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StrengthsFinder 2.0
Maximizing our Strengths and Team Performance
Positivity Individualization Achiever Strategic Learner
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Why
Strengths?
Strengths
Defined
Individual &
Team Data
Applications
& Leverage
ROAD MAP FOR THE SESSION
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“Most Americans do not know what their
strengths are. When you ask them, they
look at you with a blank stare, or they
respond in terms of subject knowledge,
which is the wrong answer.”
-Peter Drucker
Strengths
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StrengthsFinder
• Created by Dr. Donald Clifton, “Father of Strengths-Based Psychology
• Gallup introduced online assessment in 2001
• 34 possible “Themes” encompassing
combination of Talents + Knowledge + Skills
• 33,390,720 distinct possible Top 5 Themes
Gallup’s Inspiration
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Do you agree with the following statement:
“At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best everyday.”
Why Strengths?
Strengths-based development
increases in engagement…
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Intent-to-Stay
…and retention of team members.
…without Strengths-Based Development
…with Strengths- Based Development
10x increase
…without Strengths-Based Development
…with Strengths- Based Development
2.3x increase
Why Strengths?
Using Strengths
I am good at what I do
My work is energizing
I look forward to my job
Time goes quickly
I am enjoyable to be around
I treat customers, co-workers,
friends well
Not Using Strengths
I don’t excel at my work
My work is tiring
I dread my job
Time drags on
I have few positive, creative
moments
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Focusing on strengths dramatically impacts everyday life at work.
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Why
Strengths?
Strengths
Defined
Individual &
Team Data
Applications
& Leverage
ROAD MAP FOR THE SESSION
Strengths Defined
Strengths are a combination of your talent, knowledge, and skills.
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Skills The steps of an activity1 or the ability to
conduct an activity
Knowledge Facts and lessons learned1
Talent Naturally recurring patterns of thought,
feeling or behavior1 that can be
productively applied
Strengths
+
+
Source: 1) Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton, Now Discover Your Strengths (New York, NY: The Free Press, 2001) 29.
Visual: Brad Pugh, The Fit Factors (Atlanta, GA: Strengths Publishing, 2012), 22.
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Why
Strengths?
Strengths
Defined
Individual &
Team Data
Applications
& Leverage
ROAD MAP FOR THE SESSION
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Individual Strengths
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An Example: Individual Strengths
Positivity
Individualization
Achiever
Strategic
Learner
Director of Planned
& Major Giving
Potential Areas of
Contribution StrengthsFinder
Themes
• Providing Feedback
• Crisis Management
• Onboarding
• Delegating & building
specialized teams.
• Goal-setting
• Strategic Planning
• Donor Strategies
• Keeping ahead of
fundraising trends
• Developing his team
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Team Strengths Data
Defining Team Strengths
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How are Strengths distributed across a team?
Based on the collective Strengths, in which sort of activities is the
team most likely to excel or feel challenged?
How can we leverage StrengthsFinder insights to work together
more productively?
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Leadership Domains
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Achiever
Arranger
Belief
Consistency
Deliberative
Discipline
Focus
Responsibility
Restorative
Analytical
Context
Futuristic
Ideation
Input
Intellection
Learner
Strategic
Adaptability
Developer
Connectedness
Empathy
Harmony
Includer
Individualization
Positivity
Relator
Activator
Command
Communication
Competition
Maximizer
Self-Assurance
Significance
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Three Development Teams: Many Strengths!
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Environmental
Development
Team
EXECUTING
25%
INFLUENCING
6%
RELATIONSHIP
BUILDING
34%
STRATEGIC
THINKING
35%
Environmental Development Team
Leadership Domains
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Percentage of Total Represented Skills
Strategic Thinking
Influencing
Executing
Relationship Building
69% of team’s skills fall in Strategic
Thinking and Relationship Building
35%
25% 6%
34%
Environmental Development Team
Strengths: Total Distribution
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Strategic Thinking
Relationship-Building
Influencing
Executing
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
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Higher Education
EXECUTING
22%
INFLUENCING
17%
RELATIONSHIP
BUILDING
31%
STRATEGIC
THINKING
30%
Higher Education
Leadership Domains
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Percentage of Total Represented Skills
Strategic Thinking
Influencing
Executing
Relationship Building
61% of team’s skills fall in Strategic
Thinking and Relationship Building
30%
22% 17%
31%
Higher Education
Strengths: Total Distribution
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Strategic Thinking
Relationship-Building
Influencing
Executing
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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SOCIAL SERVICE
EXECUTING
31%
INFLUENCING
14%
RELATIONSHIP
BUILDING
36%
STRATEGIC
THINKING
20%
Social Service
Leadership Domains
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Percentage of Total Represented Skills
Strategic Thinking
Influencing
Executing
Relationship Building
67% of team’s skills fall in
Executing and Relationship Building
20%
31%
14%
36%
Social Service
Strengths: Total Distribution
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Strategic Thinking
Relationship-Building
Influencing
Executing
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Entire Group
Leadership Domains
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Percentage of Total Represented Skills
Strategic Thinking
Influencing
Executing
Relationship Building
62% of team’s skills fall in Strategic
Thinking and Relationship Building
29%
25%
13%
33%
Entire Group
Strengths: Total Distribution
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Strategic Thinking
Relationship-Building
Influencing
Executing
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
ABUNDANCE & SCARCITY OF TALENT
Bar charts demonstrate an uneven distribution of talents across the group.
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But we have few with:
• Focus
• Self-Assurance
• Command
• Competition
• Significance
• Discipline
• Activator
Our team has many with:
• Learner (53)
• Responsibility (49)
• Achiever (48)
• Input (38)
• Strategic (38)
• Relator (36)
• Positivity (34)
• Empathy (31)
• Harmony (31)
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Why
Strengths?
Strengths
Defined
Individual &
Team Data
Applications
& Leverage
ROAD MAP FOR THE SESSION
Discussion
1. What initial conclusions might we draw from these initial data? What
sort of activities are these teams most likely to excel in or feel
challenged by?
2. What are the implications/applications of these data for how we
might manage and motivate these advancement teams?
3. How might we create a work culture that celebrates strengths?
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Closing
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What is your key takeaway from the session today?