Strengths-Based Development

CLIFTONSTRENGTHS ® DISCOVERY CURRICULUM

 Talent x Investment = Strength
a natural way of time spent practicing, the ability to deliver
thinking, feeling developing skills and consistent, near-perfect
or behaving building a knowledge base performance in a specific task

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Developing Strengths Begins with Identifying Talent
Talent is the Access to Developing Performance Excellence

TALENT STRENGTH

A naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling or The ability to deliver consistent,

behavior that can be productively applied. near-perfect performance in a specific task.

EXAMPLES OF TALENT INCLUDE:

• starting a conversation with someone • consistently aspiring to be the best

you haven’t met before
• seeing patterns in data
• thinking in an orderly or timely manner
• being predictably impatient for action
• taking satisfaction in completing tasks

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Four Domains of Team Strength

EXECUTING INFLUENCING RELATIONSHIP BUILDING STRATEGIC THINKING

People with People with dominant People with dominant Relationship People with dominant
dominant Executing Influencing themes Building themes build strong Strategic Thinking themes
themes make things take charge, speak up and relationships that hold a team absorb and analyze
happen. make sure others together and make it greater than the information that informs
are heard. sum of its parts. better decisions.

Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical

Arranger Command Connectedness Context
Belief Communication Competition Developer Futuristic
Consistency Maximizer Empathy Ideation
Deliberative Self-Assurance Harmony Input
Discipline Significance Includer Intellection
Focus Woo Individualization Learner
Responsibility Positivity Strategic
Restorative Relator

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Strengths-Based Teams
A strengths-based team is a group of imperfect but talented
contributors who are valued for their strengths and who need
one another to realize individual and team excellence.

W H EN T EAM M EM BE RS VAL U E EAC H HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE T EAM S:

OTHER’S STRENGTHS, THEY:
• share a mission or purpose
• relate more effectively to one another
• understand and appreciate one another’s talents and
• avoid potential conflicts nontalents
• boost group cohesion • intentionally use their own and one another’s
• create positive dialogue strengths

• improve engagement and performance • have partnerships that encourage each team
member to develop their strengths

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Strengths-Based Development Drives Individual Performance
Individual-level outcomes in Gallup’s CliftonStrengths meta-analysis

In the best organizations, when compared with their peers, employees who
received strengths-based development were found to have up to:

18%
INCREASED
73%
LOWER
23%
HIGHER
10%
INCREASED
PERFORMANCE* TURNOVER EMPLOYEE CITIZENSHIP**
ENGAGEMENT

Source: The Relationship Between Strengths-Based Employee Development and Organizational Outcomes: *Including performance ratings, productivity and sales data
**Measures that gauge employee involvement in company-sponsored activities
2015 Strengths Meta-Analysis

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Strengths-Based Development Drives Workgroup Performance
Work-unit-level outcomes in Gallup’s CliftonStrengths meta-analysis

In addition to increased customer metrics, the best work units that received
strengths-based development were found to have:

19%
HIGHER SALES
29%
HIGHER PROFIT
59%
FEWER SAFETY
72%
LOWER TURNOVER
INCIDENTS (HIGH-TURNOVER
O R G A N I Z AT I O N S )

Source: The Relationship Between Strengths-Based Employee Development and Organizational Outcomes:
2015 Strengths Meta-Analysis, published in 2016

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Maximize Results by Making CliftonStrengths More Than an Assessment ®

The best organizations infuse CliftonStrengths into their organizational cultures.

One organization did a task: One organization created a culture:

Taking employees through the Investing in a complete, cohesive strategy for creating and
CliftonStrengths assessment sustaining a strengths-based culture

• CliftonStrengths assessment

7%
INCREASE IN • executive coaching
EMPLOYEE • manager development and education
ENGAGEMENT
• rewards and recognition
• employee value proposition
• storytelling

23%
INCREASE IN
EMPLOYEE
ENGAGEMENT

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 Three Ways to Put Your Strengths to Work

Use your
Study your Find more
CliftonStrengths
successes. ways to apply your
to achieve
CliftonStrengths.
your goals.

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 CliftonStrengths® Discovery Curriculum Path- Individuals and Managers

CliftonStrengths Discovery: CliftonStrengths Discovery:

Your Unique Strengths Strategies for Your Success
P RE R E Q U IS IT E F O R A LL C LI F T O NSTRE NGT H S CO UR S E S • half-day instructor-led course, or
• online blended learning —
• half-day instructor-led course, or
self-paced; live, instructor-led webinars
• online blended learning —
self-paced; live, instructor-led webinars

ONE-DAY COURSE OPTION

Combine these two courses to take participants beyond a foundational awareness of their strengths
to help them identify ways to intentionally invest in their innate talents to apply in their work and life.

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 HALF-DAY

CliftonStrengths® Discovery:
Your Unique Strengths
CliftonStrengths Discovery: Your Unique Strengths is Gallup’s
flagship course to help people unlock their full potential by
using their CliftonStrengths. This course will change the way
participants work and will impact the rest of their life.
C O U RS E O VE R V IEW

Target Audience: This course is for individuals who want to

reach their full potential by using their natural talents. Length: Half-day

By attending this course, participants will: Prerequisite: Complete the CliftonStrengths

• discover how to make a difference by doing more of what they assessment
naturally do best
Course Overview:
• get insights into their innate talents by working with their
• Your CliftonStrengths
CliftonStrengths 34 results report
• Putting a Name to Your Talents
• learn how to develop their greatest talents into strengths • Claim Your Power and Edge
• acquire tools and insights that will help them apply their • Aim Your Talents at Excellence
strengths to achieve greater productivity, engagement
Note: We can train your internal instructors to lead this
and happiness course through our Train-the-Trainer program.

