Knowing how your dominant CliftonStrengths themes interact will help you identify your natural talents and develop your strengths. Theme dynamics are like the chemistry of talent themes — how your CliftonStrengths themes interact to create something brand new and more powerful than either theme alone.
COMPETITION
| Achiever | Your drive to complete things comes from within, and your drive to win comes from comparing yourself with those around you. |
| Activator | If you get started sooner, there’s a better chance of winning. If there is no chance of winning, why get started? |
| Adaptability | You have a competitive edge because you are at your best when you deal with the unpredictable pressures of the moment. |
| Analytical | For you, victory can’t be confirmed by emotions. The proof of a real victory is found in scores or metrics. |
| Arranger | You create high-performing teams by coordinating their efforts and inspire winning teams by comparing them to other teams. |
| Belief | You are motivated by those who have sacrificed for their most cherished values. You strive to exceed their integrity. |
| Command | For some wins, you must push yourself and push against others. For you, the greater the opposition, the sweeter the victory. |
| Communication | Victories are more likely for you when you have pregame discussions, in-game conversations and postgame debriefs. |
| Connectedness | You compare the well-being of one country to that of another country with the hope that all humanity might be well. |
| Consistency | You want to win and play by the rules. You don’t enjoy competing when the rules are unclear or not enforced. |
| Context | You recall your past victories because there is continuity between them and any future victory you hope to secure |
| Deliberative | Your victories are often the result of making fewer mistakes. By anticipating what could go wrong, you can prevent it. |
| Developer | You are at your best when you compare yourself with others. You bring out the best in others when you invest in their potential. |
| Discipline | Your victories are often related to the organized, precise and detailed plans that you create and then execute. |
| Empathy | When you win, you embrace the thrilling joy that comes with victory. And when you lose, you experience the painful agony of defeat. |
| Focus | Intent on reaching your goal, you concentrate on the outcome. Intent on winning, you also pay attention to others pursuing it. |
| Futuristic | Your desire and capacity for winning are enhanced by the energy you create when you imagine a victory. |
| Harmony | Your role in a victory is often shaped by your natural inclination to reduce conflict and increase cooperation. |
| Ideation | To continue winning, you come up with new ways to keep ahead of the pack. Continuous winning demands innovation. |
| Includer | You know that victory is more likely to occur when everyone on the team contributes. You try to make sure that all involved get credit for the win. |
| Individualization | Some of your victories are the result of your insight into the unique natures of your opponents and of your allies. |
| Input | You have a competitive edge because you gather useful resources, and you love to share them to help others win as well. |
| Intellection | When you need to win, you have to look deep within yourself and marshal all your inner resources on your own. |
| Learner | You like contests where you compare your performance with that of others, but you get bored if you never try a new contest. |
| Maximiser | When you win, you want to do it well. Winning without doing your best is not enough. Your victory must have quality. |
| Positivity | You want life to be fun, so you approach it with optimism, energy and enthusiasm. Life is most fun when you are winning. |
| Relator | You get better when you compare your performance to that of the people closest to you. Your best competitors are your best friends. |
| Responsibility | Your strong desire to win never causes you to compromise your ethics or ignore the rules. Cheaters are losers. |
| Restorative | One of your primary strategies for victory is identifying flaws and mistakes and working to reduce or eliminate them. |
| Self-assurance | You prefer to be in situations where victory is primarily determined by things you can control. |
| Significance | You enjoy being the first to cross the finish line and being the center of attention when you get your gold medal. |
| Strategic | Contests can be physical or financial, but your victories are conceptual as you outwit and outguess your opponents. |
| Woo | For you, there are always two opportunities for winning: winning an actual contest and winning over new people you encounter. |