Strengthsfinder 2.0

Strengthsfinder 2.0
Algebra F
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should waste as little effort as possible
on improving areas of low competence.
Peter Drucker
The Role of Strength-Based Leadership
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Weakness Focus (Performance Reviews, Professional Development/Training)
Three signs of a miserable job
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Most influential in terms of job satisfaction =
direct manager
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1. Anonymity – not known
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2. Irrelevance – doesn’t matter
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3. Immeasurability – doesn’t contribute
- Lencioni
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Validation = reinforcing what others do well.
What those who follow us want from their
Leaders.
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Trust = Honesty = Ethos
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Stability = Core Values = Belief = Logos
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Compassion = relational = Pathos
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Hope = Future = direction
Leadership Style
Metaphor
Leadership Style
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Thinking
=
Poet
=
Strategic = analytical
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Striving
=
Worker
=
Executor = driven
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Relating
=
Priest
=
Relationship building = people
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Impacting =
Warrior
=
Influencer = motivational
Executing
Influencing
Relational
Strategic
Achiever
Activator (E)
Adaptability (E)
Analytical
Arranger (S)
Command
Developer (I)
Context
Belief
Communication (R) Connectedness
Futuristic
Consistency (S)
Competition
Empathy
Ideation
Deliberative (S)
Maximiser
Harmony
Input
Discipline
Self-Assurance (E)
Includer
Intellection
Focus
Significance (E)
Individualisation
Learner
Responsibility (R)
Woo
Positivity (I)
Strategic
Restorative
Relator
Executing
Influencing
Relational
Roselynn (3, 2R)
Ruth (2, 1R, 1S, 1E) Brenden (4, 1S)
Jodi (3, 2R)
Alice (3, 1R, 1S)
Ana (3, 2R)
Sarah S (3, 1R, 1I)
Jason (3, 1R, 1S)
Reuben (4, 1S)
Luke (3, 1R, 1S)
Tina (4, 1E)
Josh (4, 1R)
Kelly (4, 1E)
Chris (2, 2S, 1R)
Simon (3, 1R, 1S)
Paul (3, 2E)
Rosemary (3,1R,1S)
Carah (4, 1E)
Sarah B (4, 1E)
Steven (3, 2E)
Catherine (2, 2S, 1E)
Strategic
David (4, 1R)
Shannon (3, 2R)
Some definitions
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Executing: Individuals with the majority of their strengths in this leadership style are
adept at making things happen. They “catch” ideas easily and naturally make them a
reality. They tend to be the ones who implement specific solutions.
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Influencing: Individuals with influencing strengths help their teams reach a broader
audience. They are the salespeople for a team’s ideas. Not only that, they naturally
tend to “own” the responsibility for getting the message across.
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Relationship Building: Individuals with relationship building strengths are the human
glue that holds a team together. They take a group of individuals and create synergetic
groups that work better together than they could apart.
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Strategic Thinking: Individuals with strategic thinking strengths essentially keep
everyone focused on what could – and should – be. They use information to help the
team make informed decisions.
Group Exercise
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Is the leadership strength reflective of the way you lead/function in a team
situation?
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What one did you think you would be?
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Any questions?
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Individuals may not be well rounded or possess strengths
in all areas…it is a virtual impossibility. However based on
extensive gallup research teams need to be well balanced
across 4 key domains of leadership strength: Executing,
Influence, relationship Building and strategic thinking.
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Clip: Dan Cathy CEO Chick-Fil-A
Leadership Team
Executing
Influencing
Relational
Strategic
Chris (2, 2S, 1R)
Jan (3, 1E, 1I)
Don (4, 1R)
Jono (3, 2R)
Matt (3, 2I)
Donald (2, 1R, 1E, 1I)
Jo (2S, 2R 1E)
Jo (2S, 2R 1E)
Hope (3, 2E)
Carole (2S, 2R, 1E)
Deane (3, 1S 1E)
Who to put where?
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Stuff needs to be done: Executing
1. Achievers
PROS: work hard, capacity.
Considerations: can walk over people, don’t like meetings
How to help: in a team they need a relator, praise achievement, involve only
when needed.
2. Responsibility
PROS: They will do as they say, ownership of project and team
Considerations: poor delegators, make all decisions
How to help: don’t give management roles, watch workloads
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People need to be looked after: Relationship Building
1.
Relator
PROS: Works well in close relationships, great at involving people
Considerations: detest formal structures that minimise human interaction
How to help: allow time for team to bond, team with executors for healthy
productive teams
2. Developer
PROS: want others to do well, give permission to try and try again. Mentors!
Considerations: over extend their circle, can spend too much time on hopeless
cases
How to help: give them training roles, define their people responsibilties
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People need to be motivated: Influencers
1.
Woo
PROS: Natural connection with others, networkers, inspire by conversation
Considerations: short term relationships, influence can be both +ve and –ve
How to help: allow them to be a front person, develop a system to catch people
after they meet them
2. Activator
PROS: Turn thoughts into action, courageous, inspire by action
Considerations: patience is not virtue, can lead to widespread dissatisfaction
How to help: short-term projects, listen to their concerns and reassure, appoint
to teams who are stuck.
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1.
Plans need to be made: Strategic
Learner
PROS: ability to understand the ‘new’. Research focussed.
Considerations: stagnation without opportunity to learn.
How to help: opportunities to teach, head up new projects
2. Strategic
PROS: Create alternatives for progress. Innovative ,futuristic
Considerations: sometimes struggle to communicate the process. One-eyed
How to help: report writing, exposure to other thinkers (INPUT)