Building Better Teams: CliftonStrengths Assessment in Construction Management Education

9 pages•Published: July 23, 2025

Sebastian Soto Ortiz, Deniz Besiktepe and Bradley Benhart

Abstract

The construction industry needs a talented workforce with diverse skills to manage projects and people effectively. Identifying the strengths of the new generation construction workforce is critical for building effective teams and ensuring project success. Moreover, the multidisciplinary nature of the construction industry requires collaboration between several stakeholders, integrating technical expertise and soft skills to perform better in a team environment. The study focuses on the relationships among the Clifton assessment’s four domains of Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, and Strategic Thinking within the student cohort utilizing a correlation analysis. The results revealed that the top five strengths identified were “Relator,” “Restorative”, “Achiever”, “Futuristic” and “Competition” while “Connectedness” was the least common strength identified among the participating students. Further analysis showed moderate to weak negative correlations between the domains, indicating that strengths in one area may be the opposite in other strengths. Overall, the study highlights the potential of the CliftonStrengths assessment as a tool for identifying and utilizing students’ strengths to enhance team building in construction management education.

Keyphrases: cliftonstrengths, leadership, strengths, teamwork

In: Wesley Collins, Anthony J. Perrenoud and John Posillico (editors). Proceedings of Associated Schools of Construction 61st Annual International Conference, vol 6, pages 270-278.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/sQJr
	https://doi.org/10.29007/vg7f

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2025:Building_Better_Teams_CliftonStrengths,
  author    = {Sebastian Soto Ortiz and Deniz Besiktepe and Bradley Benhart},
  title     = {Building Better Teams: CliftonStrengths Assessment in Construction Management Education},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of Associated Schools of Construction 61st Annual International Conference},
  editor    = {Wesley Collins and Anthony J. Perrenoud and John Posillico},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {6},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/sQJr},
  doi       = {10.29007/vg7f},
  pages     = {270-278},
  year      = {2025}}

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