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PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS.

WELCOME.

WORKSHOP GOALS.
Build a stronger teamwork
effort within our organization.
Build and sustain effective
work relationships.
This workshop is designed to
build awareness of individual
talents and strengths and to
leverage them to strengthen
OUR TEAM.

WORKSHOP AGENDA.
•  Relationship Between Talents
and Strengths
•  Clifton StrengthsFinder®
Assessment
•  34 Talent Themes
•  Four Leadership Domains
•  Understanding and Leveraging
Team Member Strengths
•  Benefits and Challenges of
High Performing Teams

Strengths Finder 2.0 is an effort to get the core message and language of its
predecessor to a broader audience. The book surveys hundreds of respondents and
condenses these responses to 34 themes or key areas that can easily be translated into
ideas and action. This book helps readers apply their newly found strengths to any
type of role, and gives them ideas to help them apply their talents in their daily life,
no matter what kind of work they have and what their interests are.

DON O. CLIFTON, PH.D.
•  Known as “Father of Strengths Psychology”
•  Wondered what makes people successful - not what makes
them fail
•  50 years systematically studying excellence
•  2 million+ high-performance achievers
•  Asked open-ended questions
•  1988-1992 – SRI purchases Gallup
•  1998 – Marcus Buckingham

CLIFTON STRENGTHSFINDER®
§  Identified 34 prevalent talent
themes
§  More than 33 million potential
combinations
§  Positive language to describe:
- How we think
- Why we behave in certain ways
- What’s great about us!

FIND YOUR STRENGTHS.
Successful people understand their talents and strengths and
build their lives upon them.
Successful organizations don’t just accommodate differences
in employees, they capitalize on them.

WHAT IS STRENGTHS-BASED
LEADERSHIP
Emerging from the field of social
work, it is a set of ideas,
assumptions, and techniques:
1.  People are active participants
in the helping process
(empowerment)
2.  All people have strengths, often
untapped or unrecognized
3.  Strengths foster motivation for
growth
4.  Strengths are internal and
environmental

STRENGTHS-BASED PERFORMING
TEAMS
Nearly a decade ago, Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-
year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic
of strengths. More than 3 million people have since taken Gallup's
StrengthsFinder assessment, which forms the core of several
books on this topic, including the #1 international bestseller
StrengthsFinder 2.0.

GALLUP RESEARCH.
Gallup studied more than one
million work teams, conducted
more than 20,000 in-depth
interviews with leaders, and even
interviewed more than 10,000
followers around the world to ask
exactly why they followed the most
important leader in their life.

KNOWING OUR STRENGTHS.
“Most people think they know
what they are good at. They are
usually wrong…..And yet, a
person can perform only from
strength.”
Business Guru, Peter Drucker
(1909-2005)

WHAT ARE STRENGTHS?
§  Talents
§  Skills
§  Knowledge
§  Interests
§  Dreams/Hopes/Goals
§  Crea:vity
§  Culture
§  Passion
§  Connec:ons

TALENTS AND STRENGTHS.
Talent
Naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling or behavior that can be
productively applied
Strength = Talent + Use + Skills + Knowledge
Strength
Consistent, near perfect performance in an activity you love doing

LET’S GET TO KNOW YOU AND
YOUR STRENGTHS.

TEAM STRENGTH.

Talent is your natural way of thinking, feeling or behaving, and investment is the time spent
on developing your skills and building your knowledge base. The more you invest on your
talent, the more you are able to harness your strength, providing consistent performance to
achieve success each time.
TALENT x INVESTMENT = STRENGTH

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Achiever
Activator
Adaptability
Analytical
Arranger
Belief
Command
Communication
Competition
Connectedness
Context
Deliberative
Developer
Discipline
Empathy
Focus
Futuristic
Harmony
Ideation
Includer
Individualization
Input
Intellection
Learner
Maximizer
Positivity
Relator
Responsibility
Restorative
Self-Assurance
Significance
Strategic
Woo

You are a driven person who constantly needs achievement whether they are small tasks in a
day or big projects and achievements that are attained in the long term. Achievers need to live
with constant discontent, often wanting to do and strive for more. They have the energy to work
long hours without burning out, and are always on the look out for new challenges and conquests.
1: Achiever

You are impatient for action. Once decisions are made and plans are mapped out,
Activators are often quick to take on tasks and responsibilities, believing that action is
the best device for learning. Activators make the best momentum for any company or
team.
2: Activator

