CliftonStrengths

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Talent × Investment = Strength

At the University of North Georgia (�鶹��Ƶ), CliftonStrengths empowers our community, students, faculty, and staff to discover and maximize their unique talents. Understand the top talents that define how a person thinks, behaves, and interacts, empowering them to work more effectively and with greater satisfaction. This strengths-based approach boosts student engagement, academic achievement, and career readiness.

By cultivating self-awareness and purpose-driven action, CliftonStrengths helps individuals contribute their best, aligning directly with �鶹��Ƶ's Big Bets for personal growth and community development.

Contact Information

Mallory RodriguezProfile page

Director of Student Leadership

706-864-1481

Hoag Student Center, 418,

Your Blueprint for Impact

Personal Discovery

Deepened Self-Awareness: Discover your innate talents—your natural ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. This insight clarifies what you do best, boosting your self-confidence and sense of purpose.
Enhanced Academic Performance: Leverage your strengths to tailor study habits, choose fitting courses, and tackle academic challenges effectively, leading to greater engagement and better results.
Identify Ideal Career Paths: While not prescribing a job, the assessment clarifies work environments and roles where you're most likely to thrive and find fulfillment.

Strength-Based Teams

Enhance Team Dynamics: Understanding each member's unique talents fosters greater appreciation, trust, and collaboration, leading to better communication and fewer conflicts.
Empower Student Leaders: Leaders who know their strengths lead authentically, delegate strategically, and cultivate positive, strengths-based cultures within their organizations.
Increase Engagement & Retention:When members feel valued for their strengths, they are more likely to stay involved and contribute meaningfully, making organizations more inclusive, energized, and mission-driven.

Get Started

If you are interested in taking a self-assessment, group workshop, or a coaching session, complete the interest form.

Note: Services are subject to availability. For specific questions, contact Mallory Rodriguez, Director of Student Leadership.

Strenths-Based Resources

Attend a Workshop

Explore our workshop offerings designed to help you develop and apply your Strengths. Workshop availability varies, so check �鶹��Ƶ Connect for upcoming dates and registration details.

Workshops for Students

Strengths 101
- This interactive session introduces students to the CliftonStrengths® framework, helping them identify and develop their unique talents. Participants will explore their Top 5 Strengths, learn how these natural abilities influence their academic and personal success, and discover ways to apply them in teamwork, leadership, and career planning. Through guided discussions and activities, students will gain self-awareness, confidence, and strategies to maximize their strengths in everyday life.
Strengths 201
- Learn how to talk about what you bring to a team with your strengths, needs based on your strengths and how to put boundaries in place so the barrier labels of your strengths do not pop up, or when they do, how to manage them for better wellbeing.
Strengths Based Career & Goal Setting
- Receive a personal insight report and reflect on how your personal insights influence your career choices and challenges. This workshop will also help you set intentional career-based goals.
Understanding the Strengths of Others
- Great organizations are built on more than shared goals—they thrive when members understand, appreciate, and leverage one another's unique talents. In this interactive CliftonStrengths® workshop, leaders will learn how to recognize and value the strengths of their fellow organization members, improve communication, navigate differences, and intentionally build more collaborative and engaged teams.

Workshops for Faculty and Staff

CliftonStrengths® Talent Themes
- This workshop provides an engaging introduction to all 34 CliftonStrengths® talent themes, helping participants understand what each theme represents and how different strengths influence the way people think, learn, communicate, and lead.
Coaching through CliftonStrengths®
- This interactive workshop equips faculty and staff with practical strategies for incorporating CliftonStrengths® into coaching conversations with student advisees and supervisees. Participants will learn how to ask strengths-based questions, provide meaningful feedback, and guide others toward greater self-awareness, confidence, and goal attainment by helping them intentionally apply their natural talents in academic, professional, and leadership settings.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does �鶹��Ƶ use CliftonStrengths®?

�鶹��Ƶ sees CliftonStrengths® as a tool on the journey for purpose and leadership development. Knowing your strengths can help you build more self-awareness and put effective strategies in place to build stronger essential skills and show up for yourself and others in more effective ways. Purpose is your why, strengths can be part of the how. Additionally, research shows that students who use their strengths every day are much more likely to thrive in their wellbeing.

Who will see my CliftonStrengths® results?

Your Strengths data is protected through the Gallup platform and your SSO login. No one will see your results outside of your consent. If you have taken your strengths via the �鶹��Ƶ Platform, those who manage the technical aspects of the platforms are the only ones with access to results and only access them at your request to help you troubleshoot an issue. Otherwise, anytime you participate in a team session, the group leader is required to get consent from participants before sharing a team grid or having access to the strengths of others.

What should I do after I take my assessment?

After you take your assessment, go through your report and take note of or highlight words and phrases you really resonate with in the descriptions. Begin reflecting on where you see your strengths show up each day. After you have a good understanding of your strengths, attend strengths workshops to better understand how to leverage them in different areas.

What if I took my assessment and forgot my results?

If you can’t remember your results and took your strengths through �鶹��Ƶ, you can access your results at any time by going to go.ung.edu/strengths and logging in with your �鶹��Ƶ SSO to reach your results.

Can I retake my assessment?

Gallup only recommends retaking your assessment after a major life change. Because your results are an assessment of your natural thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, we often find that your results won’t change that much. If you’ve experienced a major life change and feel like you need to retake your assessment, you can email engage@ung.edu for more information.

How is this different from a personality test?
CliftonStrengths® is rooted in positivity psychology research and the science of talent development. Strengths are actionable and measure your patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors, not personality traits. It is designed to help people understand their strengths and how to use them to achieve their goals. You can see how CliftonStrengths® compares to popular personality assessments below:

What if I need accommodations?

There is a 20-second timer for each statement on the CliftonStrengths® assessment. However, it can be turned off if you need accommodations that require you to take the assessment without a time limit. If this is the case, please contact engage@ung.edu for assistance.

What is a talent? What is a strength? How do they differ?

According to Gallup, a talent is "a naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling or behavior that can be productively applied;" and a strength is "the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance in a specific activity." The key to building a strength is to identify your dominant talents, then complement them by acquiring knowledge and skills pertinent to the activity.

How likely is it to have the same Top 5 Talent Themes as somebody else?

The chances of having the exact same Top Five (5) Talent Themes in the exact order as someone else is 1 in 33.39 million. The chance of having the same Top Five (5) Talent Themes as someone else (but in a different order) is approximately 1 in 340,000.

Why can I only see my Top 5?

Gallup suggests that individuals can make greater strides by focusing on a more select number of talents to really develop and intentionally use in your life rather than having a list with all 34 talents.

How can I get my full list of 34 Talent Themes?

You are able to purchase your entire results on the . A general list of the 34 themes can be found .

Is the assessment available in other languages?

The CliftonStrengths® assessment is offered in 20 languages. When you create your account, there will be an option to choose a language for the assessment.

After finishing the CliftonStrengths® assessment, I received an error that said I had given too many neutral responses. What do I do?

You'll have to retake the CliftonStrengths® assessment. Your account should be automatically reset so that you can take the assessment again. Log back in and you will be directed to retake CliftonStrengths®.

Will my Talents change?

Since your talents are natural patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, it is likely that they will remain consistent. However, for some people who take CliftonStrengths® several years apart (such as during their freshman and senior years), it is possible for several of your talent themes to remain the same and for a couple to change. Those were likely talents that were in your top 10 previously, but you have implemented those more in your life recently.