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.
CONTEXT
| Achiever | Your clear memory of how you did something in the past enables you to replicate your performance and possibly improve on it. |
| Activator | Your awareness of and appreciation for what has been creates within you a sense of urgency about what you must do now. |
| Adaptability | You immerse yourself in each moment, and your memory of each experience allows you to relive it as if it were today. |
| Analytical | Your recalling and recording of history is shaped by measurable data and objective facts. Good history is good science. |
| Arranger | Your appreciation and understanding of the past help you orchestrate the multiple surprising realities of the present. |
| Belief | You base your life on core values that have stood the test of time, and you benefit from the wisdom of your spiritual ancestors. |
| Command | When you think, your first inclination is to look back, and when you encounter opposition, your first inclination is to push back. |
| Communication | You love to tell stories about the past because the more you tell them, the more you and others remember them. |
| Competition | You recall your past victories because there is continuity between them and any future victory you hope to secure. |
| Connectedness | You view the world through a lens that gives you both a holistic global perspective and a historical retrospective. |
| Consistency | Your memory of what has and has not worked helps create more efficient systems of operation moving forward. |
| Deliberative | You can prevent problems because you anticipate what could go wrong and you recall past failures. |
| Developer | You are most effective at helping other people grow when you understand their experiences and cultural background. |
| Discipline | You remember or meticulously record what has been so you will always have an infrastructure for what will be. |
| Empathy | When you look back, you remember the events and the emotions of the past. For you, the historical is emotional. |
| Focus | By taking time to consider prior events and experiences, you get better at prioritizing activities and concentrating on outcomes. |
| Futuristic | Your deep appreciation of the past is the breeding ground for your vision of tomorrow, the next chapter of history. |
| Harmony | Preserving the best of the past and the productive peace of today are high on your list of priorities. |
| Ideation | You appreciate the past, and you use your historical perspective to fuel innovation that begins a new chapter of history. |
| Includer | Your memory can be selective, so you invite everyone to help you reconstruct the past. That history will be everyone’s story. |
| Individualization | Your understanding of others takes into consideration their unique history — who they naturally are and where they come from. |
| Input | With your collection of tangible resources and your recollection of historical facts, you may have exactly what others need. |
| Intellection | Introspective and retrospective, your mind goes deep and remembers. You have both a philosophical and a historical understanding. |
| Learner | Because you tend to retain what you study, academic success often comes easy for you. Your memory and ability to achieve help. |
| Maximiser | While history has its share of failure, you study history’s successes because it gives you a better return on your investment. |
| Positivity | Your mind is oriented toward yesterday, and you often recall first the things that worked and went well. |
| Relator | You enjoy the intimacy of a close relationship and the history of how that relationship evolved. |
| Responsibility | You gratefully help others because of your powerful memory of those who have helped you. |
| Restorative | Your memory of and appreciation for past problem solving enhances your ability to solve present and future problems. |
| Self-assurance | You are confident because you trust your own instincts as well as the solid track record of your experiences. |
| Significance | When people hear stories of your past success, they are more likely to see you as a credible individual they can trust. |
| Strategic | While some only consider possibilities they can imagine, you embrace possibilities you remember from the past. |
| Woo | Your ability to build a growing social network means that your appreciation of the past is likely to be extended and preserved. |