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7/30/2019 Discovering Your Strengths PP (03 Ver)

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UsingStrengths Finder 2.0


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In society and education, we spendmuch time trying to identify and remediate

weaknesses

Instead of spending the same energyfocusing on strengths !


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Talents can be defined as:1. a special natural ability or aptitude2. a capacity for achievement or success; ability

(dictionary.com)

3. The natural endowments of a person

(merriam-webster.com)

Strengths are:1. mental power, force, or vigor.

2. moral power, firmness, or courage.

(dictionary.com)

3. the quality or state of being strong:capacity for

exertion or endurance (merriam-webster.com)

Strengths can be seen as talents applied!


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You have a group of talents within you.

Your greatest talents hold the key to high achievement,

success, and progress at levels of personal excellence.

Becoming aware of your talents builds confidence andprovides a basis for achievement.

Learning how to develop and apply strengths willimprove your levels of achievement.

Each of your talents can be applied in many areasincluding relationships, learning, academics, leadership,

service, and careers.

As you develop and apply strengths, your achievementswill increase and you will experience greater and more

frequent successes.

This based on the idea that:


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It all comes down to a simple philosophy:

Find out what you do well and do more ofit. Find out what you dont do well, andstop doing it

(Clifton and Nelson, 1992).


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I was wrong !-Dr. Edward Chip Anderson, The Gallup Organization

Spent the first part of his career studying, and helpingstudents focus on, weaknesses, in order to help themovercome them.

Then came to understand that students have a greaterchance of success, and go further, by discovering andusing strengths.

Together with Donald Clifton, they determined that topachievers build academic and personal lives, andcareers, on strengths and they set out to study this.

To Produce excellence, you must study excellence


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The Strengths-Based Approach:Develop talents in to strengths, andapply those strengths, while managingweaknesses


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Strengths begin with Talents

Talent is a naturally recurring pattern ofthought, feeling or behavior that can be

productively applied (Clifton and Anderson, 2002, P. 6)

Talent represents a capacity to

dosomething!(P. 6)


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Your talents empower you. They make it

possible for you to move to higher levels ofexcellence, and fulfill your potential(Clifton andAnderson, 2002, P. 6)


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Talent can often be applied to multipleareas of achievement.


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Turning Talents in to Strengths

Talentsnaturally exist within.

Skills and knowledgecan be acquired.

Strengthsare talents developed

refined by Knowledge and Skill


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Developing Your Strengths

Knowledge, skills, and practice areimportant parts of strength. Without basicfacts and skills, talents can go untapped. (Cliftonand Anderson, 2002, P. 18)

Practice and hard work are necessary, just asif you were developing physical strength. (P.19)

Talent x Investment = Strength (P. 20)


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Strategies for managing your weaknesses:

Get a little better at it

Design a support system or develop acrutch to reduce your weakness

Use one of your strongest themes tooverwhelm your weakness

Find a partner

Just stop doing it


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You are unique !

Each person has a unique and profoundset and combination of talents andstrengths that are developed and used to

differing degrees. This combination oftalents and strengths makes each personlike no other. (Clifton and Anderson, 2002, P. 8)


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The best part of focusing on strengths isthat you are focusing on who you already

are!The seeds of your personal greatness your talents are already in you.Therefore, your Strengths Quest is

really a quest to discover, develop andapply who you truly are.(Clifton and Anderson, 2002, P. 14)


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DiscoveringYour Strengths

Using Strengths Finder 2.0Internet-based assessment

177 paired items, classified in to 34 themes.

Top 5 themes, or strength areas, are identified-Achiever -Activator -Adaptability -Analytical -Arranger-Belief -Command -Communication -Competition -Connectedness-Consistency -Context -Deliberative -Developer -Discipline-Empathy -Focus -Futuristic -Harmony -Ideation

-Includer -Individualization -Input -Intellection -Learner-Maximizer -Positivity -Relator -Responsibility -Restorative-Self-Assurance -Significance -Strategic -Woo


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And lastlyThe answer to a very important question

If a theme is not among my Top 5, does itmean it is a weakness??

The answer is NO it just means that otherthemes are more dominant!


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NowLets

Discover

OurStrengths !


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Resources:

Buckingham, Marcus and Clifton, Donald O. (2001). Now, Discover YourStrengths. Washington, DC: The Gallup Organization.

Rath, Tom. (2007). Strengths Finder 2.0. Washington, DC: The GallupOrganization.

Clifton, Donald O. and Nelson, Paula. (1992). Soar With Your Strengths.New York, NY: The Dell Publishing Group.

Clifton, Donald O. and Anderson, Edward. (2002). Strengths Quest: Discover

and Develop Your Strengths in Academics, Career, and Beyond.Washington, DC: The Gallup Organization.

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