strengths_reflection.md

Strengths Reflection & Coaching Request

Read Through Your Theme Definitions

1. What words or phrases stick out to you? How would you define each of your top 5 talents in your own words? connectedness: knowing that my actions influence others and viceversa, having a responsibility to others wellbeing learner: enjoying learning about new information and always absorbing. asking questions individualization: recognizing, repecting and appreciating everyones differences empathy: knowing how to understand a different perspective than your own and knowing how that affects you/others ideation: thriving on creating/discovering new ideas or collaborating with others' ideas to evolve them

2. Do these top 5 talent themes resonate with you? Why or why not? YES I agree with these talents, although I do not necessarily agree with the order they are presented. I feel proud to have these talents. they align with my personal ethics and they certainly direct alot of my actions

3. How have you seen yourself using each of these talents? How often do you see yourself using these talents? I see myself using connectedness everyday, I tend to think alot about other's experiences and how we can all progress together using individual actions or even motives. I am a innate learner and I self educate everyday (the internet can be a great way to discover knowledge.. just know how to be sourcy). I used individualization in my previous careers to create meaningful relationships with co-workers, clients, etc. I find empathy to be overwhelming sometimes. Occassionally it takes me out of my own experience too much. Ideation can sometimes be a distraction or divert my focus from one goal to many goals because i'm always evolving ideas

4. When has it been difficult for me to be aware of this talent? It is hard for me to be aware of when i'm using the talent ideation in a productive/supportive manner. It gets out of my control easily.

5. What talents could you develop further that would help you in your growth at Turing and in your new career as a software developer? I could try to develop the talents of learner and ideation to help me to settle on a decision and focus on that idea.

6. How would you like to build more awareness around these themes? I would like to be able to identify when a talent is helping me succeed and when it is out of my control.

7. In which situations would developing these themes be beneficial? It would be helpful to develope ideation at times when I need to make a decision about what to place focus on.

8. When might you overuse any of these themes? How might you benefit from dialing it down in a certain situation? I feel that I can overuse empathy

9. How could you use these themes to help you manage an area in which you might struggle?

10. How can you do more of what you do best every day?

Look at the Suggested Action Items

What options sound doable?

What are some new ways to use these themes that you haven't utilized before?

What obstacles are there to trying out any of these options?

Shortterm: What is an action step you'd like to commit to help you develop your themes further today? Next week?

Longterm: What do you want to learn this module to turn your talents into greater strengths? How will this help you with your professional or personal goals?