Weekly Web Meeting

Western Region

April 18, 2011

Innate Strengths…

What are your innate strengths?

“Successful leaders embrace the power of teamwork

by tapping into the innate strengths each

person brings to the table.”

Scott Beare, Blue Angels

Click this link to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhnylkfKUH4&feature=player_detailpage

Definitions for the words “innate” and “strength”

• Innate

1. existing in one from birth; inborn; native.

2. inherent in the essential character of something.

3. originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather

than learned through experience.

• Strength

1. the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.

2. mental power, force, or vigor.

3. moral power, firmness, or courage.

4. power by reason of influence, authority, resources, etc.

Definitions for the words “innate” and “strength”

• Innate

1. existing in one from birth; inborn; native.

2. inherent in the essential character of something.

3. originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather

than learned through experience.

• Strength

1. the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.

2. mental power, force, or vigor.

3. moral power, firmness, or courage.

4. power by reason of influence, authority, resources, etc.

We’re going to identify your innate strengths…

• Purchase the book “Strengths Finder 2.0” by Tom Rath. Retail price

$24.95 now on sale at Barnes & Noble for $13.86!

• When you get this book, find the code number in the book which you’ll

need to go online to take the survey. Don’t read the book first!

• Click this link: http://strengths.gallup.com/110659/Homepage.aspx

• When you’ve got your “Top 5 Strengths” results, send them to me.

• After we identify the strengths of everyone on the team, we’ll then

develop a variety of ways in which we can further define and “tap into”

the innate strengths each of you brings to the NewGround table.

34 Potential Strengths, 5 will be your top 5…

• 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

My top 5 Strengths…

• Since I’m asking you to share your top 5 strengths with me after you take

your online survey, I’ll give you mine now, they are:

Strength Finder 2.0 Strength Based Leadership

1. Achiever 1. Learner

2. Connectedness 2. Achiever

3. Belief 3. Intellection

4. Relator 4. Strategic

5. Responsibility 5. Belief

“When each member accepts full responsibility and strives for

excellence…trust and performance increase exponentially

…and the team is ready to take off.”

Scott Beale, Blue Angels

“My soul is in the sky.”

William Shakespeare

“Coming together is a beginning.

Keeping together is progress.

Working together is success.”

Henry Ford

“When once you have tasted flight,

you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,

for there you have been,

and there you will always long to return.”

Leonardo Da Vinci

There are two well-supported and complementary explanations for why birds fly in formation.

One is to conserve energy by taking advantage of the up-wash vortex fields created by the wings of the birds in front.

The other is to facilitate orientation and communication among the birds.

~ Scientific American ~

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society.

The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.”

Gil Stern

“Great teamwork is the only way…

we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.” Pat Riley

…end of this presentation