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Leadership Strategies to Enhance Your Performance FOCUS ON YOUR STRENGTHS FOR SUCCESS!

Christina Rowe, MSOL Leadership and Team Development, The Collaborative

Empathy - Strategic - Individualization - Developer - WOO

Steve Smith, MS CAE CEO & Executive Director, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Strategic - Communication - Individualization - Positivity - Includer

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n  Identify and understand 34 different individual areas of strength n  Value the use of Strengths as a tool for professional development n  Understand how unique talents can be leveraged to improve

teamwork and productivity

Today’s Objectives


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n  Work in a marketing/membership capacity? n  Work in governance? n  Work in policy? n  Have heard of strength based methods or Strengths Finder? n  Have used Strengths Finder? n  How many of you use strengths based methods in your current

organization?

Who’s in the Audience?

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared with what lies within us.” - UNATTRIBUTED

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n  What name do you prefer to be called?

n  What do you get paid to do?

n  What is one positive word people use to describe you?

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FOCUS ON YOU

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The key to success is to fully understand how to apply your greatest talents and strengths in your everyday life.

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PEOPLE WHO FOCUS ON USING THEIR STRENGTHS …

are three TIMES as likely to report having an excellent quality of life

are six TIMES as likely to be engaged in their jobs

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PEOPLE WHO FOCUS ON USING THEIR STRENGTHS MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL

People who learn to use their strengths every day have 7.8% greater productivity.

Teams who receive strengths feedback have 8.9% greater profitability.

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n  look forward to going to work

n  have more positive than negative interactions with coworkers

n  treat customers better

n  tell their friends they work for a great company

n  achieve more on a daily basis

n  have more positive, creative, and innovative moments

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PEOPLE WORKING IN THE STRENGTHS ZONE …


n  talk to people in elevators, airplanes, grocery stores, and wherever you go

n  have a color-coded or otherwise organized closet

n  write down a list of things to do, and stick to it

n  make a list of things to do on weekends n  need to pick someone to race while driving

n  ask too many questions

n  push the elevator button to “remind” the elevator that you are there

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STAND UP IF YOU ALWAYS …


Examples of talent include:

n  effortlessly and instinctively starting conversations n  thinking in an orderly or timely manner n  being able to easily influence others n  seeing patterns in data n  consistently having a positive outlook on life

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EVERYONE HAS TALENT

Talent is a naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling, or behavior that can be productively applied.

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What will happen when we think about what is right with people rather than fixating on what is wrong with them?”

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Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. psychologist and business executive (1924-2003)

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There is nothing wrong with being aware of our weaknesses and managing them, but our greatest opportunity for success lies in building on our natural talents.

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THEMES ARE THE BASIC LANGUAGE OF TALENT

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EXECUTING INFLUENCING RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

STRATEGIC THINKING

People with dominant Executing themes know how to make things happen.

People with dominant Influencing themes know how to take charge, speak up, and make sure the team is heard.

People with dominant Relationship Building themes have the ability to build strong relationships that can hold a team together and make the team greater than the sum of its parts.

People with dominant Strategic Thinking themes help teams consider what could be. They absorb and analyze information that can inform better decisions.

Achiever Arranger Belief Consistency Deliberative Discipline Focus Responsibility Restorative

Activator Command Communication Competition Maximizer Self-Assurance Significance Woo

Adaptability Connectedness Developer Empathy Harmony Includer Individualization Positivity Relator

Analytical Context Futuristic Ideation Input Intellection Learner Strategic

Four Domains of Team Strength

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Case Study: Strength Based Development & AAHPM

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•  Shared Language; Practical Usage •  Planning & Team-Building •  Professional & Leadership Development •  Conflict Management •  Coaching & Supervision •  Recruitment & Hiring •  Board Development & Relations


n  What two strengths/talents do you feel you bring the to your organization?

n  Where is there an opportunity for you to apply those strengths/ talents?

n  What are your most common communication challenges you encounter? How can you use your strengths/talents to help?

Small group discussion

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YOUR REPORT IS A BEGINNING, NOT AN END.

NAME IT! CLAIM IT! AIM IT!

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n  You understand and remember best from conversation n  You do best when given significant time to process information

before being asked to make a decision n  You feel most comfortable when you’ve been able to examine

the risk of a decision n  You need to have detailed data to feel confident in your

decision n  You feel most sure of a decision when you have been able to get

a number of team member’s input on the decision first

STAND UP IF YOU ALWAYS …

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§  Look for strengths in action.

§  When you spot a colleague using a strength, write him or her a short note that describes what you saw and reinforces the value of his or her strengths.

Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong. And yet, a person can perform only from strength.” — Business guru Peter Drucker

BE A STRENGTHS SCOUT CELEBRATE A COLLEAGUE’S STRENGTHS.

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Find the Strength Finder Assessment through a coach or at: https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/ Steve Smith [email protected] Christina Rowe [email protected]

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