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Leaders of great groups love talent and know where to find it. They revel in the talent of others. - Warren Bennis & Patricia Ward Organizing Genius. Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent. Presenter: Kristen Storey Director
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Leaders of great groups love talent and know where to find it. They revel in the talent of others. -Warren Bennis & Patricia Ward Organizing Genius Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent Presenter: Kristen Storey Director Human Resource Development
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent Session Outcomes: • Describe what a strengths-based leadership approach is • Discuss ways of how to identify strengths • Recognize what leadership strength is and how to build it • Begin to appreciate the value and benefits of using this particular leadership approach
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent What is a strength? What do you think would be the value behind a strengths-approach to leading?
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent Gallup Research Findings on Successful Leaders Effective leaders invest in strengths Surround themselves with the right people and then maximize their team Understand their follower’s needs
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent In what ways can you assess a personal strengths?
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent How HRD assesses strengths: • Ensuring all staff take and report their DiSC, MBTI, and Strengths profiles with the team • Mapping strengths for team composite • Ongoing performance discussions • Observation of work deliverables • During work planning and performance reviews each employee is asked: What parts of your work or projects you worked on energized you, were most meaningful, brought you fulfillment?
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent Awareness Tools for Identifying & Leveraging Talent Tool Information Use Personal Profile System (DiSC) Behavioral Assessment Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality Indicator Index of Learning Profiles Learning Style Competing Values Behavioral Assessment Strengths Finder Values and abilities Team Effectiveness Profile Behavioral Assessment Note: All tools listed are offered through HRD programs and services
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent What Makes A Great Leadership Team? Cohesive teams posses broader groupings of strengths There is a representation of strengths from each leadership domain Individuals need not be well rounded, successful teams should be
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent The Four Domains of Leadership Strength Executing-catch an idea, making a reality Influencing-reach a broader audience Relationship Building -holding a team together Strategic Thinking –sees what could be
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent HRD Leadership Composite
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent • How might you begin using a strengths-based leadership approach? • In what ways are you already using the concept? How successful is it?
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent To sustain a strong team, leaders must continue to: • invest in each person’s strengths • build better relationships among its members
Now, Discover Your Strengths: Increasing Productivity Through Leveraging Talent Recommended Books: Now, Discover Your Strengths Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance, Marcus Buckingham Strengthsfinder 2.0, Tom Rath Strengths-based Leadership: Great Leaders, Team, and Why People Follow, Tom Rath and Barry Conchie