BIZ102 Module Reflection: Clifton Strengths Impact on Self-Awareness

This report reflects on the student's experience with the Clifton Strengths assessment within the BIZ102 module, focusing on 'Understanding People and Organizations.' The student details how the assessment enhanced their self-awareness by identifying their top five talents: empathy, positivity, harmony, input, and context. The reflection highlights the surprise and insights gained from these discoveries, particularly in relation to leadership skills and professional development. The student discusses how these strengths can address challenges like critical thinking and workplace diversity. The report references group coaching sessions and interlinks the identified strengths with leadership qualities, emphasizing the practical application of these talents in a professional career. Overall, the reflection demonstrates an improved understanding of the strengths and a strengthened commitment to career goals.

BIZ102 Understanding People
and Organisations

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Reflection
Clifton strength survey leads self-awareness in me whereas I understood what is the skill
and strength which makes people different from others. While surveying Clifton strengths I
found out there are various people who were unaware about their skills but this assessment
supported them to identify their skills and their strengths (Gallup Strengths Center, 2017). So, I
decided to take group coaching session with my success coach who already have awareness
about his skills. With the group coaching session, I developed number of skills in me and
identified such skills which already I had. Then I surveyed Clifton strengths whereas I learned I
had already fewer skills like empathy but I did not know about myself. But this survey made me
learn about me what are my strengths. There were top five talents or signature themes such as
empathy, positivity, harmony, input and context in the Clifton strengths. When I found these five
top strengths, I became bit surprised because there were number of strengths like empathy and
positivity that were unaware for me because I did not know that these skills were already posses
by me. So, when I got to know about my such strength that moment was surprizing for me.
Harmony and Context theme were new for me because I never heard about these themes but
when I read about these, I felt better because it would support me in future career. When I was
reading about these five talents such as empathy, positivity and harmony and others that time I
was enabled to resonated with something. For example, when I was reading about empathy
theme such as the people who posses’ empathy skill then they can understand others feeling by
imagining themselves on others position or situation. Then I enabled to interlinked with
leadership skills because leaders also posses’ such skills then they enable to understand needs
and requirements of others. As I know empathy theme means relationship building that can
possible when we understand other people’s condition.
As same case happened with input theme such as when I was reading about input theme
as top talent strength then I got to know that this skill posses by such people who have craving
and high interest to know more. In addition, such people often love to collect all innovative
information which makes them strategic thinker (SAHMRI Wellbeing and Resilience Centre,
2015). That time I was enabled interlinking with strategic manager and leaders’ skills because
they always come up with innovative solution and ideas. I gave Clifton strengths test to analyse
top five talents after understanding these strengths then I had received good result in the Clifton

strengths test. I read about top five talents such as empathy theme helps to build good
relationship between people, positivity theme develops positive behaviour in individuals and the
people who have this talent theme then they enable to lead success in their life or organization.
Harmony theme demonstrated that the people who have talent theme. They do not like to enjoy
conflicts or avoidance and supports to lead creative solution to resolve conflict crisis. Context
theme denotes strategic thinking that makes people creativity experts. Thus, each talent theme
keeps different purpose and people who have such talent theme or develops such talents that
makes them more successful person. Thus, I improved my understanding regrading top five
talents. These talents will help me in my professional career as well because I have dream to
become ideal leader for the people whereas I will perform role at my designated post. There are
five challenges such as lack of critical thinking, tackle diversity within workplace. These
challenges can act as obstacles for me due to these it may possible, I can find difficulties in
reaching my career goals. Such type thinking, I has before taking session of Clifton strengths but
now I do not think like that. The reason is that now I have great understanding about top five
talents in which empathy theme could assist me in future to deal with diversity within workplace
and I could work with wide number of people effectively. While harmony theme could support
me to overcome my critical thinking issue which I often find while draw logical conclusion in
any project assignments. With this talent theme I could effectively critically analyse any situation
and could give innovative solution in minimum time (Matson & Robison, 2017). Overall, Clifton
strengths has improved my level of understanding and made me my more confident and
dedicated for my professional career development.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Gallup Strengths Center. (2017). How CliftonStrengths Development Helps People Improve
Careers [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6BhSqyz0CQ
Matson, T. & Robison, J. (2017). The Rewarding Work of Turning Talents Into
Strengths. Retrieved from: http://news.gallup.com/businessjournal/202526/hard-work-
turning-talents-strengths.aspx?
g_source=CLIFTON_STRENGTHS&g_medium=topic&g_campaign=tiles
SAHMRI Wellbeing and Resilience Centre. (2015). Professor Seligman on PERMA [Video file].
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqqHUxzpfBI