Post on 19-Mar-2020
STRENGTHSFINDER 101: UTILIZING STRENGTHS TO
ENHANCE VETERINARY CARE
TARAN CARDONE
IDEATION * INTELLECTION * CONNECTEDNESS *MAXIMIZER * ACHIEVER
Primary Care Veterinary Educators’ Symposium
Overview
¨ Part I: Overview of a Strengths-Based Philosophyn Connect ideas to yourselfn Connect ideas to your educational practice
¨ Part II: Application of Strengths-Based Philosophy To Your Primary Care Practice
n Train the trainern Networking & community-building
Learning Outcomes
¨ Become familiar with a strengths-based philosophy¨ Identify personal strengths and connect those to your
life personally and professionally¨ Learn new techniques to apply within your primary
care practice to encourage strengths-based learning¨ Practice new techniques within this workshop¨ Network with colleagues and peers¨ Other hopes for this session?
Strengths Beginnings
¨ The Gallup Organization
¨ Don Clifton, Nebraska faculty turned CEO
¨ 250,000 interviews of high achieving individuals
Gallup’s Research on High Achievers
¨ Spend most of their time in areas of strength
¨ Have learned to delegate or partner with someone to tackle areas that are not strengths
¨ Apply their strengths to overcome obstacles
¨ Invent ways of capitalizing on their strengths in new situations
Gallup StrengthsFinder Statistics
A strengths orientation is
about a perspective, not
the tool.
Aspirations for Student Learning
Two basic premises:Individuals already have within themselves what
they need to succeed.
“Individuals gain more when they build on their talents, than when they make comparable efforts
to improve their areas of weakness.”Clifton & Harter, 2003, p. 112
What is a strengths perspective?
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TimeTwo
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Average Reader
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Copyright © 2006 The Gallup Organization, Princeton, NJ. All rights reserved.
Greatness Comes from Building on Natural Talents
Writing Challenge
What is a Talent?
“A talent is a naturally reoccurring pattern of thought, feeling or behavior that can be
productively applied.”
What is a talent?
A talent theme is a group of similar talents
Achiever
Enjoying hard work
Having internal motivation
Desire to achieve
A tendency to push hard to complete tasks
Finding satisfaction in getting things done
Talents vs. Strengths
¨ Talent = A naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling, or behavior that can be productively applied.
¨ Strength = The ability to provide consistent, near-perfect performance in a given activity.
Talent X = StrengthInvestment
Predisposition DevelopedRequires Effort
Talent x Investment = Strength &
Competence
Investment is a MULTIPLIER of talent!Investment includes time spent practicing, developing skills, & building knowledge
Competence & Strengths
What do you notice first?
Strengths perspective is counter-cultural
Current paradigm is deficit-based:
– Leaders spend most of their time working with the weakest performers and zeroing in on mistakes.
– We focus on students’ lower grades rather than on their highest.
Weakness fixing prevents failure – strengths building promotes success
Why THIS Matters
Strength Building
Take what’s right and build that area
Develop your way of approaching class/work/problem by utilizing your strengths
Manage weaknesses by:Partnering with othersDelegating to others
process information
experience others
view time and structure
accommodate change
communicate
Our strengths affect the way we:
So what?
What does this have to do with you?
What am I good at?
¨ Let’s Share
¤ Now, what are you really good at?
¤ What do you enjoy doing?
Four domains of strengths leadership
Executing RelationshipBuilding
Strategic Thinking Influencing
ConsistencyDeliberativeDiscipline
Executing
AchieverArrangerBelief
FocusResponsibilityRestorative
Knowing how to make things happen
Relationship Building
AdaptabilityDeveloper
ConnectednessEmpathyHarmonyIncluderIndividualizationPositivityRelator
The glue that holds the team together
Influencing
ActivatorCommand
CommunicationCompetitionMaximizerSelf-AssuranceSignificanceWoo
Reaching a broader audience
Strategic Thinking
AnalyticalContextFuturisticIdeation
Keeping us focused on what could be
InputIntellectionLearnerStrategic
Understanding Self
What Makes You Stand Out?
Understanding Others
Theme Dynamics
Law of Differences
Judging
Valuing TRUST
FEAR
Productivity
Passivity or Aggressiveness
Difference
Using Strengths To Examine Purpose
Based on your strengths, why did you choose this work?
Applying Strengths In Your Life
¨ Research & Practice¨ Networking & Employment¨ Personal Life
How can each of yourstrengths contribute tothese areas of your life?
Coffee Break
Reflection Question: What are you still curious about?
Session Two: Overview
¨ Small Group Practice with Team Talent Maps¨ Shadow Side of Strengths¨ Connecting Strengths to Student Competencies within
Primary Care Practice Work
Strengths in Relationship to Each Other
Primary Care Veterinarian
Students’ Strengths
Human Clients’ Strengths
Animal Clients’ Strengths
Primary Care Veterinarian Educators’ Strengths
Team Talent Map
¨ Top 5 talents of each group member¨ 4 Domains of Strengths Leadership¨ Top 5 talents of the group overall ¨ Various methods to create a team talent map¨ Use throughout points of the year
https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com
Team Talent Map Application
¨ Tell the group about yourself.¨ Share your strengths with the group.¨ Which domains are represented within the group?¨ What strengths are you missing? What domains are
missing?¨ Other observations?
Shadow Sides of Strengths
¨ Maxing out our innate talents¨ Strengths as “near perfect positive performance”¨ Identify where we “over-do it”¨ See the positive aspects where we can pivot¨ Negative application à positive and productive
application
“It’s nearly impossible for someone to ‘tone down’ their top talent themes.” – Dr. Brian Brim
Building Blocks for Strengths
Talent Theme
Acceptance – Talents Connected to Your Theme1.2.34.
Application – Ideas for Development1.2.
Accentuation – Ideas for Recognition1.2.
Source: Gallup Mentoring & Advising Workbook
Building Blocks for Strengths
Ideation
Acceptance – Talents Connected to Your Theme1. Enjoys the brainstorming process2. Likes connecting disparate things across different contexts3. Always contributes an enthusiasm for innovation4. Easily entertained by the world
Application – Ideas for Development1. Prioritize ideas that should be completed first2. Communicate when an idea is just an idea
Accentuation – Ideas for Recognition1. Show this person useful tools to collect their ideas2. Give this person a creative project
Critical Competencies
¨ Feedback – How might this strength interpret feedback?
¨ Resilience – What barriers and vantage points does this strength have for resilience?
¨ Care & Technique – How might this strength approach care and technique?
¨ Customer Service & Business –How might this strength approach customer service and business?
Ideation
Acceptance – Talents Connected to Your Theme1. Enjoys the brainstorming process2. Likes connecting disparate things across different contexts3. Always contributes an enthusiasm for innovation4. Easily entertained by the world
Application – Ideas for Development1. Prioritize ideas that should be completed first2. Communicate when an idea is just an idea
Accentuation – Ideas for Recognition1. Show this person useful tools to collect their ideas2. Give this person a creative project
Large Group Takeaways
E-mail your Top 5 report to a family member, friend, and to a colleague
Create a plan to develop one of your talents
Insight report challenge – compare your strengths with those you work with
Check out the StrengthsQuest Resource Center:
http://www.strengthsquest.com/home.aspx
Next Steps
Taran Cardone
Director of Strengths-Based Learning & Program Director for the Thrive Living-Learning Communitytcardone@vt.edu; 540-231-1842Ideation / Intellection / Connectedness / Maximizer / Achiever
Pritchard Hall Living Learning Center, Office L3C
Thank You!