bitterness
and contempt. at I yearn nonetheless to be held in high esteem is an element of this transgression: at the risk of sounding
ingratiatingly Kohutian, the crossroads of this vitriol and envy are the root of many/all of my addictions. Acerbic in
matters of the heart, I tell people that I am undertaking my masters only so that my father will love me more; recalcitrant
to aver my own undoing, I claim distance from my mother as the re uisite solution to a broken past. In these ways, my
restorative strength has mutated into an abject disregard for my own wellbeing: I would rip myself apart in order to avoid
sewing myself back together. In perpetuity desperate to restore peace of mind, I ail degradingly ever deeper into the abyss
of one more .... just one more ....
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Adaptability
People who are especially alented in the Adap ability theme prefer to “go with the flow.” ey tend to be “now” people who ake
things as they come and discover the future one day at a time.
○ you live in the moment
▫ you discover your future one choice at a time
▫ you don’t resent sudden re uests or unforeseen detours: you actually look forward to them
▫ you might stru le to deal with people who are rooted in the past, those who can see only the future, or
those who are caught up in the stresses of the day
○ you live in a state of hope- lled expectancy
How adap ability manifests in work/life. at it not sound too much an iteration of points already discussed in
detail, su ce to say that my adap ability is as black and white as most other of my attributes. Curious to the point of being
foolhardy, I am une uivocally adaptable in all super cial activities; dormant beneath these actions, however, are the
stringent expectations of my vices. Lest the former not endanger the sanctity of the latter, this strength becomes a weakness
in how far I will go to protect my [again, Kohutian] self-objects. Nevertheless endowed with a perseverant optimism of each
new day7, I most assuredly live in a s ate of hope-filled expec ancy. Interestingly, this stance con rms that ‘‘in-the-moment
positive emotions, and not more general positive evaluations of one’s life .... form the link between happiness and desirable
life outcomes’’ (Cohn, Conway, Brown, Fredrickson, & Mikels; 2009; p1). A conglomerate of sorts of my rst three signature
themes, my adap ability has prolonged the longevity of my behaviours whilst a ording me the pleasure of accepting them as
fundamental components of who I am as a person.
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Which is not to be confused for my overall cynicism and misanthropy. at I am so sure of - and content with - my impending doom is, perhaps, the keystone to
my ability to greet each new day with verve and vigour.
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Command
People who are especially alented in the Command theme have presence. ey can ake control of a situation and make
decisions.
○ you take charge
▫ you feel no discomfort with imposing your views on others
▫ you are not frightened by confrontation
○ you feel compelled to present the facts or the truth, no matter how unpleasant it may be
▫ you need things to be clear between people and challenge them to be clear-eyed and honest
▫ some may resent this, labeling you opinionated, [but] they o en willingly hand you the reins
▫ you may even intimidate them
▫ people will be drawn to you
○ you have the con dence needed to work on projects by yourself
▫ you sometimes insist that you need to work by yourself [and] may reject being too closely supervised
▫ as a child you insisted on having your own space and being independent
How command manifests in work/life. If any of my signature themes were to best embody my gestalt character, it
would be command. Indebted only to my ingrained need for control, I am ceaselessly on the precipice of overstepping the
boundary between asserting my views and eeing the weight of their wrath. Confrontational to a fault and contumacious
to boot, I have never shied from asserting my opinion or sharing what I believe to be right. is bellicose energy, however,
has been tared in recent years by a burgeoning skepticism of my own value in the world: where before I was an ardent
proselytizer, I have sunken into a chasm of acrimonious nihilism. Drawn all the same to my honesty, I have both made and
lost friends over my sardonic appraisal of life. Reticent in the e ect that the resultant solitude has had on my heart, I grovel
at the prospect of sharing responsibility with others: maternally possessive of my oneness, I insist on having [my] own space
and being independent and reject being too closely supervised. It is no surprise, then, that this strength has alienated me from a
vast cohort of my compeers. Balanced on the fulcrum of my way or the highway, I teeter dangerously at the edge of ghting
for what I believe lest I forget who I am. Hit hard. Hit fast. Hit rst ....
