Previously known as StrengthsQuest, CliftonStrengths is an assessment that helps identify natural talents. Knowing one’s talents allows individuals to develop them into strengths, which can help you achieve academic, career, and personal success. Please take the CliftonStrengths assessment at the MU Career Center (M-F, 9am-4pm) and then you can utilize these resources to maximize your potential!
CliftonStrengths
Resources
An interview with authors Tom Rath and Barry Conchie about how to identify, use, and leverage strengths for effective leadership.
This article discusses the research findings that effective leaders are those who have a high level of self-awareness.
A worksheet to assist you in using your talents to accomplish goals or address challenges in your leadership role.
The Discoveries activity assists you in understanding how your talents relate to your various roles.
Talent Networking-1.0 is an activity to help you learn about the talents of others.
Talent Soundbite provides an opportunity to write a soundbite about your talents and how you use them.
Five Clues To Talent provides questions that prompt reflection on the areas or tasks in school where you have excelled.
This resource provides a framework for coming up with ways to use your talents in completing academic assignments.
This activity helps you to understand what aspects of your CliftonStrengths results are a good description of you.