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 HALF-DAY

CliftonStrengths® Discovery:
Strategies for Your Success
Target Audience: Being aware of your CliftonStrengths isn’t
enough. This program is for individuals who want to continue
their strengths journey by learning how to focus on and
invest in their dominant talents through integration into their
daily activities. C O U RS E O VE R V IEW

By attending this course, participants will: Length: Half-day

• learn to navigate and manage themes at the bottom of their Prerequisite: CliftonStrengths Discovery:
strengths profile Your Unique Strengths half-day course
• develop an understanding of how their dominant
CliftonStrengths themes work together Course Overview:
• develop strategies to help them use their strongest • Manage Behaviors That Don’t Come
CliftonStrengths to accomplish specific targets, goals Naturally to Invest in Those That Do
and aspirations • Use Your CliftonStrengths Together:
• think about how they can combine their talents with others’ to Theme Dynamics
achieve greater success • Use Your CliftonStrengths With Others
• Use Your CliftonStrengths Every Day

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 HALF-DAY

CliftonStrengths® for Teams

Target Audience: This course is for team members who want
to know how they can purposefully aim their talents and
strengths so that the team is better equipped to accomplish its
goals and performance objectives and respond to everyday
situations
C O U RS E O VE R V IEW
By attending this course, participants will:
Length: Half-day
• During this course, team members will learn how to use their unique
talents Prerequisite: CliftonStrengths Discovery:
• for greater team engagement, better team performance and improved Your Unique Strengths half-day course
• business outcomes.
Course Overview:
• During this course, team members will:
• Our Strengths as a Team
• appreciate their unique contribution to the team • Your Contribution to the Team
• think about how they can build powerful partnerships • The Key to Effectiveness: Powerful
• explore the team’s collective strengths Partnerships

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 Development Designed Specifically for Managers

After completing Clifton Strengths Discovery, clients often ask, “What’s next for helping our managers
use strengths?”

CliftonStrengths for Managers: CliftonStrengths for Managers:

Leading With Your Strengths Building a Strengths-Based Team
HALF-DAY INSTRUCTOR-LED COURSE HALF-DAY INSTRUCTOR-LED COURSE

Participants will develop strengths-based Participants will learn techniques and tools they can
performance strategies to help them apply their use to understand their team members’ strengths so
talents in their role as a manager. they can have more effective conversations that
lead to better performance and development.

ONE-DAY COURSE OPTION

Combine these two courses to help managers explore their strengths within their role and prepare them to
develop and empower their individual team members and the team as a whole to set and achieve their goals.

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 HALF-DAY

CliftonStrengths for Managers: ®

Leading With Your Strengths

The role of the manager is demanding, and the workplace is changing
faster than it ever has. Managers need to become strengths-based
performance coaches for their teams. This means they must first
understand their own strengths and how to use them. Next, they need
C O U RS E O VE R V IEW
to recognize their team members’ strengths so that they can
individualize their management approach to align with each employee’s
Length: Half-day
talents and strengths.
Prerequisite:
Target Audience: This course is for managers who want to explore how CliftonStrengths Discovery: Your Unique Strengths Course OR
their strengths work in their role. Leading High-Performance Teams Course

By attending this course, participants will: Course Overview:

• learn how to use and build their strengths as a manager • Using Your CliftonStrengths as a Manager
• Assuming Responsibility for Your Blind Spots and Limitations
• assume responsibility for their blind spots, which will help them focus
on their strengths to fulfill their leadership responsibilities • Individualize Your Approach With Each Team Member
• Becoming a Strengths-Based Manager
• get new methods for individualizing their management approach to
support each team member’s talents and strengths

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 HALF-DAY

CliftonStrengths for Managers: ®

Building a Strengths-Based Team

Simply knowing one’s strengths is not enough to make a difference in
performance. Managers need to have a conversation with team
members so that they recognize not only who they are but also what they
are capable of becoming. This course provides managers with insights
C O U RS E O VE R V IEW
and practical tools they can use to start to build a strengths-based team.
Length: Half-day
Target Audience: This course is for managers who want to develop and
empower their individual team members and the team as a whole to set Prerequisite:
and achieve their goals. CliftonStrengths Discovery: Your Unique Strengths Course OR
Leading High-Performance Teams Course

By attending this course, participants will:

• learn the characteristics of a strengths-based team
• gain new practices for helping all team members understand their Course Overview:
unique strengths and learn how to use those strengths in their • What Is a Strengths-Based Team?
specific roles • Strengths-Based Conversations With Individual Team Members
• discover how to integrate strengths-based discussions into their • Strengths-Based Conversations for Teams
conversations with their individual team members and the
• Investing in Strengths
collective team
• gain new techniques and tools to facilitate strengths-based
partnerships among team members

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