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Outside Sources and 360 Feedback
With its assertion that ‘‘people who know and use their strengths every day are more likely to experience positive emotions
.... [and] are less likely to experience deterrents to their well-being, like worry, stress, anger, sadness or physical pain’’
(Gallup, 2018; Cli on Strengths for Individuals) it would appear that the Cli on Strengths Assessment empowers its users
on an upward trajectory. In light of the range of emotions that humans experience, however, I am hesitant to ac uiesce the
inference that negative emotions should be eradicated - indeed, that emotions can be negative at all. Biswar-Diener and
Kashdan (2014) concur in this evaluation, stating that ‘‘distress tolerance is important .... because it allows you to become
stronger, wiser, mentally agile, and most important, happier in a more resilient, and therefore durable, way’’ (2014;
introduction). My assumption, then, is that a comprehensive dissection of my entire palette is more conducive to my
growth than would be a tribute to my strengths. In an attempt to do this, the following will investigate a range of character
traits identi ed through outside sources and 360 feedback.
RichardStep Strengths and Weaknesses Aptitude Test [RSWAT]
Graded in the same manner as Cli on Strengths - which I brazenly condemn as being uite solipsistic - the RSWAT
provides users with their percentage points in all twenty categories. e following are my top and bottom contenders.
Innovation (100%). see above (ideation)
Risk Taking (100%). see above (strategic, ideation, adap ability)
Purpose (94%). Ad ini nitum pulled in myriad directions at once, I o en feel that I have a deeper purpose and am
driven to shoulder burdens accordingly - but ultimately, I either fail to follow through with their completion or lose
interest as suddenly as I found it. Frustrating as this can become, the underlying potential to hone and direct my
enthusiasm sets my sights on greater goals than those I have so far accomplished.
Resourcefulness (94%). see above (adap ability)
Communication (94%). Instinctively a people-person [or as my inner linguist would prefer, reine du peuple], I take
great pleasure in expanding my network of ac uaintances. When asked why I am pursuing a degree in social work, I have
o en replied good-naturedly that I am so good with people that I might as well have the letters a er my name for it8.
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e irony here of the correlation to my bachelors degree is not lost on me.
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Teamwork (38%). see above (command)
Faith (31%). In life, humanity, and myself, I have none.
Focus (13%). Were it not for the deleterious e ects that my distractibility has had on my endeavours, I would nd
the paucity of this aptitude more humorous9. at being said, my curiosity hasn’t killed me .... yet.
Big Five Personality Test [123 Test]
Measured against a collo uial standard, the 123 Test gives users an idea of how their personality traits compare to the
greater populace. Provided below are the de ning facets of the percentile range in which my scores fell. Given their
similarity to other results outlined in this paper, elucidation on each trait appears redundant.
Extraversion. 91st percentile: outgoing, friendly, assertive, likes working with others
Openness to Experience. 71st percentile: imaginative, open-minded, experimental
Work Ethic. 5th percentile: spontaneous, disorganised, prefers exible plans
Natural Reactions. 5th percentile: not easily upset in stressful situations, relaxed
Agreeableness. 1st percentile: hard-headed, skeptical, competitive, proud
Strength Bombardment Exercise
is in-class exercise was uite possibly the most upsetting and o ensive activity that I have ever been asked to partake in
as a graduate student at e University of Southern California. Notoriously secretive in matters of the heart and
abhorrently anathema to any su estion that my life is of worth, the task of listening to specious compliments in response
to a parroted success story was but fodder to my prior belief that my uni ueness is of little worth. ough I admit that the
majority of individuals seek praise, my history of psychoemotional trauma has cemented me against it; being bombarded by
a rmations - which again occurred in a subse uent class when the topic arose of my being empathetic - rendered me
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As the late submission of this paper rea rms, there is a hazy boundary between procrastination and my tendency to favour addiction over obligation. When an
undergraduate student in 2013, I failed to allocate appropriate and timely focus on my dissertation; penalized to the extent that my expected rst class honours fell
to a 2:2, my postgraduate o er to e University of Cambridge was revoked. De antly, I slept on a train for two months carousing around Europe before disowning
all my worldly possessions and moving to Africa.
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physically ill. In any case, the exercise itself consisted of me concocting a generalization in which I pro ered my malleable
approach as a therapist; the feedback I received is below.
