Strength Based Talent Themes

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Strength Based Talent

Themes


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Motivation - Performance

Performance

Success Failure

Quality of Efforts

Motivation

Positive

Reinforcement

Negative

Reinforcement


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Strengths Philosophy

Individuals gain more hen they !uild

on their talents" than hen they ma#e

compara!le efforts to improve theirareas of ea#ness$%

--&lifton ' (arter" )**+" p$ ,,)


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hat .re Strengths/

0alent

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Strength


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Start ith 0alent

4$naturally recurring patterns of

thought" feeling" or !ehavior that

can !e productively applied$%&lifton ' (arter" )**+


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E5amples

6 7our 8P as#s you to attend a large party

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6 7our reaction is4$

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0he (ighest .chievers

6 Spend most of their time in their areas of

strength

6(ave learned to delegate or partner ithsomeone to tac#le areas that are not

strengths

6 ?se their strengths to overcome o!stacles

6 Invent ays of capitali@ing on their

strengths in ne situations


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0he Focus &hanges

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6 Pro!lems

6 .ttendance

6 Preparation

6 Putting into the

student

6 .verage

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6 Possi!ilities

6 Engagement

6 Motivation

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E5cellence>

. &entral 8alue and Aoal

6 E5cellence>academic achievement"

persistence" and ma5imum development

of students

6 E5cellence occurs only hen individuals

capitali@e on their strengths and talents"

and invest the time and energy needed to

e5cel


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hy . Strengths-=ased .pproach to

Promotes .chievement

Strengths .areness&onfidence

Self-EfficacyMotivation to e5cel

EngagementEngagement

.pply strengths to areas needing

improvementGreater likelihood of successGreater likelihood of success


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Identifying Strengths>

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Strengths in Academics, Career, and Beond


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Clifton StrengthsFinder

6 Pu!lished !y 0he Aallup :rgani@ation

6 :nline instrument

6 Identifies signature themes of talent that can

!e developed into strengths6 +G possi!le themes

6 strong construct validity

6 +-month test-retest relia!ility among collegestudents averages $H* across the +G themes

6 ?sed ith over G million people in ,H languages and )**"*** college students


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StrengthsQuest

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6 .dds a ne focus on relationships and careers

6 Ne action items tie strengths themes to(olland vocational types

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People


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Four 0hemes +G 0alents


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Relating Themes

Interpersonal !onding" forming deeply meaningful"

close" and strong personal relationships

&ommunication$

Empathy$ (armony$

Includer$

Individuali@ation$

Relator$

Responsi!ility$


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Relating Themes

6 Communication$ People strong in the &ommunication

theme generally find it easy to put their thoughts into ords$

0hey are good conversationalists and presenters

6 Empathy.People strong in the Empathy theme can sense

the feelings of other people !y imagining themselves inothers9 lives or others9 situations$

6 Harmony$ People strong in the (armony theme loo# for

consensus$ 0hey don9t enKoy conflictL rather" they see#

areas of agreement$6 Includer.People strong in the Includer theme are accepting

of others$ 0hey sho aareness of those ho feel left out"

and ma#e efforts to include them$


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Relating Themes

6 Indiiduali!ation$

People strong in the Individuali@ation theme are intrigued ith

the uniJue Jualities of each person$ 0hey have a gift for figuring

out ho people ho are different can or# together productively$

6 Relator. People ho are strong in the Relator theme enKoy close

relationships ith others$ 0hey find deep satisfaction in or#ing

hard ith friends to achieve a goal$

6 Responsi"ility$ People strong in the Responsi!ility theme ta#e psychologicalonership of hat they say they ill do$ 0hey are committed to

sta!le values such as honesty and loyalty$


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Impacting Themes

Interpersonal strengths that ena!le a personto impact or influence others in poerfulays$

&ommand$ &ompetition$


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Impacting Themes

6 Command$ People strong in the &ommand theme havepresence$ 0hey can ta#e control of a situation and ma#e

decisions$

6 Competition$ People strong in the &ompetition theme

measure their progress against the performance ofothers$ 0hey strive to in first place and revel in

contests$

6 #eeloper$ People strong in the


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Impacting Themes

6 $a%imi!er$ People strong in the Ma5imi@er theme focus

on strengths as a ay to stimulate personal and group

e5cellence$ 0hey see# to transform something strong into

something super!

