Card sort

Your strengths

All the skills you have can fall into four categories:

Realised Strengths
Learned behaviours
Weaknesses
Unrealised strengths


This short card sort exercise will help you to identify your 'Realised' and 'Unrealised' strengths.

Get started

Stage one

Apprentice level career mastery.
*unlocks stage two*

Instructions for stage 1:

Read each card that pops up.

Do you love it?
Or does it belong in the trash?

Click the heart to keep the card or remove it by clicking on the bin.

Stage two

Unlocked by completing stage 1
Adept level career mastery.
*unlocks stage three*

Locked!

Stage three

Unlocked by completing stage 2
Expert level career mastery.
*unlocks primo understanding*

Locked!

Creativity

Creating and combining things in imaginative ways, to produce something original.

Prevention

Anticipating and preventing problems before they happen.

Listener

Listening to and focusing on what people say.

Optimism

Maintaining a positive attitude and outlook on life.

Legacy

Delivering a positive and sustainable impact by creating things that will outlast you.

Organiser

Being well-organised in everything you do.

Persistence

Achieving success by keeping going, particularly when things are difficult.

Bounceback

Using setbacks as springboards to go on and achieve more.

Improver

Looking for ways that things can be improved.

Action

Acting immediately and decisively learning as you go.

Esteem Builder

Helping others to believe in themselves and see what they are cabable of achieving.

Change Agent

Advocating for change and making it happen

Compassion

Caring, helping and sympathising with others.

Catalyst

Motivating and inspiring others to make things happen.

Centred

Having an inner composure and self-assurance, whatever the situation.

Adventure

Taking risks and stepping outside your comfort zone.

Growth

Looking for ways to grow and develop.

Personal Responsibility

Taking ownership of decisions and being held accountable for promises.

Spotlight

Being the focus of attention and speaking up.

Time Optimiser

Making the most of whatever time you have available.

Relationship Deepener

Forming deep, long-lasting realtionships.

Strategic Awareness

Paying attention to the wider context and bigger picture.

Empathic

Understanding and connecting with other people's feelings.

Authenticity

Being true to yourself, even in the face of pressure from others.

Resolver

Solving problems, the more difficult the better.

Resilience

Taking hardships in your stride and recovering quickly.

Rapport Builder

Establishing rapport and relationships, quickly and easily.

Pride

Striving to produce work that is of the highest standard and quality.

Explainer

Presenting things in a way that others can easily understand.

Feedback

Providing fair and accurate feedback to others.

Competitive

Competing to win, wanting to perform better than others.

Counterpoint

Bringing a different viewpoint, whatever the situation or context.

Courage

Overcoming your fears and doing what you want to do in spite of them.

Detail

Focusing on the small details to ensure accuracy.

Drive

Pushing yourself to achieve what you want out of life.

Enabler

Creating the conditions for people to grow and develop.

Equality

Ensuring everyone is treated equally, paying close attention to issues of fairness.

Service

Looking for ways to help and serve others.

Narrator

Telling stories as a way to help convey messages, values and insights.

Adherence

Following processes, operating within rules and guidelines.

Gratitude

Being thankful for the positive things in life.

Judgement

Making the right decision, quickly and easily.

Adaptable

Changing to meet demands, finding the best fit for your needs.

Self-awareness

Knowing yourself and understanding your own emotions and behaviour.

Incubator

Thinking deeply, eventually arriving at the best conclusion.

Moral Compass

Acting in accordance with what you believe is right.

Mission

Pursuing things that give you a sense of meaning and purpose in life.

Connector

Making connections between people, making links and introductions.

Innovation

Coming up with new and different approaches.

Planner

Making plans by taking a deliberate approach to everything you do.

Persuasion

Bringing others round to your way of thinking, winning their agreement.

Personalisation

Noticing the subtle differences in people, recognising their uniqueness.

Work Ethic

Putting a lot of effort into everything you do.

Unconditionality

Accepting people for who and what they are, without ever judging.

Emotional Awareness

Being aware of the emotions and feelings of others.

Humour

Seeing the funny side of a situation, making a joke of it.

Curiosity

Showing an interest in new things, seeking out new information.

Humility

Giving others credit for your contributions.

Writer

Conveying thoughts and ideas through the written word.

Step 1: Complete

Your loved choices have been added!

You can click on the trash if you want to recover a lost strength, or click below to continue .

In step 2 you will need to decide which things you're good at (and bin the rest!).

love this!

bin.

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Realised

Think about how you can further develop your Realised Stengths, & watch out for those you've over used.

Realised picks

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Unrealised

You might like to consider the opportunities available to further develop your Unrealised Stengths.

Unrealised picks

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Feedback

You can download a copy of the 'Strengths Definitions' and note your Strengths on the sheet.

You may also like to recap on the strength definitions and use this to note your Learned Behaviours and Weaknesses.

Save this to your portfolio and when researching potentional job ideas, try and think how these jobs might play to your strengths - and avoid your weaknesses!


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Having now gained a clearer understanding of your personal strengths, learned behaviour and weaknesses, the advice in relation to your Strength Profile Model is:

Use you Realised Strengths wisely
Use your Unrealised Strengths more
Use your Learned Behaviours when needed
Try to use your Weakness less


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