Putting Your Strengths to Work

Paula Beadle

By embracing your natural talents, developing your strengths, and putting

them to work, you will increase your satisfaction and performance.

Your natural talents area powerful source

of strength.

Now, Discover Your StrengthsGallup conducted a study of excellence over 4 decades with millions of high performers to determine the most natural thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

• 34 patterns emerged as prevalent themes of human talent

• Designed strengthsfinder assessment to identify signature themes

• Introduced a new vernacular to describe people’s talents and strengths

• Changed the conversation away from shortcomings

Only 1/3 of respondents strongly agreed they

have an opportunity todo what they dobest everyday.

Working within your strengths leads to more engagement, satisfaction, and

improved performance

Imagine doing what you do best everyday.

At the end of the day, are you energized and satisfied?

Why understanding your strengths is important?

• More engagement leads to better performance and increasedjob satisfaction

• Happier in your work, less burn-out

• A new vernacular to talk about yourself

• Tool to help you achieve your goals

• A catalyst to discuss professional development

• Understanding of others strengths leads to greater appreciation

Your greatest opportunity for growth and excellence

lies in focusing onyour strengths not

your weakness.

Talentsare your naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling

or behavior that can be productively applied

Skillscan be learned – they will

help you perform, they will not help you excel

Knowledgeconsists of the facts and

lessons learned

Strengthsare a consistent near perfect performance in an activity

Strengthsfinder 2.0, Tom Rath

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How to Identify Your Talents

• Monitor your behavior and your feelings over an extended period of time

• Look for consistent thoughts - often what comes easy is a sign of a strength

• Listen to what others tell you - gratitude, recognition and applause are meaningful

• Consider your successes

• Take assessment by purchasing Strengthsfinder 2.0 by Tom Rath and visit strengthfinder.com to reveal your 5 dominant themes of talent

Overview of Talent ThemesAchiever

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

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Put your strengthsto work.

How will you achieve a goal or solve a problem using your signature strengths?

Key Messages• Talents combined with skills and knowledge leads to strengths

• By focusing on your strengths you have a greater opportunityto achieve excellence

• People are happier when they are working within their strengths

• There are no “bad” strengths, strengths do not define who you are, they are a useful tool

• Your 5 signature talents do not represent your only strengths, they just fire first

• Teams who understand and appreciate each others strengths are more productive, happier, and effective

Build a strength based family, community, and

workplace.

Change your daily conversations from shortcomings to strengths.

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