Living Your Strengths!. What will we learn? To identify our five key strengths To recognize the...

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Strengths!Strengths!

What will we learn?What will we learn?• To identify our five key strengths

• To recognize the value of our strengths

• To use our talents for growth & service

• To develop a strength based community

You’re One in a MillionYou’re One in a Million (Actually, You Are One in 33 Million)(Actually, You Are One in 33 Million)

• You are unique!

What is My PassionWhat is My Passioninin

Life?Life?

What do I want from myself?

“Caring is the basis for community, and the first job of the leader is to build community, a deep feeling of unity, a fellowship.”-- Richard Farson: Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership

We want to be the good servant!

Identifying My Strengths fromIdentifying My Strengths fromLiving Your Strengths or Discover Your Living Your Strengths or Discover Your

StrengthsStrengths• On-line Survey reveals your five

dominant themes.– Your “Signature Themes”

http://www.StrengthFinders.com

• By identifying and refining these signature themes you will be in the best possible position to use your strengths to the fullest

What You Will SeeWhat You Will See

When you are talking to someone, how do you know if you are doing a good job of listening?

““I know that I am I know that I am doing a good job of doing a good job of listening if I can listening if I can understand and understand and repeat back what repeat back what the other person is the other person is saying”saying”

““I know that I am I know that I am doing a good job of doing a good job of listening if the other listening if the other person keeps talking”person keeps talking”

Very much like me Very much like me neutral20 seconds to answer

““I know that I am I know that I am doing a good job of doing a good job of listening if I can listening if I can understand and understand and repeat back what repeat back what the other person is the other person is saying”saying”

““I know that I am I know that I am doing a good job of doing a good job of listening if the other listening if the other person keeps talking”person keeps talking”

If neither of the paired statements triggers If neither of the paired statements triggers a strong reaction or if both statements fit a strong reaction or if both statements fit you equally well, neutral is an appropriate you equally well, neutral is an appropriate

answer.answer.However, try However, try notnot to use neutral excessively. to use neutral excessively.

InstructionsInstructions

• Look on the inside jacket of your book to find your personal ID code

• Go to http://www.strengthsfinder.com

• Log on using your ID code

• Take the test and print out your five strengths

Break TimeBreak Time"A leader has the vision and "A leader has the vision and

conviction that a dream can be conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power achieved. He inspires the power

and energy to get it done."and energy to get it done."-- Ralph Lauren -- Ralph Lauren

Why Strengths?Why Strengths?• Many people find it easier to recognize

the strengths of others, than their own. • As a result most of us do not

consciously build our lives around our strengths.

• Instead, we spend a lot of time and energy trying to repair perceived flaws, while our real strengths lay dormant and neglected.

In February of 2001 the Gallup Organization asked 1,016 adults the question:

Which would help you be more successful in life:

•knowing what your weaknesses are and attempting to improve them, or

•knowing what your strengths are and attempting to build on them?

Gallup ResearchGallup Research

Gallup Research Gallup Research (cont.)(cont.)

• 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 340,000 agreed = 20%

• “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…”

Handwriting ExerciseHandwriting Exercise

Handwriting ExerciseHandwriting Exercise

ABCDEFGHI

Alternate Hand

With Lots of Effort and

Practice

Dominant Hand

With Lots of Effort and

Practice

ABCDEFGHI

ABCEFGH I

ABCDEFGHI

MinimumLevelOf

Performance

• Imagine you and everyone around you wanting to utilize their strengths….excited, enthusiastic, eager to use their God given talents to do great things.

Focus On Your StrengthsFocus On Your Strengths

Achiever Activator AdaptabilityAnalyticalArranger BeliefCommandCommunicationCompetitionConnectednessConsistency

IntellectionLearner Maximizer Postivity Relator Responsibility Restorative Self-AssuranceSignificance Strategic Woo

ContextDeliberativeDeveloperDisciplineEmpathyFocusFuturisticHarmonyIdeationIncluder IndividualizationInput Copyright © 2004 The Gallup Organization, Princeton, NJ. All rights reserved.

Discover Your Strengths & Living Your Discover Your Strengths & Living Your Strengths (FinderStrengths (Finder®®))

Themes…Themes…A Common LanguageA Common Language

Signature Themes TagSignature Themes Tag

Please, put your top 5 signature themes on your name tag

1. Positivity

2. Relator

3. Includer

4. Belief

5. Woo

Second ActivitySecond Activity

• Open the Living Your Strengths book to pages 14-104

• Read only about your five themes• Think about the relationship of each

theme and how the combination of themes effect you.

