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CREATING OUR BEST SELVES THROUGH STRENGTHS AND WELLBEING
Discover Your Strengths
Think of a time when you were at your best
• Couldn’t wait to start
• Picked up the skill quickly
• Lost track of time
• Had a moment of unexpected excellence
• Could not wait to do it again
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Share as many details as you can
Share a story about a time you were at
your best …
WRITING CHALLENGE
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StrengthsQuest™ Mission
HELPING STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY ACHIEVE
ACADEMIC, CAREER, AND PERSONAL SUCCESS.
The Truth
About You
Marcus
Buckingham
The Truths
The TRUTHS that allow you to play to your strengths most of
the time
• As you grow you become more of who you already are
• You are going to grow and develop the most in your
areas of strength
• What your team needs of you most of all is for you to
bring your strengths deliberately
Positive Psychology:
The Root of Strengths
Deficit Based
Grade and Progress Reports
Performance Evaluations
A story of a rabbit and a duck
The Rabbit
and
the Duck
Donald Clifton
Gallup Organization
• Two million interviews
• Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors Success
• Over 400 talents
• Validated
Clarifying the Language
Talent (a natural way of
thinking, feeling, or
behaving)
X = Investment
(time spent practicing,
developing your
skills, and building your
knowledge base)
Strengths
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talents used
productively
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Talents
Behavior patterns that make you effective
Thought patterns that make you efficient
Beliefs that empower you to succeed
Attitudes that sustain your efforts toward
achievement and excellence
Motivations that propel you to take action and
maintain the energy needed to achieve
You can not not do it
Talents are potential strengths!
Themes
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Achiever
Em
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Input
Identify Talent
• Underline or highlight the phrases in your strengths report
that resonate with you.
• Cross out those that don’t
• The highlighted are your talents.
Thrive
“Despite the American myth, I cannot be or do
whatever I desire – a truism, to be sure, but a
truism we often defy.
Our created natures make us like organisms in
an ecosystem: There are some roles and
relationships in which we thrive and others in
which we wither and die.” Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak
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“Despite the American myth, I cannot be
or do whatever I desire – a truism, to be sure,
but a truism we often defy.
Our created natures make us
like organisms in an ecosystem:
There are some roles and relationships
in which we thrive and
others in which we wither and die.”
Parker Palmer,
Let Your Life Speak
Thrive!
My boss doesn’t care if I’m
thriving, or energized by my
work…
she just wants the job done.
Energy
Expectations
Outcomes
How do we THRIVE?
What Gives You Energy?
You're expected to attend a gathering.
There will be 50 people there and won't know anyone
What Gives You Energy?
Your closet:
Strengths are the lens that energizes you
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Your Energy Your Strengths Lens Input-
Situation
Different Paths
What energizes you most when attending
a “brainstorming” session.
I will make a to-do
list with deadlines
I will facilitate the session!
I have an idea!
I like working in a group of people!
What energizes you most when ask to serve on a
team responsible for designing a college wide
event I want to help plan
I want to show why
this is important
Events are about
people
Slow down a little
What Makes You Unique?
With a partner…
• What was your first reaction to your Clifton Strengths Finder results?
• What new discovery have you made about yourself?
• What, if anything, surprised you about your results?
• Have you shared your “Top 5” with anyone? What was their reaction?
Treasure Hunt
• Talk to other co-workers who have at least one Signature
Theme different than your own.
• Jot down the theme you discussed, and at least one
benefit of that theme.
I can’t ignore my weaknesses, so what can I
do?
A weakness is something that gets in your way or in the
way of others.
