KEYWORD: Excellence

GENIUS STATEMENT

People exceptionally talented in the Maximizer (CilftonStrengths • StrengthsFinder) theme focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. They seek to transform something strong into something superb.

CHARACTERISTICS

People with Maximizer (CilftonStrengths • StrengthsFinder) talents are committed to individual and group excellence. You focus on what is good, and seek to transform it into something great. The idea of an untapped potential excites you, you prefer to focus on leveraging your strengths where the potential is limitless. You naturally work towards achieving the best, and inspire others to do the same.

YOUR WORLD VIEW 

Perfect is better than done. 

It is not about how much was done but how well it was done. You believe that everything can be improved, taken to another level and you take pride in doing that.

WHAT YOU ARE KNOWN FOR

• Driven

• Strive for excellence

• Quality work

POTENTIAL PITFALLS

• Extremely high standards

• Difficult to satisfy

• Perfectionist

• Demanding

WHAT FRUSTRATES YOU

• Teammates or partners who gives you you subpar work

• Work done with little or no effort

WHAT YOU VALUE

• People who appreciate your strengths 

• Time and opportunity to improve existing drafts 

• People who are open to hearing your feedback and are willing to act on it

YOUR GREATEST CONTRIBUTION

• Your ability to envision what excellence looks like provides others a common goal

• Your drive for producing work of high standards influences others to strive for excellence too, thus improve the overall quality as a group and organization

• Your strength helps to bring any project up a notch, giving it more value than it previously had

“The genius of Maximizer (CilftonStrengths • StrengthsFinder) talents lies in your preference to work towards achieving excellence.