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Title: Strengths


1
Strengths
and
Leadership
Presented by Jeremy David Jones
2
Who is this guy
3
What are we here to do tonight
  • Establish a baseline understanding of Strengths
  • Define what Strengths mean to you
  • Discuss value of self exploration/identification
  • Explore what you can do with your Strengths
  • Interact and dialogue

4
What Are Strengths?
  • Talent Knowledge Skills Strength
  • Talents are naturally recurring patterns of
    thought, feeling, or behavior that can be
    productively applied
  • By refining our dominant talents with skill and
    knowledge, we can create strength the ability to
    provide consistent, near-perfect performance in a
    given activity.
  • --Clifton Harter, 2003

5
Where do we start
  • Transforming talents into strengths involves
  • Learning experiences
  • Acquiring skills
  • Critical thinking
  • Reflection
  • Acquiring knowledge

6
How do I find my Strengths?
  • Using Strengthsfinder
  • Identifies top 5 themes
  • Six-month test-retest reliability across all
    populations ranges from .60 to .80
  • Three-month test-retest reliability among college
    students ranges from .70 to .76

7
What makes strengths so special?
  • The Gallup Organization
  • Founded in 1969
  • Over 400 Colleges and Universitys have
    implemented Strengths based education
  • Strengthsfinder has been used with over 4 million
    people in 17 languages
  • Study the best of the best
  • Hotel Chain testimony
  • Edward Chip Anderson

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What makes you unique?
  • The combination and the order of the 34 themes of
    talent measured by StrengthsFinder lead to more
    than 33,700, 000 possible unique sets of
    Signature Themes
  • Among the first 800,000 people who took
    Strengthsfinder, less than 20 people had the same
    top five themes, without considering the order of
    the themes

9
Consider the Uniqueness of Each Persons
Combination of Strengths
  • Each signature theme works in combination with
    the other 33 themes.
  • Each signature theme is influenced by the
    application of the other themes.
  • Each persons strengths have the potential for
    success when developed.
  • When each person is aware of personal strengths
    and sees strengths in others, the possibilities
    for excellence are exponential.

10
Strengths Connect with Four Key Motivational
Drives
  • THINKING
  • RELATING
  • IMPACTING
  • STRIVING

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The 34 different strengths
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Relating Themes
  • Communication-People strong in the Communication
    theme easily put their thoughts into words and
    are good conversationalists.
  • Empathy-People strong in the Empathy theme can
    sense the feelings of other people by imagining
    themselves in others lives or situations.
  • Harmony-People strong in the Harmony theme look
    for consensus, do not enjoy conflict, and look
    for areas of agreement.

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Relating Themes (cont.)
  • Includer-People strong in the Includer theme are
    accepting of others, show awareness of those who
    feel left out, and make an effort to include
    them.
  • Individualization-People strong in the
    Individualization theme are intrigued with the
    unique qualities of each person and have a gift
    for figuring out how different people can work
    together productively.
  • Relator-People who are strong in the Relator
    theme enjoy close relationships with others and
    find deep satisfaction in working hard with
    friends to achieve a goal.
  • Responsibility-People strong in the
    Responsibility theme take psychological ownership
    of what they say they will do and are committed
    to stable values, such as honesty and loyalty.

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Impacting Themes
  • Command-People strong in the Command theme have
    presence, can take control of a situation and
    make decisions.
  • Competition-People strong in the Competition
    theme measure their progress against the
    performance of others, strive to win, and revel
    in contests.
  • Developer-People strong in the Developer theme
    recognize and cultivate the potential in others
    and spot the signs of each small improvement.
    They derive satisfaction from these improvements.

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Impacting Themes (cont.)
  • Maximizer-People strong in the Maximizer theme
    focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal
    and group excellence. They seek to transform
    something strong into something superb.
  • Positivity-People strong in the Positivity theme
    have an enthusiasm that is contagious. They are
    upbeat and get others excited about tasks.
  • Woo-People strong in Woo love the challenge of
    meeting new people, winning them over, and derive
    satisfaction from making connections with others.

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Striving Themes
  • Achiever-People strong in the Achiever theme have
    a great deal of stamina and work hard. They
    derive great satisfaction from being busy and
    productive.
  • Activator-People strong in the Activator theme
    make things happen by turning thoughts into
    action. They are often impatient.
  • Belief-People strong in the Belief theme have
    certain unchanging core values, out of which
    emerge a defined purpose for their lives.

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Striving Themes (cont.)
  • Discipline-People strong in the Discipline theme
    enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best
    described by the order they create.
  • Focus-People strong in the Focus theme can take a
    direction, follow through, and make the
    corrections necessary to stay on track by
    prioritizing and acting.
  • Restorative-People strong in the Restorative
    theme are adept at dealing with problems,
    figuring out what is wrong, and resolving it.

