Character Traits Alignment Template: Match Your Strengths to Work That Honours Them
Discover How Your Authentic Qualities Can Serve Meaningful Purposes
When to Use This Template
- When you love your capabilities but question how you're applying them
- When you wonder if your traits could serve different purposes or contexts
- When success feels hollow despite using your strengths effectively
- When you need to understand how authentic traits align with meaningful contribution
- When exploring how your natural qualities might create impact that matters to you
The Five Essential Alignment Assessment Practices
Practice 1: The Trait-Purpose Connection Practice - Understanding how your traits serve what matters to you
Practice 2: The Misalignment Recognition Practice - Identifying where strengths serve purposes you don't value
Practice 3: The Values-Traits Bridge Practice - Discovering where character and conviction intersect
Practice 4: The Context Exploration Practice - Finding where traits serve aligned purposes
Practice 5: The Integration Possibility Practice - Creating work where strengths honour values
These five practices help you understand how your authentic character traits can serve purposes that matter deeply to you, creating work where capability and conviction align.
This resource stands alone as a practical tool, with deeper exploration available in School of WorkLife's The Longest Way Round: A Journey of Character.