CliftonStrengths Input®

vnstrengths
Oct 16, 2025
3 min read

Originally written in Vietnamese by Vietnam Strengths Academy. We recommend reading the Vietnamese version for the best experience.

Do you tend to keep everything you find interesting – from books, quotes, ideas to memorabilia?

Do you constantly accumulate information and find it difficult to let it go?

Do you like to share your “treasures” of knowledge to help others solve problems faster?

If that's you, chances are Input is one of your standout talents in CliftonStrengths .

If you're looking to further explore your Input talent and turn it into a competitive advantage, but don't know where to start, this is the article for you!

This article will help you learn:

💡 What is Input?
✨ The Power of Input
⚠️ Blind Spots - Blind spots to avoid
🛠️ How to sharpen Input
🤝 The Strengths That Make Input Shine
🌟 Conclusion

**CliftonStrengths Input®: Sức mạnh từ khả năng lưu trữ**

💡 What is Input?

Input is a Strategic Thinking talent within CliftonStrengths.

People with high Input talents have a need to collect and store things. They tend to accumulate information, ideas, artifacts, and even their relationships.

With Input, you are curious and fascinated by the diversity of the world. You like to keep things interesting or useful, even if you don’t know when you will need them. This accumulation gives you a huge “knowledge base”, ready to use or share when the right situation arises.

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✨ The Power of Input

When used properly, Input can help you:

Possess useful tools or information that helps drive growth and improve performance.
Nurture curiosity and a thirst for continuous learning.
Build a rich and diverse repository of knowledge or information.

⚠️ Blind Spots - Blind spots to avoid

Input is a great talent, but if you're not careful, you can fall into some “traps”:

Indiscriminate hoarding can easily turn into “garbage” if there is no system for sorting and purging regularly. Not everything needs to be stored – you can waste time on low-impact resources.
Cluttered mind. Too much information at once can be distracting and delay action.
Give long or rambling answers, give too much information in urgent situations or when teammates need a short answer.

🛠️ How to sharpen Input

You can start with simple things:

Accumulate and organize knowledge. Collect valuable information, ideas, tools, and resources so they are easily accessible to the team when needed.
Share your “treasure trove” of knowledge. Proactively suggest books, reports, and data to help colleagues solve problems faster.
Develop an internal library. Build a database – from checklists, templates to case studies – as a foundation for informed decisions.

💡 This is just a small part of how to develop Input . In Vietnam Strengths Academy workshops, you will be guided through specific methods to maximize Input and other talents.

🤝 The Strengths That Make Input Shine

Talents do not exist in isolation. They combine, interact, and influence each other. Some talents will amplify Input, while others will moderate Input.

Talents that tend to amplify Input: Learner, Ideation, Intellection, Deliberative, Analytical, Connectedness
Talents that tend to moderate Input: Achiever, Activator, Arranger, Command, Maximizer, Responsibility

🌟 Conclusion

Input is the talent that helps you accumulate, store and share a rich source of knowledge . When nurtured properly, Input turns you into an organization's "wise librarian" who always knows how to find the right information, tools or resources to solve problems.

Are you ready to discover and unleash the power of Input in you and your team?

📩 Discover solutions for developing personal and team talents at Vietnam Strengths Academy's Our Solutions page , where you and your team can make a breakthrough with your own inherent strengths.

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This article is for educational and inspirational purposes, based on coaching experience and publicly available resources. The content is not officially authorized by Gallup and is not a substitute for original materials or personal reports provided by Gallup.

To fully explore your 34 CliftonStrengths and get your official report, visit gallup.com/cliftonstrengths .