Putting Your Strengths to Work Paula Beadle
Your natural talents are a powerful source of strength. By embracing your natural talents, developing your strengths, and putting them to work, you will increase your satisfaction and performance.
Now, Discover Your Strengths Gallup conducted a study of excellence over 4 decades with millions of high performers to determine the most natural thoughts, feelings, and behaviors • 34 patterns emerged as prevalent themes of human talent • Designed strengthsfinder assessment to identify signature themes • Introduced a new vernacular to describe people’s talents and strengths • Changed the conversation away from shortcomings
Only 1/3 of respondents strongly agreed they have an opportunity to do what they do best everyday. Working within your strengths leads to more engagement, satisfaction, and improved performance
Imagine doing what you do best everyday. At the end of the day, are you energized and satisfied?
Why understanding your strengths is important? • More engagement leads to better performance and increased job satisfaction • Happier in your work, less burn-out • A new vernacular to talk about yourself • Tool to help you achieve your goals • A catalyst to discuss professional development • Understanding of others strengths leads to greater appreciation
Your greatest opportunity for growth and excellence lies in focusing on your strengths not your weakness.
Talents Skills Knowledge are your naturally recurring can be learned – they will + + consists of the facts and patterns of thought, feeling help you perform, they will lessons learned or behavior that can be not help you excel productively applied Strengths are a consistent near perfect performance in an activity Strengthsfinder 2.0, Tom Rath
How to Identify Your Talents • Monitor your behavior and your feelings over an extended period of time • Look for consistent thoughts - often what comes easy is a sign of a strength • Listen to what others tell you - gratitude, recognition and applause are meaningful • Consider your successes • Take assessment by purchasing Strengthsfinder 2.0 by Tom Rath and visit strengthfinder.com to reveal your 5 dominant themes of talent
Overview of Talent Themes Achiever Connectedness Harmony Relator Activator Consistency Ideation Responsibility Adaptability Context Includer Restorative Analytical Deliberative Individualization Self- assurance Arranger Developer Input Significance Belief Discipline Intellection Strategic Command Empathy Learner Woo Communication Focus Maximizer Competition Futuristic Positivity
Put your strengths to work. How will you achieve a goal or solve a problem using your signature strengths?
Key Messages • Talents combined with skills and knowledge leads to strengths • By focusing on your strengths you have a greater opportunity to achieve excellence • People are happier when they are working within their strengths • There are no “bad” strengths, strengths do not define who you are, they are a useful tool • Your 5 signature talents do not represent your only strengths, they just fire first • Teams who understand and appreciate each others strengths are more productive, happier, and effective
Build a strength based family, community, and workplace. Change your daily conversations from shortcomings to strengths. Please do not reproduce, or use in part without the approval of Caravel Marketing, Inc.
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