Exploration strategies by CliftonStrengths® domain
Still deciding? Your CliftonStrengths can provide valuable insight into your approach to exploring majors and careers. Do you lead with Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, or Strategic Thinking? Use the domain-specific strategies below to guide your research.
Executing
People with dominant executing themes know how to make things happen.
Strengths: Achiever, Arranger, Belief, Consistency, Deliberative, Discipline, Focus, Responsibility, Restorative
Exploration Strategies: You might thrive by…
- Start Brainstorming: Creating a list of exploration strategies that fit your needs.
- Goal Setting: Setting clear goals and deadlines for the strategies you want to accomplish.
- Networking: Creating a list of people you want to network with.
Influencing
People with dominant influencing themes know how to take charge, speak up, and make sure the team is heard.
Strengths: Activator, Command, Communication, Competition, Maximizer, Self-Assurance, Significance, Woo
Exploration Strategies: You might thrive by…
- Engage: Attend exploration-focused events.
- Invite Others: Involving your friends and family in your exploration.
- Self-Motivate: Find motivation in researching career and major options to share this knowledge with others.
Relationship Building
People with dominant relationship building themes have the ability to build strong relationships that can hold a team together and make the team greater than the sum of its parts.
Strengths: Adaptability, Connectedness, Developer, Empathy, Harmony, Includer, Individualization, Positivity, Relator
Exploration Strategies: You might thrive by…
- Coaching: Working one on one with a Career Coach.
- Self-Assess: Taking a career exploration course.
- Analyze Your Results: Find a friend to process the information you found in your career assessment.
Strategic Thinking
People with dominant strategic thinking themes help teams consider what could be. They absorb and analyze information that can inform better decisions.
Strengths: Analytical, Context, Futuristic, Ideation, Input, Intellection, Learner, Strategic
Exploration Strategies: You might thrive by…
- Research: Taking career assessments to brainstorm major and career options.
- Use Your Resources: Utilize career exploration resources to help you collect more information about major or career options.
- Prepare: Develop a list of informational interview questions to help you feel more comfortable reaching out to people.
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