Word Talent
Language Ability – The ability to use language, organize words, write and
speak.
Reading Comprehension – The ability to understand written sentences and
paragraphs in work documents.
Speech Pace – The ability to speak rapidly.
Speech Enunciation – The ability to speak clearly and precisely.
Oral Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Public Speaking – The ability to convey information effectively in front of groups.
Conversation – The ability to alternately speak and listen toward shared
understanding.
Tailored Speech - The ability to communicate effectively as appropriate for the
needs of a specific audience.
Associative Memory – The ability to memorize by association, learn vocabulary
and remember jargon.
Clerical Dexterity - The ability to do clerical tasks including paperwork, editing, keyboarding, working with figures and symbols.
Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in
writing so others will understand.
Tailored Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the
needs of a specific audience.
Editing - The ability notice and correct writing mistakes especially in spelling and grammar.
Picture Talent
Proportional Appraisal – The ability to discern physical order, balance,
contrast, unity and harmony in proportion and line sensitivity.
Structural – The ability to see in 3 dimensions, visualize solids, shapes, and
forms.
Spatial Orientation - The ability to know your location in relation to the
environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
Mechanical – The ability to understand how to use machines and tools in
assembling, constructing, operating, driving and repairing.
Visualization -- The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved
around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Design Memory – The ability to memorize visual information, navigate, read
maps and route.
Color Memory – The ability to remember colors.
Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between
colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Depth Perception - The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or
farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
Hue Discrimination – The ability to distinguish between colors or hues.
Tint Discrimination – The ability to notice/adjust the addition of white to any
color or hue.
Shade Discrimination – The ability to notice/adjust the addition of black to any
color or hue.
Tone Discrimination - The ability to notice/adjust the addition of gray – both
black and white to any color or hue.
Close Vision -- The ability to see details at close range within a few feet.
Distance Vision - The ability to see details at a distance.
Peripheral Vision - The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's
side when the eyes are looking ahead.
Night Vision - The ability to see under low light conditions.
Glare Sensitivity - The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright
lighting.
Color Blindness – The ability to pick out monochromatic patterns in camouflage.
Logic Talent
Active Learning - The ability to understand the implications of new information
for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Numerical - The ability to count, remember, keep records, calculate, and
manipulate numbers.
Mathematics - The ability to Learn/Use mathematics to solve problems.
Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical
methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Diagrammatic Reasoning - The ability to design and read flow-charts and
process diagrams as in information technology. The ability to understand
concepts and ideas visualized with the use of diagrams and imagery instead of
linguistic or algebraic means.
Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or
organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Deductive Reasoning -- The ability to apply general rules to specific problems
to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning -- The ability to combine pieces of information to form
general rules or conclusions, including finding a relationship among seemingly
unrelated events.
Critical Thinking – The ability to use reasoning to identify the strengths and
weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Observation – The ability to sense or notice facts, sights, sounds, objects, parts
or pieces.
Diagnostic Reasoning – The ability to drill to the heart of matter, connect clues
to answers, pick up flaws, critique and problem solve.
Analytical Reasoning - The ability to think systematically, sequencing,
analyzing, synthesizing, and simplifying.
Problem Sensitivity -- The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to
go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a
problem.
Troubleshooting – The ability to determine causes of operating errors and
deciding what to do about it.
Organizing – The ability to develop specific goals with plans to prioritize,
organize, and accomplish work.
Financial Management – The ability to determine how money will be spent to
get work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
People Talent
Social Perceptiveness - The ability to discern others' reactions and why they
react as they do.
Social Appropriateness - The ability to know what to talk about, when, with
whom, for how long in a given context.
Social Coordination - The ability to adjust social actions in relation to others'
actions.
Active Listening – The ability to give full attention to what other people are
saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as
appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Service Orientation – The ability to look for and find ways to help other people.
Negotiation – The ability to bring others together and reconcile differences.
Establishing Relationships - The ability to initiate conversation, acquaintance
and new friendships.
Deepening Relationships - The ability to grow constructive and cooperative
working relationships with others, and building them over time.
Teaching – The ability to instruct others and grow their knowledge.
Persuasion – The ability to convince others to change their minds, behavior,
course or direction.
Learning Strategies – The ability to select and use instructional methods and
procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Body Talent
Physical Traits – (Bulk, Weight, Height)
Build Type – Endomorph, Ectomorph, Mesomorph
Circadian Preference – The ability to function best during a specific time of day
or range of time.
Body Coordination Talent
Handedness – Left/Right/Ambidextrous
Eye-Hand Coordination – The ability to process visual input to guide reaching
and grasping with the hands.
Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while
moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Hand Placement - The ability to move hands to a precise location.
Foot Placement – The ability to move feet to a precise location.
Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the
fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small
objects.
Tweezer Dexterity – The ability to manipulate small tools with precision.
Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together
with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a
machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Balance - The ability to keep or regain your body equilibrium or stay upright
when in an unstable position.
Agility - the ability to move and change direction and position of the body
quickly and effectively while under control.
Multi-limb Integration - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs while sitting,
standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the
whole body is in motion.
Gross Body Coordination -- The ability to coordinate the movement of your
arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
Rate Control -- The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece
of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving
object or scene.
Perceptual Speed - The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities
and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns.
The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the
other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered
object.
Response Orientation - The ability to choose quickly between two or more
movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures).
It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand,
foot, or other body part.
