CORE StrengthsFinder overview

What did you think about the assessment?

“What will happen when we think about what is right with people rather than fixating on what is wrong with them?"

Don Clifton

Strengths-Based Theory

The most potential for growth and development lies in the areas where you have natural talent to start with. The more time you spend building on who you already are, the faster you will grow! Focus is on positivity and growth!

Unpopular Reality:

“Despite the American myth, I cannot be or do whatever I desire .... There are some roles and relationships in which we thrive and others in which we wither and die.”

Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak

ACTIVITY TIME!

ACTIVITY TIME!

ACTIVITY TIME!

ACTIVITY TIME!

When employees aren't performing well, we try really hard to fix it.

• training seminars
• one-on-one coaching
• mentoring
• evaluations and follow-ups

Some of these work, sometimes.

Weakness-Fixing Approach

When we (or our employees) aren't performing well, we try really hard to fix it.

• training seminars
• one-on-one coaching
• mentoring
• evaluations and follow-ups

Some of these work, sometimes.

Weakness-Fixing Approach

Weakness-Fixing Approach

someone is unhappy and frustrated

Strengths Approach

“You cannot be anything you want to be …but you can be a lot more of who you already are.”

Tom Rath

DISCUSSION: Think about your professional experience. Why might a strengths-based approach be better than a weakness fixing approach (for you, for your team, and for your employer)?

Things to Know:

• You have a group of natural talents within you.
• Your greatest talents hold the key to success, progress, and personal excellence.
• Becoming aware of your talents builds confidence and provides a basis for achievement.
• Learning how to develop and apply your strengths will allow you to duplicate success.
• Each of your talents can be applied in many areas including relationships, learning, academics, leadership, service, and careers.
• Recognizing, appreciating, and embracing the talents of others on your team leads to a more productive, positive, and energized work environment!
• There are 34 Strengths (Talents) included in this assessment.

34 Strengths/Talents

Our focus today?

Talents vs. Strengths

Talents: natural, recurring patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.

• The talents found in your results are things you do naturally
• Like breathing, you can’t not do them

Strengths: the ability to provide consistent, near perfect performance in a given activity

Talents Can Become Strengths

Reviewing Individual Strengths

1. In your "Top 5" Report, page 3
2. This is your #1 Strength - review
3. Mark any words, phrases, or lines stand out to you
4. What would you like for others to see most in you (from this top strength)?
5. Share!

Reviewing Individual Strengths

Most Common CliftonStrengths in Top 5 Achiever about 1 in 3 people have Achiever among their Top 5. It’s also the most frequent #1 theme Other themes that frequently appear in the Top 5 include Learner, Responsibility, Relator, and Strategic. LEAST common CliftonStrengths The themes least likely to show up in the Top 5 are Self-Assurance, Command, Significance, Discipline, and Context.

The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength

The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength

The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength

(not everyone will have strengths in all 4 Domains)

The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength

The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength

The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength

it's possible to share Domain make up, but have different Talents within those

The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength

it's possible to share Domain make up, but have different Talents within those

The 4 Domains of Leadership Strength

it's possible to share Domain make up, but have different Talents within those

This is where the benefit to your team comes in!

The Power of Team Strengths

• Individuals do not need to be good at everything!
• Teams should be well-rounded and diverse!
• The most cohesive and successful teams are made up of individuals with strengths in a variety of areas

What do you notice about your team? What might this mean about how you work together? What might get in the way of your success as a team? How can you use this information to advance your team's success? What is missing and how can you compensate?

Strength-Based Teams Reminders

• Know your individual talents and practice them
• Know your team strengths and maximize them

Questions?

Thoughts?

What have you learned about yourself through this activity?