Respectful, positive approach as a leader, shows empathy and [is a] level-headed clinician.
Showed ability to lead the session and focus on client's strengths and eliminate their weaknesses. Having a balance between the
personal values and professional ethics. Building trust with clients by letting them be vulnerable.
Emotional Intelligence uestionnaire
Having already be ed fealty to the intent of this assignment, it would do little good to reject the bene t of others’
interpretation of my character. With that in mind, I harbour a deep-seated shame when it comes to asking others for help;
resultantly, the following sentiments are accrued from past conversations and recent remarks made by a select few of my
closest friends/coworkers.
Self Awareness. Astutely cognizant of my strengths and weaknesses, few would contend that I am not self-aware.
is introspective sagacity has been judged as everything from wise to supercilious.
Self Regulation. A ectionately deemed a wild card by all and sundry, my therapist and close friends alike have
expressed worry over my volatile moods and tempestuous behaviors.
Motivation. A combination of sorts of the prior two elements, I have been noted as having a spark; that I neither
apply nor give a damn about it, however, has led those who know me to assume the if only she would .... stance.
Empathy. In private, my insight into others’ stru les is acute; having abused my own body and mind for more than
half of my life, I am e ually attuned to the signs and repercussions of others’ strife. In practice, I am known for being
unforgiving and hostile.
Social Skills. Despite the recurrent proclamation that you know everyone, I have occasionally been chastised for
being a bit [shall we say] too friendly.
Professional Feedback
Field Supervisor. ough no longer under her tutelage, my time at e Center for erapy and Counseling Services
became an opportunity for me to develop both a personal and professional relationship with my eld supervisor. For the
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rst nine months of this relationship, our dialogue was open and honest; as we neared the nal uarter of my year there
and my own motivation and energy waned, our conversations became strained and our compassion for each other tense. Of
paramount in uence in this denouement was the imbalance between our moral and ethical beliefs - and in typical
pigheaded fashion, my stalwart refusal to appease her superiority.
Con dent that my ways were inexperienced but well-intentioned, I channeled Bennis and Nanus’ (1985; as cited in Bolman
& Deal) argument that ‘‘managers do things right, and leaders do the right thing’’ (p208). All too aware that I needed no
more than for her to sign o on my hours at the end of the semester, I wasted little pretense in winning back her approval:
for all the weight that her position entailed, my willingness to motivate my performance re ected the norm in that her
expertise power was awed and referent capacity nite (Davis, Fedor, Maslyn, & Mathieson; 2001). Admittedly less
respectful of the process than I could have been, I shimmied out from beneath her wing with my pride intact and timesheet
sealed. On paper, our di erences were tangible in the sub-par grades she allotted me across the board; at heart, we had both
stood up [albeit in a rather passive a ressive manner] for our respective ideals of the right thing. at I have a weakness for
standing up to authority is indubitable - but at the end of the day, the same fallibility dovetailed the courage it took for me
to hold my ground when that same authority swung its sword.
General Manager. As a career waitress and lifelong social butter y, I have run the gamut of managers; traipsing the
country and world I take their ups and downs as part and parcel of my adventurous spirit. When I thus found myself in
2016 preparing to leave for Los Angeles, it was with shock and confusion that my gut told me to stay. Ever open to
multifarious channels of communication, I broached the topic with my general manager; together we sorted through my
own growth that summer10 and came to realize that my habituated proclivity to run away had, for the rst time in my life,
been stymied. is ‘‘clear and approachable channel through which [employees] can seek feedback .... from their
supervisors’’ (Chen, Lam, & Zhong; 2007; p209) was of paramount signi cance in my decision: be it for personal or
professional reasons, this man had bridged the gap between my role as an expendable worker and my feeling like an
invaluable human being. As time has passed, this same a nity for discourse has allowed me to seek feedback from
management; motivated to change my behaviour in exchange for their respect, their valuation of me as a person has
incentivized my loyalty to their company.
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I had moved to New Jersey in June out of emergency precautions for my domestic situation in Philadelphia. My plan all summer was to work for the season and
then move to California; I dra ed the decision out until November, at which point I contacted USC and let them know that I would not, in fact, be moving to the
west coast.
