Explore your Strengths! Using Clifton StrengthFinder by Gallup

Objectives Understand your talents and how these influence relationships, behaviors, and activities Examine how you use your talents at work Find tools to identify specific ways to improve and cultivate a strengths based culture for your team Play Greatest Talents Video from resources

People who focus on strengths are “Six times as likely to be engaged in their jobs and more than three times as likely to report having an excellent quality of life in general” Getting the right people in the right seat on the bus

At My Best 10 mins

Your Top 5 Strengths Review your top 5 strengths - Reflection Were there any that surprised you? Is there a part of you job you do not like to do? Which strength is playing into that ? Is there a part of your job or an activity you love? Which strength plays in to that? Work in pairs, then report out to the group – 10 mins

my Success 20-30 mins

Characteristics of a Leader A leader needs to know his strengths as a carpenter knows his tools, or as 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 describe all leaders.~ Donald Clifton

Scavenger Hunt Activity 20 mins

Either Or Activity

Talent, Knowledge, or Skill? 10 mins

Career Interview 20 mins

Become a Better Listener 20 mins

Uniqueness of Others 30 mins

What strong teams have in common Conflict doesn’t destroy strong teams because strong teams focus on results. Strong teams prioritize what’s best for the organization and then move forward. Members of strong teams are as committed to their personal lives as they are to their work. Strong teams embrace diversity. Strong teams are magnets for talent.

Personal statement of strengths and your team 15 mins