1. Open communication/transparency
2. Get the RIGHT training
3. Leverage other talents
4. Use support systems
5. Form complementary partnerships
6. Adjust/Change role
Overall StrengthsQuest Database
1,656,272 1,524,351 1,519,142
1,494,103 1,223,431
1,074,795 955,653
913,730 865,487 857,759
776,452 764,738
746,418 731,315
707,074 696,649 695,123
645,838 628,325 627,649
600,349 597,736 590,316
574,575 570,479 562,524
531,325 520,855 514,919
443,066 334,369
313,940 311,754
261,594
Achiever
Relator
Learner
Responsibility
Strategic
Input
Harmony
Maximizer
Adaptability
Empathy
Arranger
Restorative
Positivity
Developer
Ideation
Woo
Focus
Communication
Individualization
Connectedness
Intellection
Analytical
Includer
Belief
Competition
Activator
Deliberative
Consistency
Futuristic
Context
Significance
Discipline
Self-Assurance
Command
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1. Achiever
2. Relator
3. Learner
4. Responsibility
5. Strategic
Strengths Development Framework
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Relationship
Can see a clear
connection between
their themes and past
and present behavior.
Can link strengths to
successes.
Has a clear understanding of their
uniqueness and sees others
strengths. Has a relationship(s) that is
encouraging their strength’s
development.
Apply/Application
Understands, can define
and verbalize their
themes.
Has a basic
understanding of their
themes.
Discover/Awareness
Can utilize the
knowledge of their five
themes to plan,
strategize, analyze and
direct their behavior.
Develop/Integrate
Fireworks and Space Shuttle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
The Truth
About You
Marcus
Buckingham
What part of a person can you
change?
http://strengths.southmountaincc.edu
CREATING OUR BEST SELVES THROUGH STRENGTHS AND WELLBEING
Develop and Apply Your Strengths
Why are strengths important?
18%
40%
22% 1%
49%
57%
33%
38%
33%
2%
45%
61%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2009 Poll Ignored Weakness Strengths
Engaged
Not Engaged
Actively Disengaged
What “Active Disengagement” Looks Like…
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Strengths Awareness
Confidence
Self Efficacy
Hope
Motivation to excel
Engagement
Long Legs Long Lashes
How can today help you?
Students in strength development
programs are more likely to :
• have higher feelings of hope
• be more engaged
• have higher GPA’s
• complete more credits
• have more persistence
• have higher completion rates
than students who are not.
Applying Your Strengths
The Truth
About You
Marcus
Buckingham
Where does passion fit in?
Talent Connection Theme What this allows me to do When / Where I recently used this theme
Restorative I listen well and can provide
suggestions that help solve problems.
A co-worker was having a hard time finding
a solution for a problem a student was
having. I was able to understand the
situation and offer the input on how the
situation could be solved.
Critical Activities
My Themes
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Adaptability
Individualization
Empathy
Responsibility
Consistency
Answer phone questions
Organize student records
Meet with a student one on one
Critical Tasks
The Truth
About You
Marcus
Buckingham
How do you talk about your
strengths?
Different Paths to the Same
Destination
How I can use my talents to be a positive part of South Mountain CC
CREATING OUR BEST SELVES THROUGH STRENGTHS AND WELLBEING
Building Relationships through Strengths
SEEING OTHERS DIFFERENTLY
When I was 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years” -Mark Twain
Learning to value others through
strengths
Valuing
Judging
Understanding
Respecting
Appreciating
The Truth
About You
Marcus
Buckingham
How do I deal with People who
Weaken me?
Seeing Others Differently
Strengths Matrix
Rath & Conchie. (2008). Strengths Based Leadership. New York, NY: Gallup Press.
Execute Influence Relate Think
Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical
Arranger Command Developer Context
Belief Communication Connectedness Futuristic
Consistency Competition Empathy Ideation
Deliberative Maximizer Harmony Input
Discipline Self-Assurance Includer Intellection
Focus Significance Individualization Learner
Responsibility Woo Positivity Strategic
Restorative Relator
Different Paths to the Same
Destination
How can you help a new team member
be successful?