You are adaptable and live in the moment. While you may not have a fixed idea of what the future
holds for you, you craft your future out of the choices you make right now. You are a very flexible
person who can stay productive when the demands of work are pulling you in many different
directions all at once. You are not shaken by changes and the unexpected.
3: Adaptability

You intimidate other people easily, seeking things to be proven first before following them.
While you don’t necessarily want to destroy other people’s ideas, you often insist that their
ideas be sound and safe. You often see yourself as an objective person, often wanting to
get into the root of things.
4: Analytical

Faced with a complex situation, you enjoy managing all the variables involved until you arrive at
the most productive configuration possible. You are able to take a lot in without being frustrated
by it. You aren’t afraid of chaotic circumstances, and you are not afraid to confront the bull by the
horns, taking charge of the situation while others sit back and take refuge in rules and procedures.
5: Arranger

You have specific core values that are enduring. Whatever personal beliefs you hold, you
consistently hold out for things that are altruistic, spiritual and ethical, and look for these in
everything you do. You often look for meaning in what you do, and remind people of the
reason and purpose of their work and responsibilities.
6: Belief

You like to take charge. You have no qualms imposing your view on others, and
compel them to think and act the same way as you. You push others to take risks and
confront complex situations no matter how unpleasant they are. People are often
drawn towards you and trust the decisions you make for them.
7: Command

You are best at handling things dealing with communication: you like to explain, to describe,
to host, to speak in public, and to write. You are creative and you express ideas well. At the
very core of this talent is an intrinsic ability to keep people interested, and to seek and
generate new information with each and every task.
8: Communication

You always compare yourself to others. You have a means of determining how others are
doing and use it to your advantage. You are instinctively aware of how others are performing
and use that to gauge where you are and what you have accomplished. You are
competitive and are driven by a need to win.
9: Competition

You are sure that things happen for a reason, and have a firm grasp of how the collective
behaves. You have a sense and an awareness of the bigger picture. This allows you to take
responsibilities that are rooted for a genuine concern for others and for other cultures, and
make the best decisions that are attuned to difference.
10: Connectedness

You value balance, and strive to maintain it. Fairness, unselfishness and consistency
are important values for you and you strive to uphold them in any endeavor you do.
You steer away from giving favors and circumstances that will compromise your
fairness.
11: Consistency

You look back to understand the present. You remember past experiences well and make
the most of the knowledge and experience it presents to you. You have a clear vantage
point of things past and use it as a means to gauge your actions and decisions at the
moment.
12: Context

You are good at assessing risks, often bringing them out in the open to be dissected
and evaluated. You see the intricacies in each choice, informing your decisions well.
Beside you, others seem reckless as you are careful and plan things out carefully.
13: Deliberative

You always see the potential in others and in a given situation, and strive to maximize the
potential you see. You are charismatic and interact well with others, often seeing their
strengths rather than weaknesses. You see what others fail to see, and make sure to make the
most of it.
14: Developer

Your world is predictable and safe. Planning and a sense of order are important to you so you
often impose structure and find comfort in routines. However, your predictable ways are also
a source of structure in any team, and in any task as you develop more dependable
practices. You are diligent and keep a well-maintained sense of operations for different
things.
15: Discipline

You are sensitive to the emotions of people around you. You are intuitive and see other people’s
perspectives and understand them the best you can. You help people express what they often
cannot express themselves. As a result, other people are often drawn to you.
16: Empathy

You keep goals well, maintaining an eye on the things that are important to you. You
constantly evaluate actions to see how well they will help you in your long-term goals
in life. You help maintain order in a team or in a company, reminding others of what
the truly important things are.
17: Focus

You look at the horizon and anticipate the future. This will be an important source of
inspiration for you and for the people surrounding you. You are a dreamer who is filled with
visions of what things could be, and you often find strength in the visions that most fascinates
you.
18: Futuristic

You look for areas of agreement. You manage conflict well and maintain a healthy balance
between things that could possibly collide. You believe in keeping a cordial atmosphere and
strive to create spaces and interactions to make people work better and more efficiently.
19: Harmony

You are fascinated by ideas. You seek to find the simple concepts that define a series
of complex problems. You are unfazed by challenges and often seek those thoughts
that explain how and why things have turned out the way they did.
20: Ideation

You are careful not to alienate anyone in your group or company. You actively avoid cliques
and strive to create environments that will be comforting for everyone. You are sensitive to
each and every person’s needs and strive to nurture them no matter what the task.
21: Includer

