10 Things You Should Never Do After a Strength Test
Congratulations—you and your team have completed a Strengthmaker test! Now, whatever you do, don’t follow these tips if you want to forget all about your newly discovered strengths as fast as possible:
1. Ignore the results completely
Your best bet? Tuck those test results into the bottom drawer and forget you ever took it. Who needs self-reflection or personal growth anyway?
2. Change absolutely nothing
Change? How uncomfortable! Stick with the status quo, even though you now know exactly who brings which strengths to the table. Avoid discomfort and cling to routine!
3. Pretend the test never happened
Act like the insights from your Strengthmaker test were just a nice dream. Applying strengths in your daily work? Sounds like way too much effort.
4. Complain instead of celebrating
Instead of praising your colleagues’ strengths, focus on highlighting their weaknesses. That’ll definitely create a positive work environment!
5. Avoid strengths-based coaching
Coaching and personal development talks are only for people who actually want to improve. Too much work! Stay exactly as you are—perfectly imperfect.
6. Work alone
Teamwork? Over your dead body! Ignore your teammates’ complementary strengths and go it alone. That’ll surely move your projects forward (not).
7. Ban feedback
Constructive feedback can help, but why bother? Avoid giving or receiving it to shut down any potential for improvement or personal growth.
8. Ignore strengths in decision-making
Whatever you do, don’t factor individual strengths into your decisions. That might lead to well-thought-out and innovative solutions—who wants that?
9. Don’t celebrate successes
When things go well, just ignore it. Celebrating success could lead to satisfaction and a strong team spirit. Instead, just move on with your day.
10. Skip long-term planning
Never think about the future or how to develop your team’s strengths further. Spontaneity is key—strategy is overrated.
Tongue-in-cheek aside—if you *actually* want to get the most out of your team and your Strengthmaker test results, try doing the exact opposite of everything above. Leverage those strengths, foster individual and collective growth, and watch your team thrive!
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