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Strengths Personal Reflection

Strengths Personal Reflection

Q Strengths Reflection Assignment Student Name: [Insert information] Group/Team: [Insert information] DIRECTIONS: Using your Strengths reports and reflecting on your experiences with the simulation and various strengths assignments, answer the following questions in the table below. Write in complete sentences and fully expand your thoughts using strong writing skills and proper grammar. Use this Word document template and increase the space in the table as needed to provide your complete answer. 1. How did your personal strength themes influence your work in the group during the various strengths exercises? Explain this by choosing three (3) of your themes and provide a short summary of the qualities of that strength. Also provide examples of how you displayed each one of the three themes with your group during the semester. Answer: 2. As for your team, how did you observe others’ strengths displayed during the various strengths exercises? Give the theme and an example for each team member. Answer: 3. Were there strengths you wish you had represented, or represented more, in the group? Why? What held you back? Answer: 4. When were you at your best during each of these three events: simulation, meeting one and meeting two? Why? Was this personal best related to a strength you possess? Answer: 5. When were you at your worst or most uncomfortable during the simulation, meeting one or meeting two? Reflect upon this and explain why. Include in your answer any way you tried to remediate the situation. Answer: 6. Strengths can also have a “shadow side.” Read the following article and answer the questions below: https://www.gallup.com/workplace/237035/probing-dark-side-employees-strengths.aspx a. What strengths themes of yours did you identify as having a potential shadow side? List any. Answer: b. How is this shadow side of your strengths theme exhibited in your life? Answer: c. What action do you need to take to develop this and employ it as a strength? Answer: 7. What have you learned during the strengths exercise, and how may you be more self-aware moving forward as an individual? As a team member? Individual Answer: As a Team Member Answer: 8. How did diversity of strengths leadership domains help your team in performing the strengths meetings? The strengths activity? Answer:

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1. Answer: Strategic thinking is what I brought to the team. Everyone was strong and contributed. However, long term vision is needed at times and seeing the moves before they happen is what I am good at and have been trained to do. Influencing the group to help sees thing they would not have seen otherwise, also executing, so once a decision has been made to help keep us on track. 2. Answer: Elizabeth with executing, showed strength with good attention to detail and summarizing our goals. Chelsea used influence, freely sharing ideas to keep things rolling. Meredith used leadership and pulling the team together initially.