Reflective Journal 2: Clifton Strengths Finder by Gallup

Reflective Journal 2: Clifton Strengths Finder by Gallup 1
BIZ102
Understanding People and Organisation

Reflective Writing Based on Clifton Strengths 2
Lessons learnt from Clifton Strengths survey and group coaching session
From the Clifton strengths survey and the group coaching session with my success coach. I learnt
a number of lessons. I learnt that I can identify my strengths through the talents as well as my
character. The strengths include things that I can confidently say I am good at (Rath, 2007). I
believe that the survey helped me learn more about myself. I also learnt that I could share talents
with different people. the group coaching sessions helped me establish that some people have
different strengths too. despite the fact that some of the strengths may differ, every individual
shared at least one strength with another person from the group.
What surprised me from my top five signature themes
I was surprised by my top five signature themes. The reason behind the surprise is that I could
not have identified myself to have been restorative from the fact that I like reading books. When
I dug deeper into all these strengths I came to understand that even the small things that I usually
do unconsciously matter a lot. I am surprised to possess positivity as a strength. This is because I
like winning. I like involving other people in what am doing and often try to make them feel and
be excited about it. I could also describe myself as an inspiring person. I like to make people
want to do something or simply feel good about themselves.
The strengths that resonated me immediately and the reasons why
After reading my top five strengths, I immediately resonated with the theme of positivity. The
theme completely seems to describe who I am and some of the most common traits that I
possess. I identified myself as a positive person because I find myself fond of socializing with
anyone I meet. I feel care and kindness to any person, however, a jerk they may seem. To me
helping others is my number one goal. I also find myself noticing flaws and good qualities in