MAXIMIZER
CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) Theme
KEYWORD: Excellence
GENIUS STATEMENT
People exceptionally talented in the Maximizer (CilftonStrengths • StrengthsFinder) theme focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. They seek to transform something strong into something superb.
CHARACTERISTICS
People with Maximizer (CilftonStrengths • StrengthsFinder) talents are committed to individual and group excellence. You focus on what is good, and seek to transform it into something great. The idea of an untapped potential excites you, you prefer to focus on leveraging your strengths where the potential is limitless. You naturally work towards achieving the best, and inspire others to do the same.
YOUR WORLD VIEW
Perfect is better than done.
It is not about how much was done but how well it was done. You believe that everything can be improved, taken to another level and you take pride in doing that.
WHAT YOU ARE KNOWN FOR
Driven
Strive for excellence
Quality work
POTENTIAL PITFALLS
Extremely high standards
Difficult to satisfy
Perfectionist
Demanding
WHAT FRUSTRATES YOU
Teammates or partners who gives you you subpar work
Work done with little or no effort
WHAT YOU VALUE
People who appreciate your strengths
Time and opportunity to improve existing drafts
People who are open to hearing your feedback and are willing to act on it
YOUR GREATEST CONTRIBUTION
Your ability to envision what excellence looks like provides others a common goal
Your drive for producing work of high standards influences others to strive for excellence too, thus improve the overall quality as a group and organization
Your strength helps to bring any project up a notch, giving it more value than it previously had
“The genius of Maximizer (CilftonStrengths • StrengthsFinder) talents lies in your preference to work towards achieving excellence.