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Finding Your Strength as Entrepreneurs<br />
By Stacy Orndorff<br />
I’ve been talking to entrepreneurs lately about<br />
honing in on their strengths. From time to time, I can<br />
get lost in projects, roles, and even new business ideas.<br />
When I chat with entrepreneurs who’ve lost their way, I<br />
often encourage them to explore their strengths. Here<br />
are a couple of my favorite resources to help you explore<br />
where your strengths line up:<br />
<strong>Siouxland</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> | Grow/31<br />
1. Strengths Finder 2.0 from Gallup and Tom Rath.<br />
Discover your Clifton Strengths by Don Clifton. “Pair<br />
this book with the online assessment (https://www.<br />
gallup.com) to discover your Top 5 Talents from a list<br />
of 34 themes. Loaded with hundreds of strategies<br />
for applying your strengths, this new book and<br />
accompanying website will change the way you look<br />
at yourself — and the world around you — forever.”<br />
I was first introduced to this book when I purchased<br />
it for an upcoming “no electronics 7-day vacation.” I<br />
took the test right before I left and used the vacation to<br />
really dive into my strengths and strategize about how<br />
to utilize them. This was during my transition from nonprofit<br />
director to founder of Coffee & Nosh and was<br />
instrumental in defining my role going forward. I found<br />
out I’m really good at activating people into action and<br />
driven by achievement. I was able to embrace my love<br />
of learning and utilize that to my advantage in starting<br />
a business. I thought some of the things identified<br />
were common in all people. Being able to identify<br />
these attributes as strength, really catapulted me to<br />
capitalize on these gifts.<br />
2. The Enneagram Institute. https://www.<br />
enneagraminstitute.com/ “Discover your type by<br />
taking the Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator<br />
(RHETI® version 2.5). At its core, the Enneagram helps<br />
us to see ourselves at a deeper, more objective level,<br />
and can be of invaluable assistance on our path to<br />
self-knowledge.” Also, The Enneagram: A Christian<br />
Perspective by Richard Rohr.<br />
There are a ton of resources on the Enneagram:<br />
Books, Websites, Instagram Accounts, and more! My<br />
niece first introduced me to Enneagram on her path<br />
of self-discovery during her college years. Seeing her<br />
develop an understanding of herself and those around<br />
her convinced me to explore this more myself. I was<br />
able to take this understanding and apply it to therapy<br />
sessions to really work through some of my insecurities<br />
common with my Enneagram type and come out<br />
the other side emotionally and spiritually stronger.<br />
Additionally, it has helped me approach managing<br />
a crew of different personalities according to their<br />
motivations and ways they feel appreciated. Anyone<br />
working with people will benefit from understanding<br />
the Enneagram.<br />
A few more resources I recommend for<br />
discovering your strengths:<br />
Books:<br />
1. The Motivation Code, by Todd Henry<br />
2. Chazown, by Craig Groeschel<br />
3. Personality Plus, by Florence Littauer<br />
Podcasts:<br />
1. Unlocking Us with Brene’ Brown<br />
2. EntreLeadership Podcast<br />
3. The Reboot Podcast Jerry Colonna<br />
4. Typology with Ian Morgan Cron<br />
Stacy Orndorff, Stacy O. Speaks<br />
Facebook @ stacyospeaks<br />
Photos Contributed by Stacy Orndorff.
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