The surprising power of

STRENGTHS-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS
By Bernard T
ollec & Patrick Scheuerer

The Surprising Power of Strengths-Based Organizations by Patrick Scheuerer and Bernard Tollec is
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
As a leader,
there is so much stuff to focus on.

WHERE TO BEGIN?
WHAT IS DRAWING
YOUR ATTENTI N?
We can choose to focus on

DEFICITS OR STRENGTHS
We choose to focus on

STRENGTHS
By exploring the

ABUNDANCE

present in every organization
By discovering the many

UNEXPECTED

OPPORTUNITIES
tapping into the potential held in

EVERYDAY
INTERACTIONS
to achieve results that exceed

TI
A ONS!
EXPECT
By working with

LEADERS
at all levels
L

CHA

L

Helping them address their

ENGES
&
make meaningful and lasting

CHANGES
we have come to

LEARN &
APPRECIATE
THREE ESSENTIAL

PRINCIPLES
Abundance
Thinking

Collective
Co-Creation

Creating
the Future
About change in

HUMAN
SYSTEMS
ABUNDANCE
THINKING
over

SCARCITY
THINKING
Focusing on abundance opens up

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES
& OPPORTUNITIES
What we focus on

GROWS
IN OUR PERCEPTION
Therefore we choose to focus on :

WHAT IS

WORKING

WHAT IS

WHAT IS

PRESENT GENERATIVE
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gt

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on
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d...
e b
w
s an
esse
succ
&

T
IFY
PL
AM

!
EM
H
COLLECTIVE
CO-CREATION
over

PREDEFINED
SOLUTIONS
We believe that

INVOLVING
all the relevant

STAKEHOLDERS
CONNECTING
them from the beginning
&

COMBINING

their individual perspectives
will create

SHARED
UNDERSTANDING
will create

SHARED
UNDERSTANDING

+

RICHER
INTERACTIONS
will create

SHARED
UNDERSTANDING

+

RICHER
INTERACTIONS

+

FAST, FOCUSED
ACTIONS
Igniting

INSTANTANEOUS

CHANGE!
CREATING
THE FUTURE
over

PREDICTING
THE FUTURE
We believe that inquiring into the

BEST OF THE PAST
and building on it to

CREATE THE FUTURE
has become a more

RELIABLE
&
SUCCESSFUL
!

approach
than

ANALYZING THE PAST

Today

and trying to

PREDICT THE FUTURE
So what are you

FOCUSING ON?
Now, what is

DRAWING YOUR
ATTENTION?
How are you

CONNECTING

THE DOTS?
We would love to hear it,

LET’S HAVE A CONVERSATION!

Bernard Tollec
Involve Consulting

Patrick Scheuerer
We Are Xpreneurs

CONTACT US

The Power of Strengths-Based Organizations