Does coming upon obstacles energize you? Are you continually thinking of a new path? Can you easily spot the patterns that arise?  Today on the Thoughtful Talents show we are spotlighting the CliftonStrengths® Strategic® talent theme. Joining us to share personal insights are two fellow e2grow and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coaches -- Cindy Butts and Louann McCurdy. With Strategic® in their top 5, Cindy and Louann provide excellent examples of how Strategic® talents shows up for them...and how others might come to understand this theme. Listen and learn how this powerful Strategic Thinking talent is similar within each of our guests, yet have slight differences when we start exploring Cindy's and Louann's different talent pairings. Both our guests share that their Strategic® theme drives a creative process for them, but they love and require time to think. This talent theme allows them to easily see patterns, quickly provide multiple options to solve a problem, and explains how their thinking & brainstorming never feels done. There is persistence to this theme -- always thinking about new and different paths. With this ability to create new paths or ways to do things, they share this gives them a sense of resiliency, they never feel stuck, there is always another option. Share with us your experiences with the Strategic® theme What would you add to our learnings? OUR GUESTS   Cindy Butts @ Grow with Strengths LinkedIn | Website  Cindy’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Achiever | Input | Strategic | Activator | WOO Louann McCurdy @ PeerSpectives Consulting Inc. LinkedIn | Website Louann’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Strategic | Ideation | Connectedness | Learner | Maximizer   YOUR HOSTS: Jen Werner @ Jen Werner Coaching LinkedIn | Website: Jen’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Responsibility | Achiever | Belief | Deliberative | Activator    Chad Ahern @ Talent and Teams Consulting LinkedIn | Website Chad’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Learner | Deliberative | Responsibility | Harmony | Analytical ----------------------  Learn more about CliftonStrengths Talent Themes:  https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx https://www.gallup.com/topic/strategic-theme.aspx   The opinions and insights we share on each CliftonStrengths theme are our own and are based on our understanding of Gallup’s Strengths-based development research. They are also informed by our unique work with our clients. Even though we are both Gallup Certified Strengths Coaches, the insights we share here are not formally vetted, approved, or endorsed by Gallup, Inc.   Gallup®, CliftonStrengths®, and the 34 theme names of CliftonStrengths® are trademarks of Gallup, Inc. All rights reserved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.