Now, Discover Your Strengths

The identification of the talents within you, and the journey to strengthen them

Todays Agenda

Journey of Self-Discovery Organizational Impact Talent Recruitment

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At work do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?

This question was asked of 1.7 million employees in 101 companies from 63 countries. What percentage do you think strongly agrees that they have the opportunity to do what they do best every day?

Some Background
Guided by the belief that good is the opposite of bad, mankind has for centuries pursued its fixation with fault and failing. Doctors have studied disease in order to learn about health. Psychologists have investigated sadness in order to learn about joy. Therapists have looked into the causes of divorce in order to learn about happy marriage. And in schools and workplaces around the world, each one of us has been encouraged to identify, analyze, and correct our weaknesses in order to become strong.
Introduction to Now, Discover Your Strengths

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Weakness-Fixing Prevents Failure Strength-Building Leads to Success.

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A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weaknesses, let alone on something one cannot do at all. -- Peter Drucker

Over Two Million Interviews The Gallup Organization 30 year systematic study of excellence The worlds best from different professions 34 patterns, or talent themes, emerged

Knowledge, Skills, and Talents

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history & experience (Learned)

practice & repetitions (Obtained)

Performance

Talent
exists naturally within

Knowledge, Skills, and Talents

The Talent Spectrum

Latent

Talent Spectrum

Strength

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Benjamin Franklin called wasted strengths sundials in the shade.

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I ask people What are you good at? Its remarkable the number of people that dont speak to that question with any degree of insight. Youve got to know what youre good at because those are the cards you bring to the party. Larry Bossidy Chairman Allied Signal

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I believe that youve got to manage to peoples strengths. Everybodys got weaknesses. And if you focus on his or her weaknesses, youre just going to make everybody unhappy. But if you have good people and focus on what they do well and kind of work around their weaknesses, theyll be happy and do better and so will the company. Bill Steere Chairman & CEO Pfizer Inc

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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong

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The appreciation of a talent is a prerequisite to its application. Before you can truly live your talents you must truly appreciate your talents.

Clifton StrengthsFinder Themes

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

Interesting Combinations (examples)

Ideation Ideation Belief Belief

Context Futuristic Futuristic Relator

Charles Darwin Bill Gates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mother Teresa

Four Domains of Themes

Relating Themes (Working with people) Harmony Communication Empathy Includer Individualization Relator Responsibility Impacting Themes (Influencing people) Command Competition Developer Positivity Maximizer Woo Striving Themes (Working harder) Achiever Activator Belief Significance Discipline Adaptability Focus Restorative Self-Assurance Thinking Themes (Working smarter) Analytical Arranger Consistency Connectedness Deliberative Futuristic Ideation Input Intellection Learner Context Strategic

Points Worth Remembering

A persons Signature Themes will never reveal the career he or she should choose. The best managers reach the same destination: strong business results, engaged employees, and engaged customers. But they dont necessarily take the same route. A strength is a resource, like money or electricity, and, as with any resource, it can be employed wisely or poorly. Your Signature Themes will not change very much during the course of your life.

Requirements Do you take a logical and systematic approach to problem solving? Analytical Are you a perfectionist who strives for timely completion of your projects? Discipline Can you prioritize the urgency of multiple requests and then take charge to meet these deadlines? Arranger Do you want to learn how to use SQL, Java, and Perl, and build world-class database-driven Web sites? Learner If you can say yes to these questions, then please call . . .

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