Reflect on your own experience
What needs to become clearer before we take the next step?
Describe the situation, the action you took and the effect you observed. Ask someone involved what helped.
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UNDERSTAND
Make sense of information and help others grasp what matters.
Learn · Analyze · Teach · Translate · Interpret
A possible expression
A team has several accounts of a recurring problem. You compare the experiences, identify a useful pattern and explain it in everyday language.
Try one practical adjustment
Describe one complex issue in three clear sentences. Ask a listener to explain what they understood.
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Consider the service you hope to offer, the way you contribute, how you interact and the people or setting where the contribution is needed.
Bring the perspectives togetherExplore each contribution action
Explore Learn, Analyze, Teach, Translate, Interpret through examples and reflection
Continue with a worksheet
Use the blank Professional Strengths worksheet for your observations, or explore Dr. Brown’s separately released completed examples.
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