THE RESTORATIVE STRENGTH & WHO USES IT

Restorative is an Executing Strength that is energized by troubleshooting, diagnosing, discovering, and identifying situations that are broken. Whenever I think of a profession that would have high Restorative I think of the following types of professions that would really exemplify this strength:

- Tech Support
- Handymen
- Appliance Repair People
- Plumbers & Electricians
- Forensic Accountants
- Nurses & Doctors
- Radiologists
- Pharmacists
- Customer Service Representatives
- Flood, Fire and Mold Restoration Services

In other words, people with High Restorative are good at following a step by step process to identify and then solve problems.

WHERE IT GOES OFF TRACK

Restoratives are often seen as being critical. In fact, you might hear them say, "I'm not being critical, I'm just pointing out something that is wrong (or broken or flawed)."

When you understand this about people with high restorative you can accept their feedback as evidence that they care and not as criticism.

THE STORY

I think my 12 year old daughter might have Restorative. We haven't done her strengths assessment yet but I began to notice that she was always pointing out things that were not going well.

EXAMPLE #1

We have backyard chickens and she was noticing that they weren't laying eggs at the rate she expected they would. I finally told her, "Hannah, would you mind doing the research on why the chickens might not be laying eggs and we will implement every piece of advice that you come up with to try to fix the problem."

I believe this mantra, "If you spot a problem, you get to ask yourself if you are the person meant to fix it." If not, stop complaining. If you are, get to work. 

She got to work. We bought a few extra supplies and changed up a few things with the chickens and now they are laying eggs again. She was thrilled to see the problem resolving, but more importantly, that we recognized her as our resident expert to fix the chicken problem.

EXAMPLE #2

It was Jenny Baer's turn to host a playgroup for our youngest daughter and a handful of other girls the same age. My 12-y-o Hannah said to Jenny, "Mom, I've noticed that you're not really good at being a 'fun mom' whenever we have birthday parties and playdates. So I'll take care of the activity for the girls because one of my goals in life is to be a fun mom."

Hannah jumped into action and planned an activity, identified the supplies we needed to get, and then executed it to perfection.

That was Restorative in action. She printed this picture of a tree and then got q-tips for the craft. She even used the bottom of a celery stalk to make the rose.

I took these pictures of her to illustrate the principle. And sure enough when I snagged this picture of her by the chicken coop she looked inside and said, "Ugh, Dallin needs to do his job and clean out the poop."

Thank you Restorative.