Strengths Inventory

Reflection & Journaling Tools

Name your strengths clearly and identify what it would take
to develop them into a deliberate competitive advantage.

Where This Tool Helps

Most people can name their strengths in broad terms when asked - "I'm good with people," "I'm analytical," "I'm a strong communicator." What they cannot usually do is articulate those strengths specifically enough to use them intentionally, or identify what it would take to make them more powerful.

This inventory works in two parts. The first surfaces the strengths through reflection questions that force specificity. The second part creates an actionable development plan by pairing each strength with concrete ways to build on it. The gap between these two columns - what you have and what you could develop it into - is often where the most productive coaching conversations live.

How to Use This Inventory

  1. Answer Part 1 honestly, not aspirationally. These questions are designed to surface strengths you may be underselling, not to generate a performance review.
  2. In the "My Personal Strengths Are" column, be specific. Not "leadership" - name what kind of leadership and in what contexts it shows up.
  3. In the "I Could Boost Them By" column, write concrete actions (1-4 per strength), not intentions. "Seek more feedback from peers" is actionable. "Be a better communicator" is not.
  4. Bring this completed inventory to your next coaching session as a discussion starting point.
1

Strengths Inventory

Part 1 - Reflection

What personal qualities do you like most about yourself?

Do your strengths make you stand out? How?

What are your greatest strengths?

Part 2 - Development Plan

My Personal Strengths Are I Could Boost Them By
1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
4.
2

Something to Sit With

A question worth returning to

Which strength on this list are you underusing in your current role?

What has been in the way of developing the boost actions you named?

3

Tandem Coaching Partners

Credentialed coaches with real-world leadership experience,
partnering with executives and organizations
to unlock sustainable growth.

Consultation

tandemcoach.co/
contact-us

Email

info@tandemcoach.co

Phone

855 51 COACH

Challenge your thinking.
Discover your capabilities.
Act on them.

Dallas, TX  |  Houston, TX  |  Worldwide Virtual