MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP & BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE TEAM

STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP

Cleo Brown Thursday, July 18, 2019

“Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar”

Agenda – Strengths Based Leadership Review Putting It Into Practice

My goal – Facilitate interaction and create the

environment to inspire each other.

Why we follow the most influential leader/s in our life? “Even though we may not

notice it in the moment, the

most effective leaders forever alter the course of our lives”

Gallop Research Analyzed -

• Decades of Gallop data

• Conducted 20,000 in-depth interviews

• Reviewed 1 million work team studies

• Sorted 50 years of Gallop Polls

• Studied 10,000 world leaders

Strengths Based Common Language

Talent - A naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling, or behavior combined with knowledge and skill to create strength. Talent represents a capacity to do something.

Theme – A similar group of talents measured by Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment

Strength – The ability to provide consistent, near perfect performance in a given activity. When fully developed and applied, it is the basis of achievement and excellence.

The Four Domains of Leadership Strength

Executing Influencing Relationship

Building Strategic Thinking

Teams should be well-rounded precisely because we, as individuals, are not.

• Are always investing in strengths 1

• Surround themselves with the right people and then maximize their team.

2

• Understand their followers’ needs 3

Key Findings of Effective Leaders -

Strengths Based Development Model

• Understanding and managing self

1.

• Understanding and respecting differences in others

2. • A

strengths approach to self and others

3.

• Self transcendence

4.

Beyond ordinary limitations

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

“A Theory of Human Motivation” Abraham Maslow

• RESPECT, INTEGRITY, & HONESTY

TRUST

• CARING, FRIENDSHIP, HAPPINESS & LOVE

COMPASSION

• SECURITY, STRENGTH, SUPPORT & PEACE

STABILITY

• DIRECTION, FAITH & GUIDANCE HOPE

FOLLOWERS’ FOUR BASIC NEEDS:

Discussion & Practice

APPENDIX

The Four Domains of Leadership Strengths Listing the Respective Themes

Strengths Domains

“ People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” -Linda Furuto, Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Hawai’i, Navigator, Hokule’a World Voyage

MAHALO

Cleota “Cleo” Brown Principal Cleota.brown@gmail.com (808) 258-5874 www.Linkedin.com/in/cbrown07