18
Striving Themes (cont.)
  • Self-Assurance-People strong in the
    Self-Assurance theme feel confident in their
    ability to manage their lives. They possess an
    inner compass that gives them confidence that
    their decisions are right.
  • Significance-People strong in the Significance
    theme want to be very important in the eyes of
    others. They are independent and want to be
    recognized.

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Thinking Themes
  • Analytical-People strong in the Analytical theme
    search for reasons and causes. They have the
    ability to think about all the factors that might
    affect a situation.
  • Arranger-People strong in the Arranger theme can
    organize, but they also have flexibility that
    complements this ability. They like to figure out
    how all of the pieces and resources can be
    arranged for maximum productivity.
  • Connectedness-People strong in Connectedness
    theme have faith in the links between all things
    and believe there are few coincidences because
    almost every event has a reason.

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Thinking Themes (cont.)
  • Consistency-People strong in the Consistency
    theme are keenly aware of the need to treat
    people the same and try to treat everyone in the
    world fairly by setting up clear rules and
    adhering to them.
  • Context-People strong in the Context theme enjoy
    thinking about the past and understand the
    present by researching its history.
  • Deliberative-People strong in the Deliberative
    theme are best characterized by the serious care
    they take in making decisions or choices. They
    can also anticipate the obstacles.

21
Thinking Themes (cont.)
  • Futuristic-People strong in the Futuristic theme
    are inspired by the future and what could be.
    They inspire others with their visions of the
    future.
  • Ideation-People strong in the Ideation theme are
    fascinated by ideas and are able to find
    connections between seemingly disparate
    phenomena.
  • Input-People strong in the Input theme have
    craving to know more and often like to collect
    and archive all kinds of information.

22
Thinking Themes (cont.)
  • Intellection-People strong in the Intellection
    theme are characterized by their intellectual
    activity. They are introspective and appreciate
    intellectual discussions.
  • Learner-People strong in the Learner theme have a
    great desire to learn and want to continuously
    improve. In particular, the process of learning,
    rather than the outcome, excites them.
  • Strategic-People strong in the Strategic theme
    create alternative ways to proceed. Faced with
    any given scenario, they can quickly spot the
    relevant patterns and issues.

23
Strengths are tools
  • Your tool bag is full, but you have to get a good
    handle on the tools you have
  • Trying to work on a project with the wrong tools
    is frustrating
  • Find projects that your tools fit
  • Find people who have tools you dont have to
    collaborate with

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What if Gallup got it wrong?
  • Maybe you dont agree with some or all of your
    Strengths
  • You have to start somewhere
  • Many tests out there
  • 39 percent of companies surveyed use personality
    testing as part of their hiring process
    (American Management Association)

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The Highest Achievers
  • Spend most of their time in their areas of
    strength
  • Focus on developing and applying their strengths
    and managing their weaknesses
  • Know the strengths of people around them
  • Empower the people around them to use their
    strengths

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More About the Highest Achievers
  • Use their strengths to overcome obstacles
  • Invent ways of capitalizing on their strengths in
    new situations
  • High achievers excel because they more fully
    develop and apply their strengths and talents
  • High achievers find ways to apply their strengths
    to their tasks
  • High achievers build their lives around their
    strengths

27
Consider the Applications of Excellence Success
  • Consider your own life
  • What applications of your signature themes have
    you seen in your most successful experiences?
  • How have you used combinations of your signature
    themes in challenging situations?
  • What strengths do you see in your fellow
    students?
  • How can these strengths be potentiated with
    greater collaborative efforts on campus between
    faculty, staff and students?

28
Excellence A Central Value and Goal
  • Excellence academic achievement, persistence,
    and maximum development of students
  • Excellence occurs only when individuals
    capitalize on their strengths and talents, and
    invest the time and energy needed to excel

29
Capitalizing on Strengths
  • Results
  • higher levels of motivation
  • greater engagement in the task at hand
  • personal satisfaction
  • productivity and higher levels of performance
  • job satisfaction and longevity

30
My Strengths
  • Woo
  • Communication
  • Adaptability
  • Relator
  • Maximizer

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But What About My Weaknesses?
  • The beauty of the strengths approach is that by
    developing your strengths, you have a new
    approach for managing your weaknesses
  • Apply your strengths to challenging tasks or
    areas in need of improvement
  • Partnering with others who have overlapping
    strengths

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Where do we go from here
  • You now have your strengths, you have a good
    understanding of your abilities, and you know who
    you are.

