Strengths Cards
Product Description
If I asked you to name your strengths, what would you say?
Most people hesitate, some aren’t sure they have any, and many simply don’t know what theirs are.
According to Professor Alex Linley, “a strength is a pre-existing capacity for a particular way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is authentic and energizing to the user, and enables optimal functioning, development, and performance.”
Strengths have become so central in positive psychology that identifying and using them is now seen as one of the most direct paths to personal and professional fulfilment.
Research shows that high-performing students understand their abilities and set goals just beyond their current level, while lower-performing students often lack awareness of their strengths and set unrealistic goals.
The most successful people build their personal and professional lives around their strengths.
They learn to recognise their talents, develop them further, choose roles where they can thrive, and intentionally apply their strengths in everyday life.
When it comes to weaknesses, they manage them rather than trying to turn them into strengths.
Studies also reveal that simply identifying your strengths increases well-being and that using them at work boosts engagement and performance.
The 50 strengths included in this pack bring together all major strength classifications and reflect the full scope of current scientific knowledge.
(As our Strength Cards are available in several languages, please double-check the language and quantity before completing your order.)
Go further
Explore our strengths-based trainings:
Strengths & Engagement
Activating Your Strengths in the Face of Stress
Leading with Strengths
Strengths Assessment for Teams
Learn more about strengths:
• On our blog: How your strengths become your superpowers for tomorrow
• On the blog of our Belgian partner, Evoluo: Read the article
• On Camille Lamouille’s Positrainer blog: Read the article
• On the Docendi blog: Read the article
Help children build confidence with our related tools:
Let’s Play Strengths
Fantastic World of Strengths Cards
Who is it for?
Just anyone!
Managers, project managers, trainers, psychologists, therapists, youth workers, teachers, human resources specialists and anyone curious.
Its use
So, how can you use these cards to identify, develop, and utilize strengths to their fullest potential? Discover examples of activities that can be carried out in one-on-one conversations and sessions, within a family circle, with friends, and, of course, in many training and team-building situations. These activities are written with the end user in mind, so if you are a coach, trainer, or therapist, please note that by “you,” we could also mean “your client.”
Strength Gym
In groups of 5 to 8, with the cards in front of you, choose three cards that you consider to be your greatest strengths. Take a look at the description and strengths questions on the back. Introduce yourself to the group by giving concrete examples of how you use these strengths (not just “I think I am a creative person”). Each group member takes turns doing this.
Next, name one or more other strengths for the other group members, giving concrete examples of when you have seen them use that strength. This exercise is contagious; you will find the whole group naming each other's strengths within minutes. It can also be very emotional.
Using forces for recruitment
Give the candidate the strengths cards or spread them out on the table. Ask the candidate to choose between 3 and 5 cards that seem most authentic to them and give some examples of how they have used these strengths in their previous professional or volunteer activities.
Using Strengths in a Professional Exam
Explain the approach to the employee. Give the strengths cards to the candidate or spread them out on a table. Ask the employee to pick three to five cards that represent their greatest strengths. Discuss the deployment of their strengths in their current position and/or their career advancement. Discuss ways to move forward (another meeting, a strengths test, creating a new job).
Examples of questions to use:
– Imagine an ideal workday/week. How would your strengths be expressed?
– In which tasks do you use your strengths the most? How can you make them more meaningful?
– How do your strengths match the needs of your team, your department, your company?
– How can your professional development allow you to make more use of what you know how to do?
Click here to learn how to use the Strengths Cards with a video.
If I asked you to name your strengths, what would you say?
Most people hesitate, some aren’t sure they have any, and many simply don’t know what theirs are.
According to Professor Alex Linley, “a strength is a pre-existing capacity for a particular way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is authentic and energizing to the user, and enables optimal functioning, development, and performance.”
Strengths have become so central in positive psychology that identifying and using them is now seen as one of the most direct paths to personal and professional fulfilment.
Research shows that high-performing students understand their abilities and set goals just beyond their current level, while lower-performing students often lack awareness of their strengths and set unrealistic goals.
The most successful people build their personal and professional lives around their strengths.
They learn to recognise their talents, develop them further, choose roles where they can thrive, and intentionally apply their strengths in everyday life.
When it comes to weaknesses, they manage them rather than trying to turn them into strengths.
Studies also reveal that simply identifying your strengths increases well-being and that using them at work boosts engagement and performance.
The 50 strengths included in this pack bring together all major strength classifications and reflect the full scope of current scientific knowledge.
(As our Strength Cards are available in several languages, please double-check the language and quantity before completing your order.)
Go further
Explore our strengths-based trainings:
Strengths & Engagement
Activating Your Strengths in the Face of Stress
Leading with Strengths
Strengths Assessment for Teams
Learn more about strengths:
• On our blog: How your strengths become your superpowers for tomorrow
• On the blog of our Belgian partner, Evoluo: Read the article
• On Camille Lamouille’s Positrainer blog: Read the article
• On the Docendi blog: Read the article
Help children build confidence with our related tools:
Let’s Play Strengths
Fantastic World of Strengths Cards
Just anyone!
Managers, project managers, trainers, psychologists, therapists, youth workers, teachers, human resources specialists and anyone curious.
So, how can you use these cards to identify, develop, and utilize strengths to their fullest potential? Discover examples of activities that can be carried out in one-on-one conversations and sessions, within a family circle, with friends, and, of course, in many training and team-building situations. These activities are written with the end user in mind, so if you are a coach, trainer, or therapist, please note that by “you,” we could also mean “your client.”
Strength Gym
In groups of 5 to 8, with the cards in front of you, choose three cards that you consider to be your greatest strengths. Take a look at the description and strengths questions on the back. Introduce yourself to the group by giving concrete examples of how you use these strengths (not just “I think I am a creative person”). Each group member takes turns doing this.
Next, name one or more other strengths for the other group members, giving concrete examples of when you have seen them use that strength. This exercise is contagious; you will find the whole group naming each other's strengths within minutes. It can also be very emotional.
Using forces for recruitment
Give the candidate the strengths cards or spread them out on the table. Ask the candidate to choose between 3 and 5 cards that seem most authentic to them and give some examples of how they have used these strengths in their previous professional or volunteer activities.
Using Strengths in a Professional Exam
Explain the approach to the employee. Give the strengths cards to the candidate or spread them out on a table. Ask the employee to pick three to five cards that represent their greatest strengths. Discuss the deployment of their strengths in their current position and/or their career advancement. Discuss ways to move forward (another meeting, a strengths test, creating a new job).
Examples of questions to use:
– Imagine an ideal workday/week. How would your strengths be expressed?
– In which tasks do you use your strengths the most? How can you make them more meaningful?
– How do your strengths match the needs of your team, your department, your company?
– How can your professional development allow you to make more use of what you know how to do?
Click here to learn how to use the Strengths Cards with a video.
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