Cliftons Online Talent Assessment (formerly Clifton StrengthsFinder®)

The Clifton Strengths assessment tool is a tool developed by the Gallup Organisation.  It helps individuals discover their top 5, 10 or 34 strengths (depends upon the report purchased) and the assessment goes beyond general definitions on your personal traits.  The difference is that it can assist you understand how your strengths can be applied and cultivated to best effect both in the workplace and in your personal life.  Completing the online talent assessment (formerly Clifton StrengthsFinder ® is your way to:

·       Discover what you naturally do best.

·       Learn how to develop your greatest talents into strengths.

·       Use your personalised results and reports to maximise your potential

The CliftonStrengths assessment was researched and developed by Don Clifton, who is often considered the "father of strengths psychology." The CliftonStrengths assessment aims to measure the particular ways in which an individual tends to approach their life. In the workplace context, the assessment shows how the employee gets work done. CliftonStrengths does this by examining a person's innate talent, which encompasses their personality and attitudes, as well as their knowledge, skills and abilities. The results can then be used for developmental purposes by providing a lens for understanding who that person is and how to individualise to their talents.

The assessment consists of 177 sets of paired statement for each set, the employee indicates the extent to which each set of statements describe them. Upon completion, the assessment rank orders the individuals talent themes, with 1 indicating your top strength and 34 your bottom strength. The 34 talent themes fall into one of four categories that include strategic thinking, executing, influencing and relationship building. Overall, the assessment provides up to 278,256 combinations of the 34 themes.

Clifton Strengths defines 34 talent themes sorted into four domains:

• Strategic Thinking: Analytical, Context, Futuristic, Ideation, Input, Intellection, Learner, Strategic

• Executing: Achiever, Arranger, Belief, Consistency, Deliberative, Discipline, Focus, Responsibility, Restorative

• Influencing: Activator, Command, Communication, Competition, Maximizer, Self-Assurance, Significance, Woo

• Relationship Building: Adaptability, Connectedness, Developer, Empathy, Harmony, Includer, Individualization, Positivity, Relator

The test can be used for individuals for coaching purposes or for coaching teams to understand the various strengths within a team.