A. Provide a PDF copy of your “Signature Themes” report after completing the
CliftonStrengths assessment.
a. Reflect on the results of the five categorical strengths from your CliftonStrengths
assessment, including what those results might indicate about your leadership.
● Developer:
○ With this strength, I’m able to see potential in others. As a leader,
this means I am not only focused on achieving goals but also on
building up the people around me. With this strength, I’m able to
create an environment where others feel encouraged and
challenged in healthy ways.
● Achiever:
○ As an achiever, I set a high standard of productivity for myself and
in turn my team. This strength makes me a dependable leader, and
someone who’s able to show what success looks like. As a leader,
my sense of accomplishment will motivate my team, and show
dedication to them as well.
● Learner:
○ As a learner, I strive for growth, discovery, and continuous
improvement. As a leader, this allows me to embrace new
challenges, and encourage my team to approach problems with
creativity and open mindedness. This strength will create an
environment for learning amongst my team, encouraging them to
experiment and take risks to develop new skills that will benefit
everyone. This strength, in tandem with my developer strength,
will nurture growth and learning opportunities for myself and my
team.
● Context:
○ This strength gives me the ability to look at the past to make future
decisions. As a leader, this strength will mean I don’t make choices
based solely on trends or quick fixes. I’ll look into patterns and
history to see how the issue evolved, and make an informed
, decision based on that. This will allow me to ground my team by
showing them how past successes, failures, and experiences have
shaped the current path they’re on. I can also use this strength to
anticipate challenges by recognizing patterns.
● Includer:
○ As an includer, I value connection, belonging, and fairness in my
team. With this strength, I’m able to create a sense of community,
and make people feel valued and heard. As a leader, I can
recognize people’s value and ensure that everyone has a place on
the team.
B. Evaluate your leadership, using one of the scholarly leadership theories below, by doing
the following:
● Participative Leadership
a. Evaluate three strengths of your leadership, using the chosen scholarly leadership
theory, including how each strength relates to the theory. Support the evaluation
of your strengths with at least one scholarly source.
● In participative leadership, leaders give their team “greater discretion,
extra attention and support, and involvement in solving problems and
making decisions” (Lam et al., 2015). Three strengths of my leadership
that align with this leadership theory are my ability to make people feel
included, my ability to develop people, and my drive for success. My
ability to include everyone directly supports this theory because it makes
team members feel safe contributing their ideas and perspectives, which
fosters the collaborative environment that is the basis of this leadership
theory. My ability to develop people directly supports this theory because
I’m able to encourage involvement by giving team members opportunities
to contribute in ways that highlight their strengths, and build those
strengths through the decisions we make as a team. My drive for success
ensures that I maintain productivity and collective success. This directly
supports this leadership theory because I’m able to co-create goals and
CliftonStrengths assessment.
a. Reflect on the results of the five categorical strengths from your CliftonStrengths
assessment, including what those results might indicate about your leadership.
● Developer:
○ With this strength, I’m able to see potential in others. As a leader,
this means I am not only focused on achieving goals but also on
building up the people around me. With this strength, I’m able to
create an environment where others feel encouraged and
challenged in healthy ways.
● Achiever:
○ As an achiever, I set a high standard of productivity for myself and
in turn my team. This strength makes me a dependable leader, and
someone who’s able to show what success looks like. As a leader,
my sense of accomplishment will motivate my team, and show
dedication to them as well.
● Learner:
○ As a learner, I strive for growth, discovery, and continuous
improvement. As a leader, this allows me to embrace new
challenges, and encourage my team to approach problems with
creativity and open mindedness. This strength will create an
environment for learning amongst my team, encouraging them to
experiment and take risks to develop new skills that will benefit
everyone. This strength, in tandem with my developer strength,
will nurture growth and learning opportunities for myself and my
team.
● Context:
○ This strength gives me the ability to look at the past to make future
decisions. As a leader, this strength will mean I don’t make choices
based solely on trends or quick fixes. I’ll look into patterns and
history to see how the issue evolved, and make an informed
, decision based on that. This will allow me to ground my team by
showing them how past successes, failures, and experiences have
shaped the current path they’re on. I can also use this strength to
anticipate challenges by recognizing patterns.
● Includer:
○ As an includer, I value connection, belonging, and fairness in my
team. With this strength, I’m able to create a sense of community,
and make people feel valued and heard. As a leader, I can
recognize people’s value and ensure that everyone has a place on
the team.
B. Evaluate your leadership, using one of the scholarly leadership theories below, by doing
the following:
● Participative Leadership
a. Evaluate three strengths of your leadership, using the chosen scholarly leadership
theory, including how each strength relates to the theory. Support the evaluation
of your strengths with at least one scholarly source.
● In participative leadership, leaders give their team “greater discretion,
extra attention and support, and involvement in solving problems and
making decisions” (Lam et al., 2015). Three strengths of my leadership
that align with this leadership theory are my ability to make people feel
included, my ability to develop people, and my drive for success. My
ability to include everyone directly supports this theory because it makes
team members feel safe contributing their ideas and perspectives, which
fosters the collaborative environment that is the basis of this leadership
theory. My ability to develop people directly supports this theory because
I’m able to encourage involvement by giving team members opportunities
to contribute in ways that highlight their strengths, and build those
strengths through the decisions we make as a team. My drive for success
ensures that I maintain productivity and collective success. This directly
supports this leadership theory because I’m able to co-create goals and
