Strengths-Based Leadership

adapted from Gallup
Operations Training & Development
StrengthsFinder
Effective leaders understand who they are so they can better understand others

Themes reveal
how you view the world
,
how you relate to others
, and
what's important to you

Working in your strengths v. working in your weaknesses

Increased active engagement

Success
WHY Strengths?
Theme
Definitions
Teams
Let's look at our teams...
A category of talents that are most related to success
Talent
A natural way of thinking, feeling or behaving; inherent, not teachable
Knowledge
What you know; acquired through formal or informal training
Skill
Basic ability to move through the fundamental steps in a task; acquired through formal or informal training
Practice
Time spent working, exercising and applying your talent, knowledge and skills
TALENT
a natural way of thinking, feeling or behaving
X
INVESTMENT
time spent practicing
and developing your
talents, knowledge
and skills
STRENGTHS
=
the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance
Implications of Engagement
Working in Your Strengths
1x = 10
10x = 1
Strength
The ability to consistently produce a positive outcome through near-perfect performance in a specific task
This is what happens when you ignore employees...
=
$300 Billion in lost productivity
This is what happens when you focus on your employees' strengths...
Make Up
Take Over
Enhance
...for a lesser talent
...where one person leaves off
...what one person may already possess
Achieve something greater together than apart!
Domains of Successful Teams
What are your contributions to the team?

What do those contributions look like on Operations Training & Development within CareerBuilder?

What can the rest of the team do to support your contributions?




DISCUSSION
StrengthsFinder Stats
1 in
33.39 Million
1 in
340,000
Perceptions of Strengths
Family
Culture
Society
Experience
Who has influenced your perspective of strengths?