Sensing in Slow Motion - The ability to perceive events in slow motion allowing
for quicker responses to occur.
Selective Attention -- The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time
without being distracted.
Haptic – The ability to recognize texture, hardness-softness, weight-pressureshape
and volume through touch.
Gustation – The ability to recognize sweet, sour, bitter, salt and umami (Lglutamate).
The ability may also be expanded to recognize coolness, dryness,
fattiness, heartiness, prickliness or hotness, numbness and temperature.
Olfaction - The ability to detect the presence and make fine distinctions of smell
between hundreds of odors.
Body Strength Talent
Absolute Strength – The ability to produce high levels of force in a single effort
as in maximum amount in a single repetition of an exercise.
Plyometric Strength – The ability to produce explosive strength as in jumping,
throwing or push-ups where the hands leave the ground.
Core Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to
support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out'
or fatiguing.
Extent Flexibility - The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body,
arms, and/or legs.
Static Strength - The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or
carry objects.
Dynamic Strength - The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously
over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
Reaction Time -- The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to
a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
Quickness – The ability to initiate speed of movement as in “out of the starting
blocks”. Initial acceleration.
Speed – The ability to attain fast movement.
Diaphragm Strength – The ability of the body to use oxygen as fuel. Also
known as aerobic capacity.
Stamina - The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time
without getting winded or out of breath.
Energy – The ability to exert effort in doing work.
High Pain Tolerance – The ability to function at a high level with pain resulting
from lactic acid build up as with endurance athletes.
Low Pain Threshold - Performing without low feelings of pain in circumstances
where most people would feel high levels.
Musical Talent
Pitch Discrimination – The ability to identify and recreate a given musical note
without benefit of an external reference. Also, the ability where a listener assigns
musical tones to relative positions on a musical scale.
Tonal Memory – The ability to recall a previously sounded tone.
Timber Discrimination – The ability to distinguish color or quality of a tone and
differentiate the sound production such as voice or individual musical
instruments.
Rhythm – The ability to identify and re-create movement that is marked by
regular strong and weak elements as with dance or percussion instruments.
Composing – The ability to create music either by musical notation,
instrumentation, or vocalization.
Arranging – The ability to prepare and adapt an already written musical
composition in other than it’s original form.
Orchestration – The ability to adapt music for an orchestra or musical
ensemble.
Conducting – The ability to direct, set tempo and unify musical performers often
by physical gestures. It includes the ability to listen critically and shape the
quality of a musical performance.
Instrumental – The ability to learn and play notes on a musical instrument often
in sync with other performers.
Vocal Type – The ability to sing a specific assigned range of musical notes often
with in voice type such as soprano, alto, tenor or bass.
Vocal Range – The ability to vocally produce a span of notes from low to high.
Harmony – The ability to hear and produce different simultaneous pitches or
tones that are generally perceived as pleasant to the ear.
Audio Talent
Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and
ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of
another person.
Hearing Sensitivity - The ability to detect or tell the differences between
sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
Auditory Attention - The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the
presence of other distracting sounds.
Sound Localization - The ability to tell the direction from which a sound
originated.
Listening Talent
Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and
ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of
another person.
Ideas/Information Talent
Memorization - The ability to remember information such as words, numbers,
pictures, and procedures.
Ideation - The ability to generate numerous ideas about a topic (the number of
ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given
topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Category Flexibility - The ability to generate to re-combine or group things in
different ways.
Getting Information - The ability to observe, gather, receive, and otherwise
obtain information from relevant sources.
Conceptual Orientation - The ability to develop a mental framework in which to
process and make sense out of events, information or ideas.
Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order
or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers,
letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Speed of Closure - The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize
information into meaningful patterns.
Flexibility of Closure -- The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure,
object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Inter-Relationships – The ability to see patterns, connections, cause-effect
relationships, nuances, shades and deeper meanings among ideas.
Time Sharing - The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities
or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
Self Awareness Talent
Passion Awareness – The ability to understand, act, and contribute based on
one’s own unique mosaic of interests, passions, and affinities.
Value Awareness – The ability to understand, act, and contribute based on
one’s own unique mosaic of drivers, motives, and motivators.
Talent Awareness – The ability to understand, act, and contribute based on
one’s own unique mosaic of aptitudes and natural abilities.
Personality Awareness – The ability to understand, act, and contribute based
on one’s own unique mosaic of temperaments, behavior styles and preferences
for engaging the world.
Skill Awareness – The ability to understand, develop, and contribute based on
one’s own unique mosaic of learned methods, steps, and sequences.
Knowledge Awareness – The ability to understand, develop, and contribute
based on one’s own unique mosaic of learned facts and principles.
Character Awareness – The ability to understand, choose, and contribute based
on one’s unique mosaic of ethics, actions, and habits.
Experience Awareness – The ability to understand and contribute based on
one’s unique mosaic of environments, upbringing, culture, successes and
adversities.
Communication Awareness – The ability to understand, adjust, and contribute
based on an accurate assessment of how one is being perceived, received, or
landing.
Nature Talent
Classification – The ability to notice and categorize species.
Growing – The ability to understand and create conditions conducive to plant
growth. This might include planting, tending, ordering, and rotating for optimal
yields.
Raising – The ability to understand and create environments conducive to
animal health. This might include breeding, shepherding, training, nurturing,
feeding, doctoring and organizing animals.
Ecology – The ability to understand and create environments and conditions that
optimize the health of whole systems.
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