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UsingStrengths Finder 2.0
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In society and education, we spendmuch time trying to identify and remediate
weaknesses
Instead of spending the same energyfocusing on strengths !
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Talents can be defined as:1. a special natural ability or aptitude2. a capacity for achievement or success; ability
(dictionary.com)
3. The natural endowments of a person
(merriam-webster.com)
Strengths are:1. mental power, force, or vigor.
2. moral power, firmness, or courage.
(dictionary.com)
3. the quality or state of being strong:capacity for
exertion or endurance (merriam-webster.com)
Strengths can be seen as talents applied!
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You have a group of talents within you.
Your greatest talents hold the key to high achievement,
success, and progress at levels of personal excellence.
Becoming aware of your talents builds confidence andprovides a basis for achievement.
Learning how to develop and apply strengths willimprove your levels of achievement.
Each of your talents can be applied in many areasincluding relationships, learning, academics, leadership,
service, and careers.
As you develop and apply strengths, your achievementswill increase and you will experience greater and more
frequent successes.
This based on the idea that:
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It all comes down to a simple philosophy:
Find out what you do well and do more ofit. Find out what you dont do well, andstop doing it
(Clifton and Nelson, 1992).
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I was wrong !-Dr. Edward Chip Anderson, The Gallup Organization
Spent the first part of his career studying, and helpingstudents focus on, weaknesses, in order to help themovercome them.
Then came to understand that students have a greaterchance of success, and go further, by discovering andusing strengths.
Together with Donald Clifton, they determined that topachievers build academic and personal lives, andcareers, on strengths and they set out to study this.
To Produce excellence, you must study excellence
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The Strengths-Based Approach:Develop talents in to strengths, andapply those strengths, while managingweaknesses
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Strengths begin with Talents
Talent is a naturally recurring pattern ofthought, feeling or behavior that can be
productively applied (Clifton and Anderson, 2002, P. 6)
Talent represents a capacity to
dosomething!(P. 6)
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Your talents empower you. They make it
possible for you to move to higher levels ofexcellence, and fulfill your potential(Clifton andAnderson, 2002, P. 6)
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Talent can often be applied to multipleareas of achievement.
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Turning Talents in to Strengths
Talentsnaturally exist within.
Skills and knowledgecan be acquired.
Strengthsare talents developed
refined by Knowledge and Skill
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Developing Your Strengths
Knowledge, skills, and practice areimportant parts of strength. Without basicfacts and skills, talents can go untapped. (Cliftonand Anderson, 2002, P. 18)
Practice and hard work are necessary, just asif you were developing physical strength. (P.19)
Talent x Investment = Strength (P. 20)
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Strategies for managing your weaknesses:
Get a little better at it
Design a support system or develop acrutch to reduce your weakness
Use one of your strongest themes tooverwhelm your weakness
Find a partner
Just stop doing it
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You are unique !
Each person has a unique and profoundset and combination of talents andstrengths that are developed and used to
differing degrees. This combination oftalents and strengths makes each personlike no other. (Clifton and Anderson, 2002, P. 8)
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The best part of focusing on strengths isthat you are focusing on who you already
are!The seeds of your personal greatness your talents are already in you.Therefore, your Strengths Quest is
really a quest to discover, develop andapply who you truly are.(Clifton and Anderson, 2002, P. 14)
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DiscoveringYour Strengths
Using Strengths Finder 2.0Internet-based assessment
177 paired items, classified in to 34 themes.
Top 5 themes, or strength areas, are identified-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
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And lastlyThe answer to a very important question
If a theme is not among my Top 5, does itmean it is a weakness??
The answer is NO it just means that otherthemes are more dominant!
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NowLets
Discover
OurStrengths !
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Resources:
Buckingham, Marcus and Clifton, Donald O. (2001). Now, Discover YourStrengths. Washington, DC: The Gallup Organization.
Rath, Tom. (2007). Strengths Finder 2.0. Washington, DC: The GallupOrganization.
Clifton, Donald O. and Nelson, Paula. (1992). Soar With Your Strengths.New York, NY: The Dell Publishing Group.
Clifton, Donald O. and Anderson, Edward. (2002). Strengths Quest: Discover
and Develop Your Strengths in Academics, Career, and Beyond.Washington, DC: The Gallup Organization.