You recognize the uniqueness in each person. You often avoid categorizations because you
can see through differences no matter how obscure they are. You have a knack for figuring
out each person’s strength and you use this knowledge to draw out the best in each person.
22: Individualization

You are inquisitive and have skills in collecting information, ideas, facts, and even small objects
that are of importance to you. You take interest in small things others generally take for granted.
It keeps your mind fresh, and some day, your attention to detail will prove valuable.
23: Input

You are stimulated by mental activity. You like spending time alone to ponder and reflect. As a
result, you often see possibilities that others don’t see. You do not hesitate to think differently from
the rest. As a result, you usually instigate others to question and challenge the norms which could
be stifling the company you are working for.
24: Intellection

You like to learn and keep a healthy attitude towards new tasks. You will always be drawn to
the process of learning, and this will stimulate you and recharge you to strive for the best in
your work, developing competence constantly in numerous fields or interests that you pursue.
25: Learner

You strive for excellence and are hard to please. You are not satisfied with mediocrity and
you often strive to overcome it by focusing on strengths. You have the intrinsic ability of
figuring out a way to make the most out of the strengths you recognize.
26: Maximizer

You always see the silver lining in everything. You brim with optimism, celebrating every
achievement while trying to make the most with every failure to move forward the best way
possible. People find you infectious and often want to be around you since you inspire them
to work better most of the time and feel good around you.
27: Positivity

You take great pride in the people you know, and strive to transform strangers into
friends who can help you in numerous tasks. You never run out of people to talk to,
and people gravitate towards you. You value relationships and the loyalty of friends
above all. This is why people often trust you and would do almost anything for you.
28: Relator

You are dependable and commit to responsibilities and tasks assigned to you. People take
comfort in your abilities and trust what you can do since you avoid excuses and strive to do your
best no matter what. You are often the rock in any company, you live up to your commitments
and find it hard to work with people who don’t.
29: Responsibility

You are a problem-solver who rises to the occasion when everyone else is about to
give up. While others see problems as setbacks, you are thrilled by the challenge it
presents. You learn well from problems and prove your mettle in tasks that everyone
else would find daunting.
30: Restorative

You are confident in your strengths. This allows you to engage more risks and
challenges because you are often assured that you can handle them and deliver in
the end. You know what makes you unique, and rely on these traits to overcome
obstacles.
31: Self-assurance

You seek to be recognized by others and your contributions known. You want to
be heard and to stand out. You strive to build your credibility and reputation. This
drive helps to fuel your success in any endeavor you choose.
32: Significance

You have a distinct way of thinking, and you are able to sort through chaos and find the best
strategies to overcome difficulties because of your unique problem-solving skills. You are
inquisitive and often see the different possibilities in situations where others find complexity.
33: Strategic

You win others over easily. You relate to other people easily and use this trait to get them
on your side. You never run out of things to say and often initiate conversations with others.
People find a sympathetic and understanding friend in you so they open up to you easily.
34: Woo

FOCUS ON YOUR TALENTS &
STRENGTHS.

Leading With Your Strengths

Barrier Labels
labels undercut and
unfairly judge
a strength.Credit

A leader needs to know his strengths
as a carpenter knows his tools, or a
physician knows the instruments at her
disposal. What great leaders have in
common is that each truly knows his or
her strengths – and can call on the
right strength at the right time. This
explains why there is no definitive list
of characteristics that describes all
leaders.
- Dr. Donald O. Clifton

Weakness
Deﬁne it and move forward.

WEAKNESS VS. NON-TALENT
A weakness is something that gets
in your way or in the way of
others.
Dealing with Weakness:
•  Open communication/
transparency
•  Get the RIGHT training
•  Leverage other talents
•  Use support systems
•  Form complementary
partnerships

BALCONIES VS. BASEMENTS

A FINAL NOTE
Affirm and Integrate!
Learn to appreciate and value
your own unique set of talents,
then turn them into strengths.
Great leaders know what they do
best and capitalize on those
qualities.

THANK YOU.

If you are a business leader serious about implemen:ng proven CULTURE and
ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES in your company / department / team, contact us
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REFERENCE MATERIALS
Strengths Based Leadership (2009)
StrengthsFinder 2.0 (2007)
StrengthsQuest (2006)
Teach With Your Strengths (2005)
How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life
(2004)
How Full Is Your Bucket? Expanded Anniversary Edition (2009)
Living Your Strengths (2004)
Discover Your Sales Strengths (2003)
Now, Discover Your Strengths (2001)
To learn more about these books and others from Gallup Press, visit
the Gallup Press website

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