Strengths Finder Training

Clifton Strengths Finder
Understanding Your Strengths and the Strengths of Others

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Agenda
 Introduction to the Strengths
“Positive Psychology”
methodology
 Why Strengths are more
important than Weakness
 Understanding Your Strengths
 Understanding OTHER
people’s strengths
 Managing your weaknesses
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Session Objective
 The objective of
this training is to
provide you with a
new tool (or way
of thinking) that
can strengthen
your working
relationships with
each other and
with clients
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Positive Psychology
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Dr. Donald Clifton
While traditional Psychology has long focused on what
was wrong with people, Dr. Clifton was among the
founders of Positive Psychology, the scientific and
practical pursuit of optimal human functioning…
“Positive psychology is a framework, or a
paradigm, that encompasses an approach to
psychology from the perspective of healthy,
successful life functioning.” - Dr. Clifton

What Are Strengths?
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TALENT
KNOWLEDG
E & SKILL STRENGTH+ =
Talents are naturally
recurring patterns of
thought, feeling, or
behavior that can be
productively applied.
By refining our dominant
talents with skill and
knowledge, we can
create strength: the
ability to provide
consistent, near-perfect
performance in a given
activity.
A strength is the ability to consistently provide near-
perfect performance in a given activity. Strengths grow
from our natural talents, so while they can be developed,
they cannot be acquired.

Why Become Strengths Based?
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Strengths
Drive Self
Confidence
A 25 year study found that it results in higher
income, less health issues, better career
satisfaction, and grows exponentially
The Gallup Organization asked 1.7 million
employees of 101 companies, from 61
countries:
“At work do you have the opportunity to do
what you do best everyday?”
Only 20% agreed
The Study Also Found…
“The longer an employee stays with an organization and
the higher he climbs the traditional career ladder, the
less likely he is to strongly agree…”

Weakness VS Strength
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If you totally suck at something the amount of work to become a
MASTER is significantly more than if you are GOOD at something
and want to become a MASTER
AMMOUNTOFEFFORT
AMMOUNT
OFEFFORT
MASTERY MASTERY
Starting Point
Starting Point

Strengths Exercise 1 – Good to Great
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1. Using your normal
writing hand
2. Using your non-
dominate hand
3. Very slowly, taking
great care, with your
normal writing hand
Write…
“This Presentation Rocks”

Strengths Exercise 1 – Good to Great
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Considered OK
Considered GREAT
Non Dominate
Hand
Dominate Hand
With Lots of
Effort & Practice
With Lots of
Effort & Practice

Four Domains of Strengths
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Executing Influencing
Relationship
Building
Strategic
Thinking
Accomplish things, get
it done
Influencing others to
reach goals
Concerned & interested
in the ways people are
affected
Making sense of things,
creating visions
Achiever
Arranger
Belief
Consistency
Deliberative
Discipline
Focus
Responsibility
Restorative
Activator
Command
Communication
Competition
Maximizer
Self-Assurance
Significance
Woo
Adaptability
Connectedness
Developer
Empathy
Harmony
Includer
Individualization
Positivity
Relator
Analytical
Context
Futuristic
Ideation
Input
Intellection
Learner
Strategic
None of the Four Domains or 34 Strengths are more or less important
than another

Guess What?
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You’re Unique
1 in 275,000 chance
of meeting someone
with the same Top 5
as you
1 in 33 million
chance of meeting
someone with the
same Top 5 in the
same order as you

Executing
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Strength Meaning
Achiever Lots of stamina and like hard work and staying busy
Arranger Organized but flexible
Belief Rely on strong core values that don’t change
Consistency
Exhibit fairness, are keenly aware of the need to treat people the
same way
Deliberative Take serious care in making decisions or choices
Discipline Enjoy routine and structure
Focus Take direction, follow through, and make corrections to stay on track
Responsibility Assume psychological ownership of what they do
Restorative Especially good at figuring our what’s wrong and resolving it

Influencing
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Strength Meaning
Activator Make things happen by turning thoughts into action
Command Has a presence, takes control, and makes decisions
Communication Finds it easy to put thoughts into works, good talkers
Competition Measure their progress against the performance of others
Maximizer Seeks to transform something strong into something superb
Self-Assurance Confident in the ability to manage themselves, an inner compass
Significance Independent and wanting to be recognized for good works
Woo Love to meet new people and win them over

Building Relationships
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Strength Meaning
Adaptability Take things as them come and “go with the flow”
Connectedness Has faith in the link between all things, it all happens for a reason
Developer Recognizes and cultivates the potential in others
Empathy Can sense the feelings of others by “walking in their shoes”
Harmony Seeks consensus, doesn’t like conflict
Includer Accepting of others and seeks ways to not let them feel left out
Individualization Intrigued by the unique qualities of each person
Positivity Has an enthusiasm that is often contagious, upbeat
Relator Deep satisfaction in working hard with others to achieve goals

Strategic Thinking
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Strength Meaning
Analytical Searches for reason and cause
Context They understand the present by researching it’s history
Futuristic Inspired by the future and what it could be
Ideation Find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena
Input Have a craving to know more, often collects and archives information
Intellection Introspective and appreciate debate and discussion
Learner
Great desire to learn and continuously improve, the process is what
excites them!
Strategic Often create alternative ways to proceed, quickly spot patterns

Strengths Exercise 2 – Working With Me
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FORREST
Strategic
Command
Input
Activator
Communication
Scenario:
We have been working
with a complex project
and the customer is
getting frustrated… based
on my strengths how
would you leverage me?
Using your books read on my
five strengths and write
down ideas for each scenario
above
Group Activity

Managing Weakness
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The best of the best focus on their strengths and
manage their weaknesses; they look for and
leverage the strengths of others
There are two main types of weakness
Deficiencies – Something you
don’t have or don’t do well
Over-Reliance – Over relying on
one particular strength
• Make small improvements
• Create supports
• Find others with
complimentary talents
• Practice flexibility
• Try new things
• Practice humility

In Summary
 High Achievers…
 Know the strengths of those
around them
 Use their strengths to overcome
obstacles
 Invent ways of capitalizing on their
strengths in new situations
 Excel because they more fully develop
and apply their strengths and talents
 Find ways to apply their strengths to
their tasks
 Build their lives around their
strengths
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After This Training….
 When you get back to the office…
 In the book, read up on your strengths… do some
“self analysis”
 Get the strengths of the people you work closest with
and think about how you can work with them
differently
 Find someone who best compliments each of your
strengths (or weaknesses)
 Mentally assign strengths to clients and think about
different ways to engage them
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