"Honored" List - CliftonStrengths Clues To A Good Culture Fit

Achiever - Being given the freedom to control the pace of your work; opportunity to see things through to the end

Activator - Opportunity to move fast and get things started as often as possible; not getting bogged down red tape and slow decision making; instigating action because the team is stuck

Adaptability - Urgent pressures to address; every day different from the last; being given the challenge of managing change that involves the buy-in of other people; making people feel seen and heard during changes that are difficult for people to adopt

Analytical - Time to think deeply; being surrounded in a bath of data and facts — the more the better

Arranger - Dynamic environment; initiating and managing change; freedom to orchestrate the moving parts; opportunity to be the conductor

Belief - Deeper meaning to tasks and relationships; being given something worth believing in; seeing that their work is important

Command - Being asked to challenge assumptions; being called upon to fix or manage out-of-control situations; freedom to disagree (in all org chart directions — up, down, & lateral); being asked to drive something; bringing an out-of-control situation back to a calm, clear state

Communication - Being asked for collaboration, and being used as a sounding board; being engaged in storytelling; freedom to express yourself; talking things out with other people; being relied on to engage with peers or customers when a situation needs an infusion of energy

Competition - Frequent opportunities to win or to help other people win; observing successful people to learn new winning strategies; being around other high performers; a scorecard to know where they stand on the leaderboard at any given time; opportunity to work with other highly competitive people because they will invigorate each other

Connectedness - Being in community with others; acknowledgment of the bigger purpose — everyone's part of something bigger than each person; freedom to establish a broad network at the office; helping people see things about other teams or departments that weren't seen before

Consistency - Standard operating procedures or established processes being followed; people being treated fairly and equally

Context - Uncovering and applying what got us here; background information about company decisions; examining past behaviors to predict future actions

Deliberative - Time to think and research; a conscientious approach

Developer - Optimism about people; being put in a position to nurture potential in others

Discipline - Being offered or allowed to create structure and process; organized thoughts and physical spaces

Empathy - Freedom to laugh or cry or vent; time to feel and soak in experiences

Focus - Purposeful blocks of time; clear priorities for big initiatives; a clear intent for meetings

Futuristic - Talking about the unforeseen and what is possible; time to dream and vividly visualize the future

Harmony - Sharing and seeking common ground; facilitating group performance by helping people see where they're on the same page

Ideation - Being offered a blank canvas so there are no constraints on the thinking or options; creative thinking time

Individualization - Seeing a glimmer of potential and nurturing it to find out what it can become; individual expectations that are relevant to each person

Includer - A room for everyone's perspective; new people being assimilated into the team — both new hires and people you occasionally collaborate with

Input - Archived resources to use; time to investigate and share the results of research with those who will value it

Intellection - Time to be alone to think; being asked to explore theory and perform research before executing

Learner - New experiences; being invited into projects that involve cutting edge technology and thinking

Maximizer - Making good stuff even better; high ROI projects with meaningful impact; resources to ensure quality work; focus on what can be; opportunity to help people, projects, or products reach their full potential

Positivity - Generous, genuine, and regular recognition for all; a fun-loving work environment that doesn't have to be serious all the time

Relator - Willingness to grow your relationship depth; transparency and 1:1 interaction time — not merely team level interactions

Responsibility - Being allowed to earn full ownership of outcomes; respect and trust that matches the dependability and results you bring to the team

Restorative - Being given problems to solve — the stickier the better; being asked to creatively troubleshoot issues that have been handled with a status quo solution too for long

Self-Assurance - Being allowed to be fully self-sufficient on the job; being put in situations where you feel freedom and can control the process

Significance - Being appreciated for your impact; being given the chance to show up at your best

Strategic - Fast action down a new path without roadblocks; being allowed to make mid-course corrections if you discover a better route along the way

Woo - A solid inflow of friends, connections, and networking — work and personal relationships will likely blur; greeting new colleagues and customers to help them feel comfortable and welcome