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Understanding Strengths and Leadership. When individuals use their strengths AND come together in concert, the results are exponential. Writing Challenge. Write your name 5 times … With your dominant hand With your non-dominant hand. What Was the Difference?.
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When individuals use their strengths AND come together in concert, the results are exponential
Writing Challenge • Write your name 5 times… • With your dominant hand • With your non-dominant hand
What Was the Difference? • Could you write with your non-dominant hand? • With practice, could you get better at this? • Could you write as WELL or as FAST or as EASILY as with your dominant hand?
“Recipe for Strength” Investing in your strengths Talent (a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving) X Investment (time spent practicing, developing your skills, and building your knowledge base) ___________________________________________________________ = STRENGTH (the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance)
Applying Your Strengths • If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything. • Leader characteristics: Empathetic, creative, disciplined, strategic, humble, decisive, and great communication skills. • “I’ve never met an effective leader who wasn’t aware of his talents and working to sharpen them” – Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark
The Power of Team and Engagement Chances of Being Engaged in Your Work 100% 80% 73% 60% LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT 40% 20% 9% 0% Leader Does Not Focus on Strengths Leader Focuses on Strengths
The Highest Achievers • Spend most of their time in their areas of strength • Use their strengths to overcome obstacles • Invent ways of capitalizing on their strengths in new situations
34 Themes of Strengths • Achiever • Activator • Adaptability • Analytical • Arranger • Belief • Command • Communication • Competition • Connectedness • Context • Deliberative • Developer • Discipline • Empathy‘ • Fairness • Focus • Futuristic • Harmony • Ideation • Inclusiveness • Individualization • Input • Intellection • Learner • Maximizer • Positivity • Relator • Responsibility • Restorative • Self- Assurance • Significance • Strategic • Woo
1 in 275,000 chance of meeting someone with your “Top 5”. What are the odds? 1 in 33 million chance of meeting someone in your lifetime with your “Top 5” in same order. 1in 447 trillion meeting someone with your TOP 10 in same order. Source: Gallup Inc.
The Four Domains of Leadership Strength Executing - catch an idea, making a reality Influencing - reach a broader audience Relationship Building - holding a team together Strategic Thinking – sees what could be
Strengths Based Teams • TEAMS in this context refers to groups of people working together to achieve a common goal • Committees • Honors Student Board • Executive teams or leadership groups for organizations • University President and the Vice-Presidents and Provosts • Dean and Associate Deans • Company President and Vice-Presidents • Service organizations, etc., etc. • The Arc of Story County • Youth and Shelter Services • These teams function best when comprised of peoplewho know their own talentsand recognize the strengths of others
Form Complementary Partnerships • Executing: "Leaders with dominant strength in the Executing domain know how to make things happen. When you need someone to implement a solution, these are the people who will work tirelessly to get it done. Leaders with a strength to execute have the ability to "catch" an idea and make it a reality." Achiever Arranger Belief Consistency Deliberative Discipline Focus Responsibility Restorative Strengths-Based Leadership (Rath, Conchie 2008)
Form Complementary Partnerships • Influencing: "Those who lead by Influencing help their team reach a much broader audience. People with strength in this domain are always selling the team's ideas inside and outside the organization. When you need someone to take charge, speak up, and make sure your group is heard, look to someone with the strength to influence." Activator Command Communication Competition Maximizer Self-Assurance Significance Woo Strengths-Based Leadership (Rath, Conchie 2008)
Form Complementary Partnerships • Relationship-Building: "Those who lead through Relationship Building are the essential glue that holds a team together. Without these strengths on a team, in many cases, the group is simply a composite of individuals. In contrast, leaders with exceptional Relationship Building strength have the unique ability to create groups and organizations that are much greater than the sum of their parts." Adaptability Connectedness Developer Empathy Harmony Individualization Includer Positivity Relator Strengths-Based Leadership (Rath, Conchie 2008)
Form Complementary Partnerships • Strategic Thinking: "Leaders with great Strategic Thinking strengths are the ones who keep us all focused on what could be. They are constantly absorbing and analyzing information and helping the team make better decisions. People with strengths in this domain constantly stretch our thinking for the future. Analytical Context Futuristic Ideation Input Intellection Learner Strategic Strengths-Based Leadership (Rath, Conchie 2008)
Identify Team Strengths • What strengths do our team members have? Understand & Agree on Strengths • What does each strength mean to the team? • How & when can we leverage? Leverage Strengths for Team • “Can you help us accomplish this using your strength?” Strengths in Teams
Reflection • What is your first reaction to these terms? • What do they mean to you at this point? • Does anything in the report surprise you? • How well do you feel your Signature Themes describe the ways in which you most naturally behave as an unique individual? • With whom will you share your results with? If you have shared with someone, what was their reaction?
