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Your Signature Themes SURVEY COMPLETION DATE 02 10 2011 Michaela Pruitt Many years of research conducted by The Gallup Organization suggest that the most effective people are those who understand their strengths and behaviors These people are best able to develop strategies to meet and exceed the demands of their daily lives their careers and their families A review of the knowledge and skills you have acquired can provide a basic sense of your abilities but an awareness and understanding of your natural talents will provide true insight into the core reasons behind your consistent successes Your Signature Themes report presents your five most dominant themes of talent in the rank order revealed by your responses to StrengthsFinder Of the 34 themes measured these are your top five Your Signature Themes are very important in maximizing the talents that lead to your successes By focusing on your Signature Themes separately and in combination you can identify your talents build them into strengths and enjoy personal and career success through consistent near perfect performance Responsibility Your Responsibility theme forces you to take psychological ownership for anything you commit to and whether large or small you feel emotionally bound to follow it through to completion Your good name depends on it If for some reason you cannot deliver you automatically start to look for ways to make it up to the other person Apologies are not enough Excuses and rationalizations are totally unacceptable You will not quite be able to live with yourself until you have made restitution This conscientiousness this near obsession for doing things right and your impeccable ethics combine to create your reputation utterly dependable When assigning new responsibilities people will look to you first because they know it will get done When people come to you for help and they soon will you must be selective Your willingness to volunteer may sometimes lead you to take on more than you should Connectedness Things happen for a reason You are sure of it You are sure of it because in your soul you know that we are all connected Yes we are individuals responsible for our own judgments and in possession of our own free will but nonetheless we are part of something larger Some may call it the collective unconscious Others may label it spirit or life force But whatever your word of choice you gain confidence from knowing that we are not isolated from one another or from the earth and the life on it This feeling of Connectedness implies certain responsibilities If we are all part of a larger picture 221151642 Michaela Pruitt 2000 2006 2012 Gallup Inc All rights reserved 1

then we must not harm others because we will be harming ourselves We must not exploit because we will be exploiting ourselves Your awareness of these responsibilities creates your value system You are considerate caring and accepting Certain of the unity of humankind you are a bridge builder for people of different cultures Sensitive to the invisible hand you can give others comfort that there is a purpose beyond our humdrum lives The exact articles of your faith will depend on your upbringing and your culture but your faith is strong It sustains you and your close friends in the face of life s mysteries Belief If you possess a strong Belief theme you have certain core values that are enduring These values vary from one person to another but ordinarily your Belief theme causes you to be family oriented altruistic even spiritual and to value responsibility and high ethics both in yourself and others These core values affect your behavior in many ways They give your life meaning and satisfaction in your view success is more than money and prestige They provide you with direction guiding you through the temptations and distractions of life toward a consistent set of priorities This consistency is the foundation for all your relationships Your friends call you dependable I know where you stand they say Your Belief makes you easy to trust It also demands that you find work that meshes with your values Your work must be meaningful it must matter to you And guided by your Belief theme it will matter only if it gives you a chance to live out your values Discipline Your world needs to be predictable It needs to be ordered and planned So you instinctively impose structure on your world You set up routines You focus on timelines and deadlines You break longterm projects into a series of specific short term plans and you work through each plan diligently You are not necessarily neat and clean but you do need precision Faced with the inherent messiness of life you want to feel in control The routines the timelines the structure all of these help create this feeling of control Lacking this theme of Discipline others may sometimes resent your need for order but there need not be conflict You must understand that not everyone feels your urge for predictability they have other ways of getting things done Likewise you can help them understand and even appreciate your need for structure Your dislike of surprises your impatience with errors your routines and your detail orientation don t need to be misinterpreted as controlling behaviors that box people in Rather these behaviors can be understood as your instinctive method for maintaining your progress and your productivity in the face of life s many distractions Consistency Balance is important to you You are keenly aware of the need to treat people the same no matter what their station in life so you do not want to see the scales tipped too far in any one person s favor In your view this leads to selfishness and individualism It leads to a world where some people gain an unfair advantage because of their connections or their background or their greasing of the wheels This is truly offensive to you You see yourself as a guardian against it In direct contrast to this world of special favors you believe that people function best in a consistent environment where the rules are clear and are applied to everyone equally This is an environment where people know what is 221151642 Michaela Pruitt 2000 2006 2012 Gallup Inc All rights reserved 2

expected It is predictable and evenhanded It is fair Here each person has an even chance to show his or her worth 221151642 Michaela Pruitt 2000 2006 2012 Gallup Inc All rights reserved 3