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by John Pearson
FIND
YOUR
STRENGTHS
Try this exercise at your next staff or board meeting: OK, everyone,
please stand up for a pop quiz. And good news: I have a Starbucks
gift card for anyone who can answer all five questions!
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THE POWER OF
STRENGTHSFINDER
TO IMPROVE YOUR
Thinking. This online tool helps individuals, including board members, to focus
on an individuals top five strengths
instead of his or her weaknesses.
Clearly, no one person will be gifted
in all 34 strengths, but research by the
Gallup Organizationwhich also owns
StrengthsFindersays job satisfaction
will skyrocket if you help people leverage
their top five strengths. For example,
here are Pates top five strengths in order:
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EXTRA INFO
STRENGTHSFINDER TOOLS
Each of the following books includes a unique access
code for taking the StrengthsFinder assessment online
and includes a three-page description of each of the
34 strengths:
StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams and
Why People Follow by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie
Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your
Community by Albert L. Winseman, Donald O. Clifton and Curt Liesveld
Assessments, development packages, coaching kits and more info are available at www.strengthsfinder.com and www.gallupstrengthscenter.com.
EXTRA INFO
Futuristic:
Activator:
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Strengths Insights
from Camps
Ken Beebe, executive director at Twin
Rocks Friends Camp and Conference
Center (Rockaway, Ore.), uses
StrengthsFinder with his board and
staff. In a board enrichment session in
2011, Beebe discovered that his top
strength, Belief, was enhanced by three
strengths in the Strategic Thinking
domain: Strategic, Ideation and
Context. One of his board members
had all five strengths in the Relationship Building domain. The exercise
helped them understand and celebrate
how God had wired them differently.
For example, when board members
conduct Beebes annual performance
review, they reference the StrengthsFinder chart as a reminder to focus
on his top strengths, not his areas of
weakness. And Beebe and his board
chair appoint committees based on
strengths, not seniority.
When Byron Hill led his teams at
WHILE THE
BEST LEADERS
ARE NOT
WELL-ROUNDED,
THE BEST
TEAMS ARE.
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