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START WITH TALENT; FINISH WITH STRENGTH
UNLEASH YOUR TALENTS
A person should get the opportunity to say at
least once a day, “This is why I was born!”
~ Don Clifton, Developer of the StrengthsFinder
Tracy: Learner-Input-Connectedness-Arranger-Positivity

Reprinted or used with the permission of Gallup Inc.
Copyright © 2013 Gallup, Inc. All rights reserved.
Build a Bridge
You have 10-15 minutes to
build a bridge.
It must:
■ Be free-standing
■ Be wide enough for the
bowl to go under (like a
boat going under a
bridge)
■ Be strong enough to
support the weight of
the bowl (like a car
traveling over a bridge) 2

FOCUS OF
OUR TIME
■ To learn about the
power of leveraging
talents/strengths
■ To better understand
our own
talents/strengths and
how we might
productively aim
them as educators
■ To identify and
understand how our
talents/strengths
contribute to others
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34 Talents Themes
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“In the coming world, they
will not ask me, “Why were
you not Moses?” They will
ask me: “Why were you not
Zusya?”
~ Rabbi Zusya
Not bad, not better, just different…
We are a unique combination of talents
– 278,000 different combinations
– 33 million combinations, given the
order
✧ You are an ORIGINAL!
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■ Share your top five themes
■ What was your first reaction to YOUR
top five themes?
■ What surprised you?
■ Which theme among
your top five stands out
to you and why?
FIRST IMPRESSIONS

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What lies behind us
and what lies before
us are tiny matters
compared with what
lies within us.”
- UNATTRIBUTED
“

talk to people in elevators, airplanes, grocery
stores, and wherever you go
STAND UP IF YOU ALWAYS …

have a color-coded or otherwise organized closet

need to pick someone to race while driving

ask lots of questions

make a list of things to do on (even on weekends)

have a book on your nightstand to read

Examples of talent include:
■ effortlessly and instinctively starting conversations
■ thinking in an orderly or timely manner
■ being able to easily influence others
■ seeing patterns in data
■ consistently having a positive outlook on life
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EVERYONE HAS TALENT
Talent is a naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling, or
behavior that can be productively applied.

It’s how we see the world...
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“I use my strengths every day.”
Experiment to ponder...
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We build strengths from our underlying
patterns of gifts or talents adding in knowledge
and skills
Talents: a natural
recurring pattern
of thought,
feeling, or
behavior that can
be productively
applied
Knowledge:
Facts and lessons
learned
Skills:
The steps of an
activity
Strengths: consistent near perfect
performance in an activity.

PEOPLE WHO FOCUS ON USING THEIR
STRENGTHS …
are three TIMES as likely to report
having an excellent quality of life
are six TIMES as likely to
be engaged in their jobs
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Educators WORKING IN THE
STRENGTHS ZONE …
■ look forward to going to work
■ have more positive than negative interactions with coworkers
■ treat others better
■ tell their friends they work for a great school
■ achieve more on a daily basis
■ have more positive, creative, and innovative moments
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What will happen when we
think about what is right with
people rather than fixating on
what is wrong with them?”
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Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D.
psychologist and business executive
(1924-2003)
“

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There is nothing wrong with being aware of our weaknesses and
managing them, but our greatest opportunity for success lies in
building on our natural talents.
This is about productivity and success.
It’s about learning to lean into the ways YOU are successful.

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Talents come naturally,
but STRENGTHS
are earned.

THEMES ARE THE
BASIC LANGUAGE
OF TALENT
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Strengths are your
superpower...
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Awaken. Nurture. Empower.
NAME IT! CLAIM IT! AIM IT!
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YOUR REPORT IS A BEGINNING, NOT AN END.
NAME IT! CLAIM IT! AIM IT!
Name It!
■ Read your themes or and highlight/underline or circle the
words or phrases that best describe you.
■ With which of your Top Five do you most strongly identify?
Claim It!
■ When have your themes helped you be successful in the past?
■ How might your themes help you to be successful as a teacher? A
successful learner?
Aim It!
■ How might you use this Signature Theme more intentionally in
the next week? As you go into your summer of research?
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Think back to the
bridge activity...
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The key to success is to fully understand how to
apply your greatest talents and strengths in your
everyday life.

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A strengths-based team is a
group of imperfect but talented
contributors who are valued for
their strengths and who need one
another to realize individual and
team excellence.
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Genius and Beauty
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As you think about
what you have heard
and thought about
today during our work
with strengths , what
might you carry with
with you in the days
ahead?

RESOURCES:
coaching.gallup. com
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RESOURCES:
gallupstrengthscenter.com
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What do great teams
have in common?
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Teamwork

Your Unique Contribution to the Team
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Team Grid
● What do you notice?
● Think back to the bridge, what did you
notice?

YOUR GREATEST TALENTS
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