People who are especially talented in the Woo theme love the challenge of meeting new people and winning them over. They derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection with another person.
Ideas for Action
1. Choose a job in which you can interact with many people over the course of a day.
2. Deliberately build the network of people who know you. Tend to it by checking in with each person at least once a month.
3. Join local organizations, volunteer for committees, and find out how to get on the social lists of the influential people where you live.
4. Learn the names of as many people as you can. Create a file of the people you know, and add names as you become acquainted. Include a snippet of personal information — such as their birthday, favorite color, hobby, or favorite sports team.
5. In social situations, take responsibility for helping put reserved people at ease.
6. Find the right words to explain that networking is part of your style. If you don’t claim this theme, other might mistake it for insincerity and wonder why you are being so friendly.
7. Partner with someone with dominant Relator or Empathy talents. This person can solidify the relationships that you begin.
8. Your Woo talents give you the ability to quicken the pulse of your surroundings. Recognize the power of your presence and how you open doors for an exchange of ideas. By simply starting conversations that engage others and bring talented people together, you will take performance up a notch — or several.
9. The first moments of any social occasion are crucial to how comfortable people will be and how they will remember the event. Whenever possible, be one of the first people others meet. Your capacity for meeting and greeting new people will help to quickly put them at ease.
10. Practice ways to charm and engage others. For example, research people before you meet them so you can talk about your common interests.
* Source: StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath