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Introduction to Strengths


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Agenda

Talent Overview

Focus on You

Understanding Strengths Concepts

Knowing and Leveraging Your Talent

Your Strengths Analysis

Strengths review

Talents and Performance

Commitments


Focus on You

NameOne Thing That Is

Very Important to YouSomething at Which

You ExcelOne Challenge


Weakness-Fixing: The Wrong Assumptions

1. All behaviors can be learned.

• Ifyoutryhardenough,youcandoit.

• Ifyouwantitbadenough,youcandoit.

• Ifyoudreamit,youcanachieveit.

2. The best in a role all get there exactly the same way.

3. Weakness-fixing leads to excellence.

Strengths-Building: The Right Assumptions

1. Some behaviors can be learned. Many are nearly impossible to learn. There is a difference between talent, skills, and knowledge.

2. The best in a role deliver the same outcomes, but use different behaviors.

3. Weakness-fixing prevents failure. Strengths-building leads to excellence.


Five Clues to Talent

YeARnIng RApId LeARnIng

To what kinds of activities are you naturally drawn?

What kinds of activities do you seem to pick up quickly?

FLoW

In what activities did the “steps” just come to you automatically?

gLImpSeS oF exCeLLenCe

SATISFACTIon

During what activities have you had moments of subconscious excellence, when you thought,

“How did I do that?”

What activities give you a kick, either while doing them or immediately after

finishing them, and you think, “When can I do that again?”


Building Strengths

Strength: the ability to provide consistent, near-perfect performance in a specific activity

Talent: naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling, or behavior that can be productively applied

Skill: the capacity to perform the fundamental steps of an activity

Knowledge: what you know, either factually or through awareness gained by experience


STRengTh Consistently hits the three-point shots that win the basketball game

SKILLS

• Basicsofdribbling

• Basicsofrebounding

• Basicsofshooting

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• Understandtherules

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• Competingtowin

• Big-timecommitment


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Building Strengths

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getting the most out of Your Clifton StrengthsFinder® Report

1. What was your first reaction to the Clifton StrengthsFinder results?

2. What new discovery have you made about yourself?

3. What surprised you?

4. What theme did you think you would see at the top, but didn’t?

5. Have you shared your Signature Themes report with anyone? What was their reaction?


Clifton StrengthsFinder® Synthesis

n On your Signature Themes report, highlight the words and/or sentences that best describe you. Next, list your Signature Themes below, and describe a recent situation in which you used or applied talents found in each theme.

List your Signature Themes.Describe a recent situation in which you

used talents found in this theme.

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Your Role and Your Signature Themes

n What is your role? What are your critical activities at work this week? List your Signature Themes and five critical activities you will perform this week. Then, identify the theme or themes that will help you meet this week’s critical activities. Finally, answer the discovery questions on the next page. We are most successful and most engaged when we use who we naturally are to fulfill the requirements of our role.

Your Signature Themes

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Critical Activities Signature Theme

How will you use it?

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discoveries

1. Which of your Signature Themes seem to have the strongest connection to your critical activities?

2. Could you begin to use talents from one or more of your Signature Themes more consciously in your role? Which ones and how?

3. Do some of your required critical activities seem unconnected to your Signature Themes?

4. What overall strategies could you put in place to further capitalize on your Signature Themes in relation to your role?


Scavenger hunt

n Find 10 people who have one Signature Theme that is not among your Signature Themes. record each person’s name, the theme name, and one benefit of the talents from that theme.

name Theme name one benefit of the theme

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Theme-matching

n Being able to identify the talents of others puts you in a better position to maximize them. Theme-Matching is designed to help you identify all the themes of talent measured by the Clifton StrengthsFinder. It will deepen your understanding and enhance your vocabulary in regard to the themes and the talents they offer. Decide which short descriptor at the right fits best with the theme on the left. Be sure to turn the page to complete Theme-Matching.

Achiever A. Potential grower

Activator B. No. 1

Adaptability C. Core values

Analytical D. responsive

Arranger E. Juggler

Belief F. Storyteller

Command G. History

Communication H. Order and structure

Competition I. Spontaneous awareness of others’ feelings

Connectedness J. Stamina for working hard

Consistency K. Takes charge

Context L. Vigilant

Deliberative M. “Stick-to-it-iveness”

Developer N. Equal treatment

Discipline O. No coincidences

Empathy P. Just go ahead and do it

Focus Q. Show me the data

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Theme-matching

Futuristic A. No one is a stranger

Harmony B. Genuine and intimate

Ideation C. “Widen the circle”

Includer D. A collector and archiver

Individualization E. Problem-solver

Input F. Loves the process of knowing more

Intellection G. Sorting to the best alternative

Learner H. Energetic and optimistic

Maximizer I. Admiration is needed

Positivity J. Utterly dependable

Relator K. Common ground

Responsibility L. Musing

Restorative M. Place the talent where it can thrive

Self-Assurance N. Loves to brainstorm and contribute ideas

Significance O. Each person is unique

Strategic P. Self-confident

Woo Q. Vision


Talents and performance

n Identify a challenge or goal you are facing in your role right now. Specifi cally, describe it in writing in the center of the circle below. Above each arrow, write the name of one of your top fi ve themes — a theme you could leverage to meet the challenge or to achieve the goal. You can list up to four themes. Below the arrows, list one or two specifi c talents from the theme that you will leverage. Last, on the line at the bottom, identify how you will know when you have met the challenge or achieved the goal. When you have done this, you will have a simple plan for using your talents to enhance your performance.


Ideas for Sharing Your Clifton StrengthsFinder® Report With others

• ShareyourSignatureThemeswithtwoorthreepeoplewithwhomyouworkclosely.Askthosepeopletogive you an example of a time when they observed one of those themes in you.

• Askacolleagueortwotobringittoyourattentioniftheyobserveyouusingoneofyour Signature Themes.

• IfyouandyourmanagerhavebothtakentheCliftonStrengthsFinder,shareyourreportswithoneanother.Talk about how each of you uses your Signature Themes in accomplishing the critical activities of your roles each day. Also think about how you could use your top themes more often.

• PostyourSignatureThemesinyouroffice.PrintyourTopFiveCertificateandpostitwhereotherscansee it. (Log into www.strengthsquest.com and enter your e-mail and password, then select the “Top 5” Certificate menu option under “Strengths.”)

• AddyourSignatureThemestoyoure-mail“signature,”afteryourname.

• ReadyourSignatureThemereportasyouprepareforameetingaboutyourjoborcareer.Thinkaboutwhat your top themes tell you in terms of an ideal work environment, motivators, workload, interactions with people, relationship building, etc.

• Thenexttimeyouareasked,“Whatdoyoudo?”,ratherthansimplysharingyourtitle,trytointegratesome of your Signature Themes into your answer.

• Askyourcolleaguesiftheywillsharetheirtopfivethemeswithyou.Thenanswerthesequestionsforeach other:

• HowdoyouuseyourSignatureThemes?

• Howdotheyhelpyoudoyourjob?

• WhichofyourSignatureThemeshavethemostimpactonourteam?

• HowdoyouseeourSignatureThemesworkingtogether?Howarewealike?Howarewedifferent?

• PleaseusetheWebnavigationtoolfromyourpresentertogobacktotheWebsiteandlearnmoreaboutyour Signature Themes.


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