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Application of Feedback to Leadership emes
Nielsen (2011) puts forth the idea that leadership is inherently an implosive bane upon the success or failure of any
organization. Under the guise that a select few have the power to lead while the remainder are le to follow, he asserts that
innumerable individual skills and innovative strategies are undervalued by and ultimately lost to the theory of leadership.
Indeed, the strengths-based approach to leadership ‘‘is overtly blind to the critical fact that most people show a mix of
strengths and weaknesses .... [which leads to] signi cant costs to this approach that vary from missed opportunities to
downright dangerous’’ (Warren, 2017; ndings). In tandem, the implication is that leadership as an upper-echelon entity
detracts from the sui generis power of each individual.
Conse uent to the allegations above, the uantity and uality of my strengths become of little conse uence in comparison
to my gestalt character - at least insofar as Cli on’s strengths-based leadership is concerned. With that said, there is no
confusion as to whether my 360 feedback re ected my signature themes as laid out by Gallup. Concomitantly gregarious in
social situations and taciturn in private a airs, very few individuals have ever not known me as one of the two11.
Unfortunately, this tendency to bifurcate my relationships at the expense of being understood means that the tangible
e ects of my signature themes translate into rather abrasive leadership tactics. Pugnaciously cynical and jealously
manipulative, my list of coercive and informant power stru les runs long; sycophantically unloved and unabashedly
self-destructive, I have gained much in reward and charisma power12. Fundamentally cacophonic in both demeanor and
self-respect, it is expert power that remains untouched in my 360 feedback: too erratic to settle upon one path and too
self-deprecating to admit that I could even have one, no hurdle other than my belief in my own self encumbers me upon
the road to power and leadership. With the entirety of my strengths and weaknesses re ected in the feedback that I
received, this detriment glares in no discrete irony.
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Very few persons in my life have known me as a combination of both. Recalcitrant in my self-destruction, the mere thought that my two selves might coalesce is
tantamount to psychosocial [if not literal] suicide. To be sure, the past two years have seen an uptick in my agrant honesty: my norm of late is to be out at the club
with my scars on display and addictions on deck. at this honesty is a purgative facade for the ever deeper chasms within which I bury my beating heart remains
my secret weapon.
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Power modalities are taken from Goncalves (2013).
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Unidenti ed Strengths
Despite Cli on’s avowals to the contrary, Hudson (2018) outlines the importance of understanding weaknesses in order to
become our best selves. Furthermore, Cli on’s insistence on the power of good inherent in recognizing our strengths is
rmly contested by Tibbetts (2003; as cited in Diogo, 2015), who states that, for example, ‘‘fear helps you react to danger,
anxiety makes you more aware of potential threats around you, and guilt makes you reconsider past actions that may have
been harmful to others and make amends with them’’ (2nd reason). Given thus that both weaknesses and negative emotions
are integral parts of who we are as humans, I am of the belief that my greatest strength is in knowing my weaknesses.
In light of the strengths-based agenda pushed by this assignment, it is no surprise that my weaknesses - which I iterate as
my strengths - were not represented through assessments and feedback endeavours. Other than the RSWAT’s homage to
focus, observation of my weaknesses comes with a closer reading between the lines. As expected, attempts to capitalize on
my strengths have resulted in aws both of behavior and mentality. Similarly, an acute awareness of those traits which went
unrecognized has provided me the opportunity to develop them. In doing so, my whole self - and by proxy, competency as
as leader - has a better chance to ourish: rather than a dichotic maelstrom of good and bad, I am simply me.
As explained earlier, Gallup’s analysis draws the top ve uantitative values from its assessment; making sure that at least
one of these falls into each of four domains, it is of no surprise that I found hints of myself in certain others of his thirty
four themes. Across the four domains, the following were those which I feel I embody.
Executing: n/a
In uencing: Activator, Communication, Significance, Woo
Relationship Building: Includer, Positivity
Strategic inking: Analytical
Somewhat humorously, I nd it tting that none of the other themes in the executing domain applied to me. In proper
humble form, I imagine a host of microscopic executingers careening around the le cabinets of my brain, blathering in
horri ed entropy as Cli on’s ngers reach ominously inside to pluck the bumbling restorative from the chair in which he
fell asleep. If there were a throne for getting things done, I would be ueen of the eleventh hour. A jack13 of all trades, I can
create anything - but i’ve got ninety nine problems and they’re all undone.