33
The Heart of It All
  • Motivation
  • It all begins with getting motivated
  • Student motivation is the best predictor of
    persistence
  • Motivation generates and directs energy and
    effort
  • Student persistence and college outcomes are
    determined by quality of effort
  • What motivates you?
  • Maybe it is Jordan's fault
  • fear in your eyes

34
Now
  • You have the opportunity to figure out how you
    fit in the bigger picture with your family,
    friends, peers, community, and the global
    population.
  • You have the opportunity to set or reaffirm goals
    for your future and put that motivation to work

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  • Strengths are the tools, leadership is the job
  • Do you want to use your strengths to pursue your
    personal best?
  • The best of the best know their strengths, they
    know the strengths of those around them, and they
    strategically put their collective strengths to
    work

36
Leadership Models
  • Several different leadership models
  • Situational leadership
  • Skills leadership
  • Team leadership
  • Leader member exchange theory
  • You can spend a great deal of time studying
    leadership theory
  • Use what works for you and your Strengths

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KISS Theory
  • Leaders have
  • A drive to execute
  • Ability to relate
  • Integrity
  • Chip Anderson

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KISS Theory cont.
  • Leaders do
  • Model the Way
  • Inspire a shared vision
  • Challenge the process
  • Enable others to act
  • Encourage the heart
  • Kouzes and Posner (2007)

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Model the Way
  • Lead by example
  • Actions speak louder than words
  • Lead through serving others
  • Display your values in agreement with
    group/organizational values

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Inspire a Shared Vision
  • Dream what could be
  • Envision possibilities
  • Bring excitement to possibilities

41
Challenge the Process
  • Change from the status quo
  • Dont wait for something to just happen to you
  • Search for opportunities
  • Learn from mistakes

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Enable Others to Act
  • Big dreams require more than one person
  • Group collaboration
  • Build trust
  • Seek to understand before you seek to be
    understood
  • Individual accountability
  • Full disclosure no surprises
  • Create group ownership

43
Encourage the Heart
  • It is easy to give up
  • Genuine acts of caring uplift the spirits and
    draw people forward
  • Leadership is a relationship
  • People dont care how much you know until they
    know how much your care

44
Leadership produces change
  • To produce excellence you must study excellence
    Don Clifton
  • Leadership is designed to produce measurable
    change.(220)
  • Learning always involves changing

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Where can we practice leadership at SOCC?
  • Instructors
  • Classes
  • Assignments
  • Study Groups
  • Student Leadership
  • Mentor

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Instructors
  • It is important to note instructors who inspire
    change
  • What talents do the best instructors seem to
    have?
  • How do the best instructors interact with
    students?
  • How do the best instructors organize lessons and
    classroom activites?
  • How do the most effective instructors persuade
    others?
  • How do effective instructors use their talents
    when they teach and interact with students?

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Classes
  • Choosing classes that inspire leadership
  • Communication studies or speech
  • Leadership studies or management
  • Sociology or social psychology
  • Philosophy
  • Political science
  • Anthropology
  • History
  • Mathematical reasoning or logic classes

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Assignments
  • Take advantage of class assignments
  • study inspirational leaders
  • historical or current
  • Every assignment is an opportunity to dream up a
    vision for change

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Athletics
  • Leadership in athletics
  • What is your role in the overall success of the
    team?
  • What are your team goals?
  • What are your individual goals?
  • What is your responsibility in achieving those
    goals?
  • What are effective coaches doing during practice
    and during a game?
  • What is the best way to learn a new approach, a
    new play, or new moves?
  • How can you develop a team and team spirit?
  • How can you best deal with injuries,
    discouragements, and setbacks?
  • What are the most effective ways to maintain
    motivation?

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Study Groups
  • Leadership in study groups
  • An effective leader helps others use their
    strengths to help the group function better and
    to effectively move toward a desired goal.

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Student Leadership
  • Student Leadership opportunities
  • ASG, RA, Ambassador,
  • Student Clubs and orgs.
  • volunteer

52
Mentorship
  • Find some one you look up to and you respect and
    intentionally meet with them
  • Create small groups of friends that you trust and
    invest in those relationships

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Works Cited
  • The Gallup Organization. Internet, 2009. Wed. 19
    Nov. 2009.
  • Kouzes, James Posner, Barry. The Leadership
    Challenge. San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass ,
    2007. print.
  • Northouse, Peter. Leadership Theory and Practice.
    Thousand Oaks, CA Sage, 2004. print.
  • Clifton, Donald Anderson, Edward.
    StrengthsQuest. New York, NY Gallup Press,
    2006. print.
  • Azusa Pacific University Strengths Academy.
    Internet, 2009 Wed. 19 Nov. 2009
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