Introduction to Strengths

Why is this important?

Your Own,

Your Teammates,

Your Inspiring Leadership!

And the Impact With Patients/

Customers and Our Community

Cathy McCafferty- Smith, MA, LPC, CPC, CMT, GCDFI Senior Consultant,

Executive and Physician/ Leadership Development

Learning Objectives

Increase self awareness through strengths

Begin to effectively apply your strengths

How to respect and partner with others

strengths

How “strengths” can impact our patient

care

“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

What are your Strengths?

Identifies top 5 themes: StrengthsFinder 2.0

Research Based

Positive Psychology

Focus

Tool: Determine Our Strengths

Assessment Experience

When you took the assessment, you had just 20

seconds to respond to each item.

Why so quick?

Gallup’s research found that instinctual, top of mind

responses are more revealing than those you’d give

if you sat around and debated each question.

The instrument is attempting to identify your most

intense natural responses, which are less likely

to change over time.

Video: Strengths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czsEJGJnPAY

Marcus Buckingham

Original Co-Author

Now Discover Your Strengths

Share with someone next to you:

Choose one strength you read about in your

Strengths report that really resonated with you …

What did that “Strength” mean to you – (in your own words)

4 min! – 2 min apiece for each of you

Discussion #1

So what does “Strength”mean…

StrengthsFinders measures talents

not strengths

So, why is it called Strengthsfinder

and not Talentfinder?

Here’s why

The goal: To build a true strength, a

talent is just one ingredient in the

formula….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKmbmhK7KeY

Tom Rath Author –

StrengthsFinder 2.0

Real Life Example

How Talent X Investment = Strength

Talent Natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving

Time spent developing/ practicing your skills

x Investment

= Strength (What energizes you!)

2

x 5

10

5

x 5

25

Strengths Formula

Achiever Futuristic

Activator Harmony

Adaptability Ideation

Analytical Includer

Arranger Individualization

Belief Input

Command Intellection

Communication Learner

Competition Maximizer

Connectedness Positivity

Consistency Relator

Context Responsibility

Deliberative Restorative

Developer Self-Assurance

Discipline Significance

Empathy Strategic

Focus Woo

StrengthsFinder 34 Themes

Your own personal report

provided your Top 5

Strengths?

Did you know – you

operate in your Top 10 -

11 Strengths?

Let’s think about your

preferred hand… and

your non-preferred hand

Validate your Strengths

Start having conversations about your strengths to

gain perspectives on how you are demonstrating them.

Now that you know you have

more than 5 Strengths …

Strengths Interview with someone you know

- Review the questions

- Identify who you will do

this interview with and by when.

Strength-Based Leadership:

4 Domains

34 Strengths are organized in to 4 Leadership Domains that provide a framework for how leaders can best contribute to a team:

Executing

Influencing

Relationship Building

Strategic Thinking

4 Domains of Strengths Leadership

Executing Influencing Relationship

Building

Strategic

Thinking

Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical

Arranger Command Connectedness Context

Belief Communication Developer Futuristic

Consistency Competition Empathy Ideation

Deliberative Maximizer Harmony Input

Discipline Self-Assurance Includer Intellection

Focus Significance Individualization Learner

Responsibility Woo Positivity Strategic

Restorative Relator

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.

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.”

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 strengths have the unique ability to create groups and organizations that are much greater than the sum of their parts.

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 strength in Strategic Thinking

continually stretch our thinking for the future.

Which domain resonates

with you most?

Executing Influencing Relationship

Building

Strategic

Thinking

Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical

Arranger Command Connectedness Context

Belief Communication Developer Futuristic

Consistency Competition Empathy Ideation

Deliberative Maximizer Harmony Input

Discipline Self-Assurance Includer Intellection

Focus Significance Individualization Learner

Responsibility Woo Positivity Strategic

Restorative Relator

Group Discussion:

Why is it important …

For you to know your strengths?

Even more important- to know others

strengths?

What might be some potential

ramifications if we don’t know our own

or others strengths ? To you?

For patients?

Why should we care about this

as leaders?…(Big “L” or Little “l”)

If we are doing what we are good at/ love to

do…

Joining with what our fellow colleagues are

good at/ love to do

= being a team

How might teaming with our Strengths

impact / enhance our patient experiences?

Caution: Can you over use a

Strength?

“Ideation” Story

Individual/Reflection

To continue your learning ….

Understanding My Top Five – Theme Awareness:

1. Complete the Theme Awareness document

2. Select one theme you want to explore further

3. Complete the document focusing on that one

… And don’t forget your Strengths interview using your

book to discover your additional 5-6 Strengths

Thank you for participation

and willingness to learn

Find ways to use/increase/ your

Strengths (Super Powers)

Remember to use your

Super Powers only for “Good”

With your colleagues and our patients!