“The most insightful part of working through the Clifton Strengths of our team with Blake was better understanding the strengths, motivations and priorities of each team member. For example, I thought that one of my employees was going to be really strong in one of the areas that aligned with her role in our organization, but it was actually one of her lowest ranked strengths. Through follow up conversations we were able to redesign that part of her role to allow her to spend more time on responsibilities she enjoyed and were better catered to her strengths.”

I remember thinking that most of my top five strengths were accurate, but didn’t initially resonate with the Learner strength.  However, after getting feedback and some examples from my team and Blake, I better understood how I bring that strength to my work each day and did in fact enjoy learning new things and constantly trying to improve.

“I’ve had many conversations with others that were guided by my strengths.  While I’ve always been confident sharing that I’m an achiever, I’ve also been much more confident speaking to those I’m working with to explain that I’m working on becoming more adaptable, but adaptability is my lowest strength.  Blake has reminded me of this when I’ve had difficulty communicating with others that don’t meet deadlines or constantly change their mind on important decisions, and has helped me put in place structures that have allowed me to improve my adaptability and find a healthy working relationship with most of these co-workers.”

“There are many ways to look at your individual strengths.  However, I’ve yet to find something that has been more beneficial in a team setting than working with Blake and Clifton Strengths.  I’d highly recommend working with him to transform your team, department or organization!”