Introduction: The Strengths Revolution at Work The Revolution 5 Two Million Interviews 11 I. The Anatomy of a Strength Chapter 1. Strong Lives The Investor, the Director, the Skin Doctor, and the Editor 19 Tiger Woods, Bill Gates, and Cole Porter 25 Three Revolutionary Tools 28 Chapter 2. Strength Building Is He Always This Good? 39 Knowledge and Skills 41 Talent 48 II. Discover the Source of Your Strengths Chapter 3. StrengthsFinder The Traces of Talent 67 The StrengthsFinder Profile 76 Chapter 4. The Thirty-four Themes of StrengthsFinder Achiever 83 Activator 84 Adaptability 85 Analytical 86 Arranger 87 Belief 88 Command 89 Communication 90 Competition 91 Connectedness 92 Context 93 Deliberative 94 Developer 95 Discipline 96 Empathy 97 Fairness 98 Focus 99 Futuristic 100 Harmony 101 Ideation 102 Inclusiveness 103 Individualization 104 Input 105 Intellection 106 Learner 107 Maximizer 108 Positivity 109 Relator 110 Responsibility 111 Restorative 112 Self-assurance 113 Significance 114 Strategic 115 Woo 116 III. Put Strengths to Work Chapter 5. The Questions You're Asking Are there any obstacles to building my strengths? 121 Why should I focus on my signature themes? 131 Is there any significance to the order of my signature themes? 134 Not all of the phrases in the theme description apply to me. Why? 136 Why am I different from other people with whom I share some of the same themes? 137 Are any of the themes "opposites"? 139 Can I develop new themes if I don't like the ones I have? 141 Will I become too narrow if I focus on my signature themes? 144 How can I manage around my weaknesses? 148 Can my themes reveal whether I am in the right career? 160 Chapter 6. Managing Strengths "Fidel," Sam Mendes, and Phil Jackson 171 One By One 176 Chapter 7. Building a Strengths-based Organization The Full Story 213 The Practical Guide 218 Appendix A Technical Report on StrengthsFinder 247