• Then get up and spend the next 20 minutes asking others about their themes.

Break TimeBreak Time

"It is the very essence of good leadership to give "It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to away all credit for positive achievement, to

identify only team goals and always to refer to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such."them as such."

--Joe Klock, author, speaker and syndicated --Joe Klock, author, speaker and syndicated columnistcolumnist

Identifying Your Strengths with Identifying Your Strengths with Living Your StrengthsLiving Your Strengths (Finder (Finder®®))

• Reveals your five dominant themes of talent– Your “Signature Themes”

• By identifying and refining these signature themes you will be in the best possible position to use your strengths to the fullest .

The EquationThe Equation

Talents + Knowledge + Skill = StrengthsTalents + Knowledge + Skill = Strengths

(naturally (naturally (learned) (learned) (service)(service)

occurring)occurring) Eccl 5:18Eccl 5:18

To build your strengths, identify your To build your strengths, identify your talents, add knowledge & skills to serve talents, add knowledge & skills to serve

GodGod

Strength Themes can be divided Strength Themes can be divided into four dimensionsinto four dimensions

Relating Impacting

Striving Thinking

Relating• Communication• Empathy• Harmony• Includer• Individualization• Relator• Responsibility

Impacting• Command• Competition• Developer• Maximizer• Positivity• Woo

Striving• Achiever• Activator• Adaptability• Belief• Discipline• Focus• Restorative• Self-Assurance• Significance

Thinking• Analytical• Arranger• Connectedness• Consistency• Context• Deliberative• Futuristic• Ideation• Input• Intellection• Learner• Strategic

WHAT IS MY PASSION?WHAT IS MY PASSION?

• Why do I feel I must meet everyone?

• Why do I have no fear walking up to a motor cycle rider with body piercing?

• Why do I try to find common things to talk about?

• Why do I HATE people being rejected?

• Why do I see good when others see bad?

Pair UpPair Up

Spend the next 20 minutes talking Spend the next 20 minutes talking about how your passions are about how your passions are

related to your strengths.related to your strengths.

What are these Characters What are these Characters StrengthsStrengths

• Split into equal size groups

• Each group chose one of character and try to identify 5 strengths.

•Be sure your able to back up why this person has this talent.

Lincoln

Gandhi

Martin Luther King

Solomon

Jesus

How Will You Use Your New How Will You Use Your New Knowledge for Your Life and Knowledge for Your Life and

Community?Community?Teaching

Leading Service Challenge

Providing Vision

Helping others

Learning

Training Others

Taking a stand

Seeing what needs to be done then doing it

Helping elderly and poor

Learning new things in order to improve your community

Group ExerciseGroup Exercise

• Break into equal teams.

• Pick one of the following scenarios and develop the team to best handle that set of circumstances.

ScenariosScenarios

– Selection of a team to build an astronomer booth, community star gazing center.

– Benevolence work in the Community– Renovation and expansion of the county

historical museums – Highway rest stop– How can I change my neighborhood

Explain Your ScenarioExplain Your Scenario

1. Who is on the Team?

2. Why are they on the team?

3. What combination of talents are needed to resolve each scenario?

4. Who will lead the team?

Hunting Camps ScenarioHunting Camps Scenario

Who is in a hunting camp?

What responsibilities are their responsibilities?

What talents are needed?

What should the final team look like?

Break into groups and answer all four questions.

Successful Hunting Camps Have!Successful Hunting Camps Have!From SNS Outfitters in Casper From SNS Outfitters in Casper

WyomingWyoming• Outfitter

• Camp Manager

• Wrangler

• Guide

• Cook

• Camp Jack

What talents are Needed?What talents are Needed?

• Outfitter– Communicator– Arranger– Idealistic/Futuristic– Strategic

What talents are Needed?What talents are Needed?

• Camp Manager– Communication– Responsibility– Command– Thinking/Learner

What talents are Needed?What talents are Needed?

• Wrangler– Consistency– Deliberative– Achiever– Self Assurance

What talents are Needed?What talents are Needed?

• Guide– Realtor– Competitive– Achiever– Includer

What talents are Needed?What talents are Needed?

• Cook– Woo– Includer– Significance– Learner

What talents are Needed?What talents are Needed?

• Camp Jack (Jack of All Trades)– Self Assurance– Learner– Discipline– Consistency

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LIVE YOUR PASSIONLIVE YOUR PASSION

Fulfill your God given destiny!Fulfill your God given destiny!