Pairing and Expanding Your Strengths: Intellection -- Season 2

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Gallup's Theme Thursday is a live Webcast that targets strengths
coaches and enthusiasts to provide a deeper context behind the
language of strengths by talking in-depth about each of the 34
Clifton StrengthsFinder themes.

On this Theme Thursday Season Two webcast, Jim Collison, Gallup's
Director of Talent Sourcing, and Maika Leibbrandt, Gallup Advanced
Learning and Development Consultant discussed the theme of
Intellection.

People exceptionally talented in the Intellectual theme enjoy
intellectual activity, being introspective and appreciate
intellectual discussions. Intellection is boundless, infinite and
deep. Intellection is about boundless capacity for consideration
and enhanced awareness. Intellection loves the process of thinking
and considers ideas for 360 degrees. Intellection finds things that
would otherwise be missed. Intellection can sometimes be
misunderstood as intelligence -- it is not the same thing. It is
the capacity to think and consider, and sometimes arrive at wisdom
and clarity as a result. The power and edge of Intellection is its
particular genius for processing ideas. It is a sounding board for
others to solve their problems or enhance the quality of their
work.

Raw Intellection can be closed and private and it says, "it's me
and my thoughts." Intellection loves to be alone with its thoughts.
Mature Intellection is open and starts the prelude to a great
conversation. Mature Intellection says, 'I have been alone with my
thoughts and here is what they are." However, according to Maika,
Intellection "...doesn't have to be the wise sage on the hill
sharing ideas, rather it is a very intentional specialty and
provides a depth of understanding." Raw Intellection can be
critical, while mature Intellection is collaborative.