Wikipedia Draft:CliftonStrengths Assessment

The Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment was introduced in 1999 by Donald Clifton to help identify personality strengths.

Assessment
The Clifton StrengthsFinder is an online tool with 177 self-descriptors. The assessment is timed and participants chose the descriptors they feel most closely align with their personality.

There are 34 potential aptitude areas and this tool produces a Strengths-Based Leadership report that lists the participants top 5 strengths. Examples of strengths are: Connectedness, Empathy, Developer.

The tool was updated in 2007 (StrengthsFinder 2.0) and in 2020 was one of the best selling professional assessment tools.

Applications
The Clifton StrengthsFinder is used by Fortune 500 companies and other organizations to maximize potential.

Business leaders use this assessment to assign tasks based on strengths instead of working to fix weaknesses. It also allows employees to work within their competencies for a higher job satisfaction and performance.