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Gallup Strengths based leadership
This document discusses Gallup Strengths-based leadership and maximizing team effectiveness. It describes 34 talent themes that make up individual strengths, which are sorted into four leadership dimensions: Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, and Strategic Thinking. The document provides an example of how a leader with the strength of Futuristic can help build trust, show compassion, provide stability and create hope within a team. It also shares the strengths profile of an example team.
Gallup Strengths based leadership
- 1. Gallup Strengths based Leadership& Maximizing Team Effectiveness Knowledge sharing with a lighter note -By Kaushik Iyer 4th Dec’14
- 2. What is Strength??? Strengthis anything that you posses(…) in abundance, is useable at your will and can be of help to you when you need to draw on it!
- 3. Discover your strengths… •Marcus Buckingham & Donald Clifton’s describes strength as Talent Themes/ attributes of an individual. • They listed 34 such attributes as strength • themes, each individual posses them but in varying degree of intensity and varying order of strengths. • Together these result into the individuals preferred style of behavior, tendency to develop skills and effectiveness of certain tasks.
- 4. 34 Themes… • Achiever- one with a constant drive for accomplishing tasks • Activator - one who acts to start things in motion • Adaptability - one who is especially adept at accommodating to changes in direction/plan • Analytical - one who requires data and/or proof to make sense of their circumstances • Arranger - one who enjoys orchestrating many tasks and variables to a successful outcome • Belief - one who strives to find some ultimate meaning behind everything they do • Command - one who steps up to positions of leadership without fear of confrontation • Communication - one who uses words to inspire action and education • Competition - one who thrives on comparison and competition to be successful • Connectedness - one who seeks to unite others through commonality • Consistency - one who believes in treating everyone the same to avoid unfair advantage • Context - one who is able to use the past to make better decisions in the present • Deliberative - one who proceeds with caution, seeking to always have a plan and know all of the details • Developer - one who sees the untapped potential in others • Discipline - one who seeks to make sense of the world by imposition of order • Empathy - one who is especially in tune with the emotions of others • Focus - one who requires a clear sense of direction to be successful
- 5. 34 Themes…• Futuristic- one who has a keen sense of using an eye towards the future to drive today's success • Harmony - one who seeks to avoid conflict and achieve success through consensus • Ideation - one who is adept at seeing underlying concepts that unite disparate ideas • Includer - one who instinctively works to include everyone • Individualization - one who draws upon the uniqueness of individuals to create successful teams • Input - one who is constantly collecting information or objects for future use • Intellection - one who enjoys thinking and thought-provoking conversation often for its own sake, and also can data compress complex concepts into simplified models • Learner - one who must constantly be challenged and learning new things to feel successful • Maximizer - one who seeks to take people and projects from great to excellent • Positivity - one who has a knack for bring the light-side to any situation • Relator - one who is most comfortable with fewer, deeper relationships • Responsibility - one who, inexplicably, must follow through on commitments • Restorative - one who thrives on solving difficult problems • Self-Assurance - one who stays true to their beliefs, judgments and is confident of his/her ability • Significance - one who seeks to be seen as significant by others • Strategic - one who is able to see a clear direction through the complexity of a situation • Woo - one who is able to easily persuade
- 6. Leadership….??? Doing things right........!!!! OR Doing theright things......!!!!
- 7. Strength based Leadership •Executing: Leaders who are dominant in the Executing dimension make things happen and get things done. These leaders work hard to turn ideas into reality. • Influencing: Leaders with strength in the Influencing dimension are able to take control, speak up, and make sure their team’s opinions are heard. These leaders sell their team’s ideas to a broader audience. • Relationship Building: Leaders whose strengths lie in the Relationship Building dimension are skilled at holding teams together. They are able to develop teams and organizations where individuals work together. • Strategic Thinking: Leaders with Strategic Thinking strengths are able to absorb and analyze information, thereby helping their teams make better decisions. They focus on what could be, and stretch others’ thinking.
- 8. Executing • Turn ideas intoReality Influencing • Sell ideas to the audience Relationship Building • Develop Teams to perform Strategic Thinking • Analyze information & make better decision 4 Strength Dimensions
- 10. Analytical (Strategic Thinking) -Analytical - Context - Futuristic - Ideation - Input - Intellection - Learner - Strategic Amiable (Relationship Building) - Adaptability - Developer - Connectedness - Empathy - Harmony - Includer - Individualization - Positivity - Relator Driver (Executing) - Achiever -Arranger - Belief - Consistency - Deliberative - Discipline - Focus - Responsibility - Restorative Expressive (Influencing) - Activator -Command - Communication - Competition - Maximizer - Self-Assurance - Significance - Woo Ask Tell Task People
- 11. Your Leaderhip Strength •Sort your Top 5 strengths into the Leadership Dimensions Executing Influencing Relationship Building Strategic Thinking Maximizer Futuristic Learner Input Ideation Executing Influencing Relationship Building Strategic Thinking Activator Adaptability Strategic Maximizer Ideation
- 12. What does aLeader Need??? • Build… • Show… • Provide…. • Create…. What Teams needs from a Leader? A Dream Team • Trust • Compassion • Stability • Hope
- 14. Using strength forleading…an example • Futuristic: People strong in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They can inspire others with their visions of the future. • Build Trust – Help them imagine, Provide as much details of the future, how can they be part of the future • Show Compassion – Make a connect, do dreaming for them, invest in their dreams. • Provide Stability – Help others stay calm in the present, remove anxiety of the future. • Create Hope – Play as a guide for their dreams, assure them you share their dreams.
- 15. Using strength forleading… an example Leading others with strong Futuristic • Give this person time to think about the future. • Create opportunities for them to share perspective • Have a data-based vision of the future. • Put changes in the context of the future needs.
- 16. Fun Facts....... OurTeam Shyam Amrita Anjali Priyanka Kaushik Tripti Pravin Amit Manpreet Futuristic Relator Ideation Achiever Strategic Maximizer Restorative Strategic Arranger Maximizer Strategic Responsibility Responsibility Ideation Ideation Futuristic Command Consistency Learner Achiever Individualization Deliberative Adaptability Activator Strategic Responsibility Adaptability Input Learner Analytical Self assurance Activator Empathy Relator Futuristic Positivity Ideation Restorative Deliberative Input Maximizer Achiever Belief Relator Relator
- 17. Analytical Consistency Input Arranger Learner Command Belief Futuristic Deliberative Restorative Positivity Ideation Empathy Achiever Self Assurance Adaptability Activator RelatorStrategic Responsibility Maximizer Executing Influencing Relationship Building Strategic Thinking Fun Facts......
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- 19. Fun Facts.... 3 2 1 11 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 2 3 1 4 3 2 4 Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical Arranger Belief Command Communication Competition Connectedness Consistency Context Deliberative Developer Discipline Empathy Focus Futuristic Harmony Ideation Includer Individualization Input Intellection Learner Maximizer Positivity Relator Responsibility Restorative Self Significance Strategic Woo Strengths Count of Strengths in HR Team (mum+del)
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