Gallup CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder).
CliftonStrengths
Talent / strengths themes - 34 themes grouped into 4 leadership domains (Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, Strategic Thinking); a positive-psychology, strengths-based talent model.
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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.
- 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/
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