KEYWORD: Growth, Potential

GENIUS STATEMENT

People exceptionally talented in the Developer (CliftonStrengths • StrengthsFinder) theme recognize and cultivate the potential in others. They spot the signs of any improvements and derive satisfaction from making progresses.

CHARACTERISTICS

People with Developer (CliftonStrengths • StrengthsFinder) talents enjoy the journey of reaching your goals as you see how your strengths flourish along the way, while others focus on results. When meeting people, you are almost always thinking “How can I help this person realize his/her strengths?”. You want them to experience success and you challenge them to help them grow. It can be easy to overlook small improvements but you see it as a glimpse of excellence, affirms and celebrates it. This makes the people around you empowered to better themselves.

YOUR WORLD VIEW

Everyone is a work in progress and alive with possibilities. You believe in investing in others’ success.

WHAT YOU ARE KNOWN FOR

• Empowering and encouraging

• Ability to see potential of others

• Genuine

POTENTIAL PITFALLS

• Unable to let go of people who do not want to improve

• Lack of individual contribution

WHAT FRUSTRATES YOU

• Being in a system that forces you to care more about results and profits than understanding and growing others potential

WHAT YOU VALUE

• Opportunities to help and encourage others

• Opportunities to mentor others

• People who approach you for help to improve themselves

• When others see their strengths and potential because of you

YOUR GREATEST CONTRIBUTION

• You are able to create opportunities that help people to grow

• You have the ability to see areas of potential or excellence others may have and push them to champion those skills

• You have the ability to see talents, strengths and improvements in others that they cannot see in themselves

“The genius of the Developer (CliftonStrengths • StrengthsFinder) talent lies in your ability to see the raw potential and incremental progress of others, and to actively invest in furthering that development.