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Includer® talent

Relationship Building · Relationship Building domain

The Includer® talent is a natural sensitivity to who stands outside the group. People with this talent instinctively bring in those who are overlooked or excluded. They are not naive idealists. They believe a diverse group delivers better results.

Relationship Building domain

How does this talent show up?

Includer® belongs to the Relationship Building domain. Its core sensitivity is straightforward: who stands outside the group? This question activates naturally, without conscious effort. Noticing who is on the outside is as natural for these people as breathing. They cannot not notice.

The core conviction: a diverse group delivers better results. Inclusion is not pity. It is a strategy. These people are not idealists; they are convinced that an unused voice at the edge of a group is a loss for the whole.

In organizations they are natural pioneers of psychologically safe environments. On teams dominated by strong personalities, people with Includer® are a natural counterweight. They make sure quiet voices are not overlooked, which raises the quality of collective decision-making.

In practice it looks like this

  • Naturally notice who stands aside and why
  • Actively create an environment where everyone feels part of it
  • Their inclusiveness comes from conviction, not policy
  • Ensure quiet voices are heard on the team
Where it works

Environments where Includer® delivers the most

A talent doesn't work the same in every context. Here are the environments where Includer® naturally dominates.

Diversity and inclusion programs in organizations
Education and work with heterogeneous groups
Community building and international cooperation
Creating a culture of psychological safety
Work with marginalized or overlooked groups
The shadow side

When this talent works against you

Every talent has its shadow. Situations where the natural pattern stops serving and starts complicating. Knowing it is part of working with strengths.

  • May struggle to prioritize: wants to include everyone, even where selection is right
  • May suppress conflicts rooted in real differences of values in the name of inclusion
  • Risk of being taken advantage of: inclusion without a demand to contribute can lower a group's performance
  • May be impatient with exclusive groups, even when exclusivity has a strategic reason
Talent partnerships

How does the Includer® talent work in interaction?

Talents don't work in isolation. These combinations naturally amplify, complement, or anchor Includer®.

Individualization®Targets inclusion more precisely. Everyone is included in a way that fits their uniqueness
Analytical®Evaluates where inclusion delivers results and where it is counterproductive
Command®Adds decisiveness where inclusion causes hesitation or paralysis
Focus®Helps Includer® prioritize, not every exclusion can be fixed at once
How rare it is

How often does Includer® appear in the Top 5?

The share of people who have the Includer® talent among their five strongest. Gallup data from more than 20 million CliftonStrengths assessments, comparing Czechia with the world and by gender.

Czech Republic · sample of 19,592 people5.5 % of people · very rare
The whole world · sample of 20,002,953 people11.9 % of people · rare
Women (world) · sample of 9,447,125 people12.7 % of people · rare
Men (world) · sample of 7,307,429 people11.5 % of people · rare
Vertical line = 14.7 %, an even distribution across all 34 talents.

Only 5.5 % of people in Czechia have the Includer talent in their Top 5 (ranked 31 of 34). It is very rare, in Czechia it is rarer than in the world.

Sample sizes vary widely and the data comes from people who chose to take the CliftonStrengths assessment, not from a representative sample of the population. Treat differences between groups as indicative only; they may not mean anything.

Frequently asked questions

The most common questions about Includer®

What is the Includer® talent?
The Includer® talent is a natural sensitivity to who stands outside the group. People with this talent instinctively bring in those who are overlooked or excluded. They are not naive idealists. They believe a diverse group delivers better results.
Which CliftonStrengths domain does Includer® belong to?
The Includer® talent belongs to the Relationship Building domain. Talents in the Relationship Building domain hold the team together and build trust.
How does Includer® show up in practice?
Naturally notice who stands aside and why. Actively create an environment where everyone feels part of it. Their inclusiveness comes from conviction, not policy.
When can Includer® work against you?
May struggle to prioritize: wants to include everyone, even where selection is right
In what environment does Includer® deliver the most?
Diversity and inclusion programs in organizations, Education and work with heterogeneous groups, Community building and international cooperation.
CliftonStrengths

A talent, not a personality type

Includer® isn't your identity. It's a pattern that exists and can be deployed on purpose. Gallup CliftonStrengths doesn't say who you are. It says how you naturally operate, and where that delivers the most performance.

A certified Gallup coach helps you place this talent into a concrete work context: which tasks activate it, when it can be overused, and how to connect it with the talents of the rest of the team.

This talent is also among the strengths of our coaches: Michael Koch.

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