List Of Starved CliftonStrengths - Blind Spot Strengths That Masquerade As Your Weakness Zone
CliftonStrengths Blind Spots - How Talents Could Be Perceived As Your Weakness Zone If Your Strengths Are Overused Or Misapplied
Achiever - Work seems more important to you than people do; you might go into "heads-down" mode and become withdrawn from peers; not interactive with team because you're so focused on "get 'r done" mode
Activator - Hasty — because you're so concerned with starting; leaping before looking as a conscious strategy; impatient for careful people — this could show up as a lack of teamwork
Adaptability - Directionless (if others don't see why you're always doing the next new thing) — it can look like your priorities are all over the place; an indiscriminate "Yes man" if you're jumping on every change bandwagon
Analytical - Overly skeptical — decisions can get paralyzed by all of the analysis you want to do; dismissive of feelings or emotions in the workplace
Arranger - Controlling; changes without explaining why; impatient with late adopters
Belief - Stubborn or set in ways; might appear self-righteous, which can confuse your "they're such a good person" reputation; refuses or avoids "meaningless" tasks
Command - Bossy; dictator; insensitive
Communication - Can't stop talking; impatient with those who need time to think
Competition - Sore loser; in-your-face winner
Connectedness - Flaky; out of touch; not realistic
Consistency - Rules over results; tries to standardize art; squashes creativity
Context - Stuck in the past; slow to move forward; rehashing
Deliberative - Hesitant; slow to respond; Dr. No
Developer - Obsessively helping low performers; pushing those who aren’t ready; imposing helper
Discipline - Resistant to change; rigid
Empathy - Bleeding heart; drama finder; drained by negative emotions
Focus - Miss the journey; ignores people in favor of the goal; single-minded or obsessive
Futuristic - Impractical; moves before people are ready; head in clouds
Harmony - Conflict avoidant; passive with opponents; shuts down around conflict
Ideation - Impractical; all over the place; all talk, no action
Individualization - Sacrifices group for individuals; rule disregarder; inefficient catering to styles
Includer - Indiscriminate; resents selectivity; indecisive if a voice is missing
Input - Packrat; hoarder of ideas and things; bogged down in research or study
Intellection - Grammar police; aloof; in your own world
Learner - Not prioritized; focused on the irrelevant; bored
Maximizer - Picky; never satisfied; takes on too much
Positivity - Naive; Pollyanna; avoidant of “downer” issues
Relator - Cliquish; alliances with cronies; protective of friendships
Responsibility - Can’t say no; martyr project saver; resents that others don’t volunteer
Restorative - Negative; weakness-oriented; critical
Self-Assurance - Arrogant; overconfident; know it all
Significance - Attention hound; showboat; superficial
Strategic - Always trying something different; blazes trails without change management; hates being questioned
Woo - Phony, politician; superficial; cares too much what others think
This section describes how you might be perceived when the shadow side of your talent is showing. Carl Jung is the psychologist famous for introducing the idea of "shadow sides" or "dark sides" to your natural patterns, yet many people never identify them because there are few how-to guides. In corporate life, we often call them blind spots. It's stuff that others can see in you, yet you are not aware of the impact on others - which can negatively impact how you're perceived at work.
Your shadow sides often show up when you’re overusing, misapplying, or squashing down one of your natural talents rather than investing in it to turn it into a strength. That's right - sometimes your dark side is not your weakness zone. We actually call these blind spot strengths.
You may have had feedback in your career about these blind spots, and you left thinking that they're things you're bad at. We often see people starve, squash, or ignore their talents when they assume that way of thinking or acting is not valued on their team. Imagine: if you could take these strong patterns in you and refine them, you could turn them into one of your greatest strengths.
Check out this list and pick 1-2 that may represent you when you're at your worst. Think of those moments when your patience is low, you're feeling grumpy, or you're triggered by something that drives you crazy. That's when the shadow side of your talents is most likely to show up.
Alliances with cronies
Aloof
Always trying something different
Arrogant
Attention hound
Avoidant of “downer” issues
Blazes trails without change management
Bleeding heart
Bogged down in research or study
Bored
Bossy
Can’t say no
Can’t stop talking
Cares too much what others think
Changes without explaining why
Cliquish
Conflict avoidant
Controlling
Critical
Dictator
Directionless
Dismissive of “feelings”
Dr. No
Drained by negative emotions
Drama finder
Flaky
Focused on the irrelevant
Grammar police
Hasty
Hates being questioned
Head in clouds
Heads-down, withdrawn from team
Hesitant
Hoarder of ideas and things
Ignores people in favor of the goal
Impatient with careful people
Impatient with late adopters
Impatient with those who need time to think
Imposing helper
Impractical
In his/her own world
In-your-face winner
Indecisive if a voice is missing
Indiscriminate
Inefficient catering to styles
Insensitive
Know it all
Leaps before looking
Martyr project saver
Miss the journey
Moves before people are ready
Naive
Negative
Never satisfied
Not interactive with team
Not prioritized
Not realistic
Obsessively helping low performers
Out of touch
Over-confident
Overly skeptical
Packrat
Paralyzed by analysis
Passive with opponents
Phony, politician
Picky
Pollyanna
Protective of friendships
Pushing those who aren’t ready
Refuses “meaningless” tasks
Rehashing
Resents selectivity
Resents that others don’t volunteer
Resistant to change
Rigid
Rule disregarder
Rules over results
Sacrifices group for individuals
Self-righteous
Set in ways
Showboat
Shuts down around conflict
Single-minded or obsessive
Slow to move forward
Slow to respond
Sore loser
Squashes creativity
Stuck in the past
Superficial
Takes on too much
Tries to standardize art
Weakness-oriented
Work more important than people
“Yes man”