The genius of your Includer talent involves your ability to see outsiders and those who have been marginalized. You can see people who are physically on the outside, but most remarkably, you can discern who feels left out even though they may be physically in the middle of a group. But your genius talent of Includer does not stop with just seeing those who are physically outside and emotionally marginalized.You take action to bring people into the group. In fact this talent seems to give you an enormous amount of courage to reach out and actively bring the outsider in. The beauty of your Includer talent is that you can build relationships with literally anyone.But your specialty in relationship building is with the“invisible people” and people who others ignore. You instinctively know what to say and how to include those who others ignore and leave out.

Includer may be one of your signature themes if…

• You like to “stretch the circle wider” and you feel “the more the merrier.”
  • You naturally try to include people and make them feel like part of a group.
  • You avoid groups and situations that exclude others or put people down.
  • You hate seeing someone feeling forlorn, outcast, or left out from a group.
  • You are accepting of all faiths, sexes, religions, and nationalities.
  • You cast very few judgments and presume that all men are truly created equal.
  At your best, you are engaging, sensitive, caring, kind, inclusive and you stick up for others. On the other end of the spectrum, you can be indiscriminate, indecisive, and generous to a fault.
  • Source: Let’s Talk Personality

A more detailed explanation from Gallup:

“Stretch the circle wider.” This is the philosophy around which you orient your life. You want to include people and make them feel part of the group. In direct contrast to those who are drawn only to exclusive groups, you actively avoid those groups that exclude others. You want to expand the group so that as many people as possible can benefit from its support. You hate the sight of someone on the outside looking in. You want to draw them in so that they can feel the warmth of the group. You are an instinctively accepting person. Regardless of race or sex or nationality or personality or faith, you cast few judgments. Judgments can hurt a person’s feelings. Why do that if you don’t have to? Your accepting nature does not necessarily rest on a belief that each of us is different and that one should respect these differences. Rather, it rests on your conviction that fundamentally we are all the same. We are all equally important. Thus, no one should be ignored. Each of us should be included. It is the least we all deserve.

Action Items for This Theme

• Choose roles in which you are continuously working and interacting with people. You will enjoy the challenge of making everyone feel important.
• Consider roles in which you are responsible for representing voices that are not normally heard. You will derive a great deal of satisfaction from being their representative.
• Look for opportunities to bring together people of diverse cultures and backgrounds. You can be a leader in this area.
• Help those who are new to an organization get to know other people. You will always be adept at quickly making people feel accepted and involved.
• You naturally look for the best in people. Help your colleagues see what you see.

Be ready to:

• Partner with someone with a strong Activator or Command theme. This person can help you deliver news that might hurt someone’s feelings.
• Explain what we all have in common. Help others understand that to respect the differences among us (our diversity) you must begin by appreciating what we all share (our similarity).
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