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Creating a Culture of
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Strengths
What Parents Need to Know
Loyola University New Orleans
New Student Orientation 2008

Overview

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Jesuit Values

Strengths Culture

StrengthsQuest

Student Success

Strengths at Loyola

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Jesuit Ideals

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Women & men for others

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Our way of proceeding

Curiosity

Leaders in service

Practice of discernment

Strengths Culture
common language of strengths to
describe
ourselves
distinctive talents we each possess
and
use to be
successful
every member is a contributor

Highest Achievers
Spend time working from their areas
of strength
Focus on developing and applying
their strengths and managing their
weaknesses
Seem to have more strengths because
they have developed their strengths
more fully and have learned to apply
them to new situations
Overcome obstacles by inventing ways
to capitalize on their strengths in new
situations

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Strengths
Achiever
Activator
Adaptability
Analytical
Arranger
Belief
Command
Communication
Competition
Connectedness
Consistency
Context
Deliberative
Developer
Discipline
Empathy
Focus

Futuristic
Harmony
Ideation
Includer
Individualization
Input
Intellection
Learner
Maximizer
Positivity
Relator
Responsibility
Restorative
Self-Assurance
Significance
Strategic
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Strengths
STRENGTHSQUEST

Gallup Organization research

400 strengths > 34 themes of talent
Tool for accelerating student success

Recap
Talent + Knowledge + Skills = STRENGTH

Strengths are specific qualities that enable

and empower a person to do certain things
very well.
- Clifton & Anderson, 2002

Loyola
600 / 400,000
First Year Experience
Residence Life
Student Life
Career Development
Student staff training
Transfer Students
Staff Development
Leadership Development

Strengths at Loyola
Jessica Murphy
Strengths Advocate at LOYNO
Asst. Director of Co-Curricular Programs