Welcome!!

Strength-Based Ministry Teams

Stephanie MooreCatholic Strengths and Engagement Community (CSEC)

When individuals use their

strengths AND come together in

concert, the results are exponential

Introductions…

Greet someone else God has called by nameDiscuss:

• A memory of a great team experience• The type of team(s) you are now part of(ministry, outreach, committee, staff, councils, fund raising, corporate)

Agenda

The Power of Strengths Based Teams

How to Orchestrate a Strengths Based team

Exercise

Principles to Keep in Mind

• Every person is of value

• Every person has a contribution to make

• The most effective teams build on the strengths of members

Partner Exercise: Your Experience?

…did not feel equipped? How did you feel about yourself and the process?

When have you faced a challenge for which you…

…knew you had just what was needed? What within yourself did you draw upon? What was the result?

Strengths Based Teams

•begin with people who know their own talents•and recognize the strengths of others

1 Corinthians 12:17-20If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

How to do this…. If it is a team that already exists, look

at the makeup of the team If you are coming together for the first

time: Get to know one another's talents

and strengths. Where do people WANT to

contribute. What do they do well? Where do they feel their greatest

sense of satisfaction and contribution?

Orchestrate those talents based on your goals and objectives…

Research Around Strengths

236 Organizations

1,000,000+ Customers

250,000 Sales Professionals

25,000 Sales Managers

Source: Gallup Inc.

•A talent is a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving that can be productively applied.

A Talent …

Natural or innate way of thinking, feeling, or

behaving

Consistent, near perfect performance in an activity you enjoy

Defining the Terms Talents & Strengths

TALENT

STRENGTH

Clues to Talent

•To what kinds of activities are you naturally drawn?•What kinds of activities do you seem to pick up quickly?•In what activities did the “steps” just come to you automatically•In what activities have you just “lost track of time?”•During what activities have you had moments when you asked “how did I do that?” or when you said “when can I do that again?

Name Theme #1 Theme #2 Theme #3 Theme #4 Theme #5

Individual Talent Themes

What are the odds?

1 in 275,000 chance of meeting someone with your “Top 5”.

God made you unique!!God made you unique!! Source: Gallup Inc.

1 in 33 million chance of meeting someone in your lifetime with your “Top 5” in same order.

1 in 447 trillion meeting someone with your TOP 10 in same order.

Enjoyment and Competence: Nebraska School Study Council Research -

Group 1

90 WPM

350 WPM

Group 2

Source: Clinfton D.O., & Harter, J.K. (2003). Investing in Strengths Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline

Words Read per Minute Study

Nebraska School Study Council Research: Words Read per Minute

Group 1 Group 2

90 WPM

350 WPM

Group 1

150 WPM

Source: Clinfton D.O., & Harter, J.K. (2003). Investing in Strengths Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline

Words Read per Minute Study

Nebraska School Study Council Research: Words Read per Minute

Group 1 Group 2

90 WPM

350 WPM

Group 1

150 WPM

Group 1

2900 WPM

67% vs. 729%

Source: Clinfton D.O., & Harter, J.K. (2003). Investing in Strengths Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline

The Zone

10 X 10 x 10 x 10 = 10, 00010 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 40

Steps Towards Strengths

Become intimately familiar with your own talents and build strengths

Help each other recognize the ways in which each person is offering his or her

talents

Build on strengths of the collective individuals

Ask: How do you use your talent within your current role? How do you partner together so that each person has the ability to do what he or she does best?

“A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!”

- Psalm 133:1

The Power of Team and Engagement

Leader Does Not Focus on Strengths

Leader Focuses on Strengths

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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."

AchieverArrangerBeliefConsistencyDeliberativeDisciplineFocusResponsibilityRestorative

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."ActivatorCommandCommunicationCompetitionMaximizerSelf-AssuranceSignificanceWoo 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

ConnectednessDeveloperEmpathyHarmonyIndividualizationIncluderPositivityRelator

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.AnalyticalContextFuturisticIdeationInputIntellectionLearnerStrategic Strengths-Based Leadership

(Rath, Conchie 2008)

Strengths in Teams

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?”

StrengthFinder 2.0www.gallupstrengthscenter.com

“Strengths-Based Leadership”-Tom Rath and Barry Conchie

Resources

Conclusion on Strengths Based Teams

•We thrive when we operate from our strengths

•The team is more engaged

•Our ministry will be strongerSo if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.- Philippians 2:1-30