Playing to your strengths

Eat your veggies activity

1. Think of your vegetable and write it down2. Gather with everyone in the room who also likes that

vegetable3. Share your favorite way to eat that vegetable

Who?

StrengthsFinder Basics

Donald O. Clifton

Tom Rath

Marcus Buckingham

What?Research-basedParadigm shift

Strengthsfinder basics

VS.

“What am I bad at doing?”

“What am I good at doing?”

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Why?

Strengthsfinder basics

Engagement

DefinitionsTalentKnowledgeSkillInvestmentStrength

Strengthsfinder basics

Talent + Knowledge + Skill

XInvestment

=Strength

Story time!Your strengths story

1. Partner up with someone at your table2. Share your responses to the following questions:

Which of your top 5 talents resonate with you? Which of your top 5 talents are you uncertain about?

Top 5 activity

1. Choose the top 5 talent that you identify with the most2. Stand next to the corresponding poster in the room3. Share your response to the following questions with the

others at your poster: Why do you identify most with this talent? How do you see this talent playing out in your life?

Identify yourself Activity

Strengths-based teams

Domains of leadership

Executing + Influencing + Relationship Building + Strategic Thinking

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Domains of leadership

Executing InfluencingRelationship

BuildingStrategic Thinking

• Achiever• Arranger• Belief• Consistency• Deliberative• Discipline• Focus• Responsibility• Restorative

• Activator• Command• Communicati

on• Competition• Maximizer• Self-

Assurance• Significance• WOO

• Adaptability• Developer• Connectednes

s• Empathy• Harmony• Includer• Individualizati

on• Positivity• Relator

• Analytical• Context• Futuristic• Ideation• Input• Intellection• Learner• Strategic

Story time!

1. Break into two groups: Governing Council and Platform Committee

2. In your group, complete the Team Top 5 Grid and discuss what your combined talents suggest about how you will make decisions, communicate, build relationships, and overcome obstacles

3. Now complete the Domains of Leadership Strength Grid

Get to know your team activity

1. Have one person from your group answer the following questions for the large group:

What did you discover about your team? Does your team share a lot of the same or different talents? How can you use this information to tailor tasks to each team

member?

Group share activity

The big picture

1. What skills/talents/strengths we can rely on each other for?

2. How will you utilize your team’s strengths in the coming year?

3. How can we use these strengths to accomplish our organizational goals in the coming year?

Group brainstorm activity