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Gallup CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder).

CliftonStrengths

What it measures
Talent / strengths themes - 34 themes grouped into 4 leadership domains (Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, Strategic Thinking); a positive-psychology, strengths-based talent model.
Length and format
177 paired statements. forced-choice between two self-descriptors on a sliding scale (20-second pacing) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
25+ languages incl. ES, FR, DE, ZH, JP, PT, NL, IT, AR, KO.
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Rath, T. (2007). StrengthsFinder 2.0. Gallup Press; Asplund et al. CliftonStrengths Technical Report. https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/

https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/

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