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Or a Jill, if 2018 has anything to do it.
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uestionable and Inaccurate Strengths
For all the bene cence that a strengths-based approach allows, ‘‘much of the confusion regarding capability assessment
arises from the fact that the discussion tends to get mixed in with lots of non-skill-related topics’’ Kaplan (2013; p37). As
comforting as it may be to hear the skillsets in which I excel, the vague crown of ownership provides little direction in how
to rule my country. Paradigmatic of this downfall is the retaliatory e ect that my weaknesses have upon my strengths:
strategic, ideating, restorative, adap able, and commanding I may be .... but without passion, without direction, without focus,
these signature themes are of little value. Ergo drowning in the accolades of who I could be, the aw of a strengths-based
model is that it pro ers no lifejacket of what I can do.
In each domain of Cli on’s signature themes, my strengths are uestionable more for their pernicious capacity than their
blatant inaccuracy. Of the lot, only restorative is misaligned in its averring my forgetfulness: but even my impressive
memory for details is deterred by my capricious polymathy. In all other avenues, it is all too easy for my pride to
commandeer the better prospects of my strengths: strategic, in my overthinking or undermining the vast majority of my
choices; ideation, in the solitude it cloaks me in; adap ability, in the devil-may-care destruction that haunts my wake;
command, in the imperious a ect that I o entimes exude. Compounded by the detracting force of focus, my strengths reveal
themselves as but the colourful veneer of my fragile house of cards.
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Undeveloped Strengths
Emblazoned with the vanity plate A2BRUTE, I have taken to cruising through the frigid winter with the top down and
heat up. Like my view of the world, I am ensconced within the warmth of my cocoon; the biting wind cuts at my skin to
remind me that I am alive as I speed ever faster toward my own demise. I am in control - but this control has built a wall
around me, a wall that grows every stronger and taller with every hardening beat of my heart. at my strengths,
weaknesses, and leadership abilities are laudable is not lost on my masochistic self-hatred - but I care not. For all the
meretricious grace that I ooze, I am invested in no thing, no one. Having felt already the rami cations of this cynicism, I
nd myself at an impasse: ‘‘if you have uit caring - or never cared - about the emotional well-being of the people you are
trying to lead, you have lost touch with an essential component of leadership. We cannot lead people whom we do not love’’
(Edmondson, 2017; p27). Having burnt my bridges, I have built my wings .... but my Icharus hands cannot heal my
Prometheus heart.
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Conclusion
As has been outlined in this paper,
‘‘understanding your strengths and weaknesses is not a mechanical exercise .... e key is awareness of, and then
motivation to address, their weaknesses. People can make enormous progress once they’ve accepted responsibility
for this challenge’’ (Kaplan, 2013; p32).
In spite of the exonerating implications that this testimony entails, the hurdle remains to uncover those weaknesses and
gather the courage to change them. In turn, signature themes that may otherwise be harped upon should be kept in check;
fain to cloak ourselves in an emperor’s new clothes, it would be more prudent to rst inspect the accoutrements ourselves.
e prospect here of success becomes moot: it is not our best self that we seek, but rather our true self. In this truth we nd
acceptance, and thus love - and if ever there the epitome of a leader, it is he who loves his subjects second: rst, he loves
himself.
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Appendix A
Table I
Identi cation Of Strengths
Clifton
Other Questionable Augment
Strength 360 Unidentified
Assessment or or
Based feedback Strengths
Activities inaccurate Develop
Leadership
at what point
risk-taking
my ability to
resourcefulness
self-regulatio adapt becomes a
extraversion includer
adaptability n coping -
work ethic positivity
social skills mechanism
natural
whereby I run
reactions
from my pain
self-regulatio
faith n
- - - love
focus motivation
empathy
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Appendix B
Table II.i
Net (Core) Strengths
strategic ✓
ideation ✓
restorative n/a
adaptability ✓
command ✓
Table II.ii
Developing and Augmenting Strengths
strategic ✓
ideation n/a
restorative ✓
adaptability n/a
command ✓
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