The 5 C’s of Strengths Based
Relationships • Connect
• Communicate
• Collaborate
• Control
• Cultivate
Connect
Social relationships at work
personal well-being
increased employee
engagement and job satisfaction
Without a friend, work is a lonely place -Tom Rath
Communicate
Communication is inevitable
Communication is irreversible
Communicate
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IF YA CAN’T SAY SOMETHIN’
NICE DON’T SAY NOTHIN’ AT
ALL! -Thumper
Collaborate
Partnerships help:
• To “make up” for a lesser talent.
• To “take over” where one person
leaves off.
• To “enhance” what one person
already possesses.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Complementary Strengths
Activator
YOU
Control
Control conflict by using your talent productively and
mitigating you weaknesses.
Define weakness in an effective way
A weakness is something that gets in your way or in the
way of others.
• Is there a talent or lack of talent that is currently getting in your way
or in the way of others?
• Is there something that you aren’t very good at that isn’t a
weakness? Is it a non-strength?
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Six Ways to Mitigate Weakness
1. Open communication/transparency
2. Get the RIGHT training
3. Leverage other talents
4. Use support systems
5. Form complementary partnerships
6. Adjust/Change role
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The Truth
About You
Marcus
Buckingham
How do I talk about my
Weaknesses without Whining?
Identify and Communicate Weakness
• Pair up
• Identify a weakness that you believe is currently getting
in your way or in the way of others from achieving
excellence?
• Describe the weakness to your partner and how
Cultivate
Gallup research has found if you have a best friend at work, you are significantly more likely to:
Engage your team
Get more done in less time
Have fun on the job
Have a safe workplace
Innovate and share new ideas
Feel informed and know that your opinions count
Have the opportunity to focus on your strengths each day
Form Complementary Partnerships
Do you have someone in
your life who can gently
remind you when you are
living in weakness or not
using your talent
productively?
Vital Friends
• Builder
• Champion
• Collaborator
• Companion
•Connector
•Energizer
•Mind Opener
•Navigator
Vital Friends
• Family Ties
• Water Cooler Effect
• Plugging In
Strength Based Teams
Productive teams have a
variety of strengths
represented and a balance
of strengths and
weaknesses.
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People need not be well-rounded,
What Strong Teams Have in Common
• Conflict doesn’t destroy strong teams because strong teams focus on results
• Strong teams prioritize what’s best for the organization and then move forward
• Members of strong teams are as committed to their personal lives as they are to their work
• Strong teams embrace diversity
• Strong teams manage for talent
Strengths Matrix
Execute Influence Relate Think Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical
Arranger Command Developer Context
Belief Communication Connectedness Futuristic
Consistency Competition Empathy Ideation
Deliberative Maximizer Harmony Input
Discipline Self-Assurance Includer Intellection
Focus Significance Individualization Learner
Responsibility Woo Positivity Strategic
Restorative Relator
Rath & Conchie. (2008). Strengths Based Leadership. New York, NY: Gallup Press.
Team Talent Profile:
Executing Influencing Relationship Building Strategic Thinking
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Co
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Maxim
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Develo
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Harm
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Inc
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Lorna 3 4 1 2 5
Wanda 5 2 3 4 1
Dee 1 5 2 3 4
Stephanie 4 1 3 5 2
Brian 5 2 3 1 4
Mark 4 3 5 1 2
Dan 2 1 4 3 5
Mary Ellen 3 4 1 5 2
Team Talent Profile:
Team Talent Profile:
IDEAS FOR MAXIMIZING
TEAM TALENT
YOUR QUESTIONS?
How can I get a code
for someone else?
GallupStrengthsCenter.com
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Live your strengths!
Know your top 5
Be proud of your top 5
Post your top 5
Develop your top 5
Build a relationship with your top 5.
Donate your top 5! Donate them
every day!
Strengths Commitments What is one signature theme I want to learn more
about, develop and consciously apply more often?
What is one thing you will do starting today to get on
and stay on your strengths path?
What is one thing you will do starting tomorrow, to
help those who you work with get on and stay on their
strengths path?
In a word or phrase, what will you remember about
today’s seminar?