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Leading From Strengths

Leading From Strengths. Presented By: Ron Klinger, M.S. Training and Development Specialist University of Houston-Clear Lake. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007. Agenda for the day…. Gaining Awareness… Let’s talk leadership… Positive Psychology

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Leading From Strengths

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  1. Leading From Strengths Presented By:Ron Klinger, M.S. Training and Development Specialist University of Houston-Clear Lake TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007

  2. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Agenda for the day… • Gaining Awareness… • Let’s talk leadership… • Positive Psychology • Leading from Strengths

  3. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Gaining Awareness • What’s in it for you today? • Why did you choose to attend this session?

  4. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Gaining Awareness • Answer the following honest questions: • On a scale of 1-10, how truly effective… • 1. Is your organization? • 2. Are you each and every day?

  5. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Gaining Awareness • Who knows the definition of insanity? • “Continuing to do the same thing(s) over and over again and expecting different results.”-Unknown • Albert Einstien, Rita Mae Brown, or Rudyard Kipling

  6. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Building Awareness and Responsibility “I am able to control only that which I am aware of. That which I am unaware of controls me. AWARENESS empowers me. John Whitmore, Coaching for Performance

  7. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Building Awareness and Responsibility “Every advance, every achievement of mankind, has been connected with an advance in self awareness.” C. G. Jung, Psychological Reflections

  8. Talking Leadership… Leading From Strengths TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Presented By:Ron Klinger, M.S. Training and Development Specialist University of Houston-Clear Lake

  9. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Let’s Talk Leadership… • What do we know about leadership? • What are one word descriptors of what it means to lead? • What tools do you use to effectively lead others?

  10. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Tools available • Awareness tools • Books • Performance Appraisals • Conferences • Advanced Degrees • Consultants

  11. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 How do you model leadership? • Position of Authority? • How do I apply leadership principles if I'm not the boss? • Position of Influence? • Good leaders are not only capable of leading their followers but are also adept at leading their superiors and their peers.

  12. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 UK Civil Service Office http://psg.civilservice.gov.uk/print_skills.asp?style=detailed&grade=1&op=1&job=2&core_list=1,5,3,2,4,7,6&pro_list=20

  13. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 The Johnson School Leadership Model –Cornell University http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/depth/leadership/model.html

  14. Positive Psychology & Strengths Leading From Strengths TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Presented By:Ron Klinger, M.S. Training and Development Specialist University of Houston-Clear Lake

  15. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Positive Psychology • “The study of what’s right and good in people” • Links of interest… • Wikipedia • Positive Psychology Center • Strengths Revolution 2007 • StrengthsFinder 2.0 • www.bucketbook.com

  16. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Strengths Philosophy • What are your strengths? • Can you articulate them clearly providing examples of how you use/rely on your strengths? • How does it feel when your strengths are in play?

  17. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 “Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.”-Peter Drucker

  18. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Strengths Philosophy • How many of you would agree with the following statement: • “At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best everyday.”

  19. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Major findings from studying the Best of the Best - 2 Million people, from all walks of life • They are all alike in one respect: They build their lives around their strengths. • They focus on developing and applying their strengths and managing their weaknesses. • High achievers don’t necessarily have more strengths, but they do more fully develop and apply the strengths that they have. • High achievers are high achievers because they use whatever strengths they have in roles and fields that permit and encourage them to use their strengths.

  20. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 “..we must not try to train everyone in the same role to behave in the same way. We must hold people in the same role accountable for the same performance outcomes but challenge each person to reach these outcomes by capitalizing on his/her unique talents…” Gallup Management Journal September 2002

  21. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Grouping Strengths…(according to Gallup) • Relating Strengths • Communication-Empathy-Harmony, Inclusiveness-Individualization-Relator Responsibility • Impacting Strengths • Command-Competition-Developer-PositivityMaximizer-Woo

  22. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Grouping Strengths…(according to Gallup) • Striving Strengths • Achiever-Activator-Adaptability-Belief-Discipline, Focus-Restorative-Self-assurance-Significance • Thinking Strengths • Analytical-Arranger-Connectedness-Context, Deliberative-Fairness-Futuristic-Ideation-Input, Intellection-Learner-Strategic

  23. The 20th Human Resource Management Institute

  24. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Leading from Strengths • Delegation of tasks and duties • Performance management • Career Development • Employee Engagement • Individual and Organizational Effectiveness • Assessing “Fit” for hiring practices

  25. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Leading from Strengths “If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

  26. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Questions or Comments?

  27. TASSCUBO Summer Meeting 2007 Contact Information: Ron Klinger, M.S. Training and Development Specialist University of Houston-Clear Lake 281.283.2146 klinger@uhcl.edu

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