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Are you Capitalizing on Your Strengths?
Kelli Hennessy, DirectorOrganizational Development & Training
(OD&T)
Are you Capitalizing on Your Strengths?
Opening ActivityPlease read instructions on your table
and begin the activity now
Employee Engagement
• The emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals
“Engaged Employee”
• One who is fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work
• Takes positive action to further the organization's reputation and interests
Two most powerful drivers:
1. Employees know what is expected of them
2. Employees get to do what they do best everyday
“People who have the opportunity to focus on their strengths every day are SIX times as likely to be engaged in their jobs and more than THREE times as likely to
report having an excellent quality of life.”
- Tom Rath
Table Discussion
What do you think it means to “capitalize on your strengths?”
Table Discussion
How can your ability to capitalize on your strengths impact your experience at
work?
Gallup research had 3 basic findings:
Build their lives upon their greatest talents
Manage their weaknesses
Invent ways to take their talents into areas where
they want to increase their performance
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Understanding Your Strengths
The Clifton Strengthsfinder®34 Themes of Talent
Achiever Activator AdaptabilityAnalyticalArranger BeliefCommandCommunicationCompetitionConnectednessConsistency
ContextDeliberativeDeveloperDisciplineEmpathyFocusFuturisticHarmonyIdeationIncluder IndividualizationInput
IntellectionLearner Maximizer Positivity Relator Responsibility Restorative Self-AssuranceSignificance Strategic Woo
Talent
Investment
Strength
Realizing Your Potential
Individual Exercise
What activities at work do you love and loathe?
Communicate Your Strengths & Weaknesses
Action Steps
Loved it/Loathed it exercise
Start chatting with others about where you feel strong/weak at workCome to a class to learn more about capitalizing on your strengths
Discover Your Strengths Class:• May 22nd • August 12th
Use Your Strengths to Standout:• June 11th • September 9th
www.hr.buffalo.edu/register
A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchild said, "In
every life there is a terrible fight between two wolves.
One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, resentment and deceit.
The other is good: joy, serenity, humility, confidence,
generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion.”
A child asked, "Grandfather, which wolf will win?“The elder looked him in the eye.....
“The one you feed."