6 &ositiity.People strong in the Positivity theme have anenthusiasm that is contagious$ 0hey are up!eat and can

get others e5cited a!out hat they are going to do$

6 'oo.oo stands for winning others over$% People

strong in the oo theme love the challenge of meetingne people and inning them over$ 0hey derive

satisfaction from !rea#ing the ice and ma#ing a connection

ith another person$


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Striing Themes

Motivational strengths that generate and

focus energy to achieve and accomplish a

lot$

.chiever$ - .dapta!ility$

=elief$ -


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Striing Themes

6 (chieer.People strong in the .chiever theme have agreat deal of stamina and or# hard$ 0hey ta#e greatsatisfaction from !eing !usy and productive$

6 (ctiator$ People strong in the .ctivator theme can ma#ethings happen !y turning thoughts into action$ 0hey are

often impatient$6 (dapta"ility$ People strong in the .dapta!ility theme

prefer to go ith the flo$% 0hey tend to !e no% peopleho ta#e things as they come and discover the future oneday at a time$

6 Belief$ People strong in the =elief theme have certain corevalues that are unchanging$ From those values emerges adefined purpose for their life$

6 #iscipline$ People strong in the


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Striing Themes

6 )ocus.People strong in the Focus theme can ta#e adirection" follo through" and ma#e the correctionsnecessary to stay on trac#$ 0hey prioriti@e" then act$

6 Restoratie$ People strong in the Restorative theme are

adept at dealing ith pro!lems$ 0hey are good at figuringout hat is rong and resolving it$6 Self*(ssurance$ People strong in the Self-.ssurance

theme feel confident in their a!ility to manage their onlives$ 0hey possess an inner compass that gives themconfidence that their decisions are right$

6 Significance$ People strong in the Significance themeant to !e very important in the eyes of others$ 0hey areindependent and ant to !e recogni@ed


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Thinking Themes

Strengths of perception" organi@ation" andinformation processing that produce lifelonglearners$

.nalytical$ - .rranger$ &onnectedness$ - &onsistency$

&onte5t$ -


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Thinking Themes

6 (nalytical. People strong in the .nalytical theme search for

reasons and causes$ 0hey have the a!ility to thin#a!out all the factors that might affect a situation$

6(rranger$ People strong in the .rranger theme can organi@e"

!ut they also have a fle5i!ility that complements thata!ility$ 0hey li#e to figure out ho all the pieces andresources can !e arranged for ma5imum productivity$

6 Connectedness. People strong in the &onnectedness theme have faithin the lin#s !eteen all things$ 0hey !elieve there arefe coincidences and that almost every event has areason$


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Thinking Themes

6 Consistency. People ho are strong in the &onsistency theme are

#eenly aare of the need to treat people the same$0hey try to treat everyone in the orld ith consistency!y setting up clear rules and adhering to them$

6 Conte%t. People strong in the &onte5t theme enKoy thin#ing

a!out the past$ 0hey understand the present !yresearching its history$

6 #eli"eratie$ People strong in the


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Thinking Themes

6 )uturistic. People strong in the Futuristic theme are inspired !y

the future and hat could !e$ 0hey inspire others iththeir visions of the future$

6 Ideation. People strong in the Ideation theme are fascinated !y

ideas$ 0hey are a!le to find connections !eteenseemingly disparate phenomena$

6 Input. People strong in the Input theme have a craving to

#no more$ :ften they li#e to collect and archive all#inds of information$


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Thinking Themes

6 Intellection$ People strong in the Intellection theme are

characteri@ed !y their intellectual activity$ 0hey areintrospective and appreciate intellectual discussions$

6 +earner$ People strong in the earner theme have a great

desire to learn and ant to improve continuously$ Inparticular" the process of learning" rather than theoutcome" e5cites them$

6 Strategic. People strong in the Strategic theme create alternative

ays to proceed$ Faced ith any given scenario" theycan Juic#ly spot the relevant patterns and issues$


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=uilding Strengths

,$ Identify the natural talent themes

)$ .ffirm those themes ith significant others

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