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Clifton Strengths Finder
Understanding Your Strengths and the Strengths of Others

Agenda
 Introduction to the Strengths

“Positive Psychology”
methodology
 Why Strengths are more
important than Weakness
 Understanding Your Strengths
 Understanding OTHER
people’s strengths
 Managing your weaknesses
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Session Objective
 The objective of
this training is to
provide you with a
new tool (or way
of thinking) that
can strengthen
your working
relationships with
each other and
with clients
Positive Psychology
While traditional Psychology has long focused on what

was wrong with people, Dr. Clifton was among the
founders of Positive Psychology, the scientific and
practical pursuit of optimal human functioning…
“Positive psychology is a framework, or a

paradigm, that encompasses an approach to
psychology from the perspective of healthy,
successful life functioning.” - Dr. Clifton
Dr. Donald Clifton
What Are Strengths?
KNOWLEDG
TALENT + E & SKILL
= STRENGTH
Talents are naturally By refining our dominant
recurring patterns of talents with skill and
thought, feeling, or knowledge, we can
behavior that can be create strength: the
productively applied. ability to provide
consistent, near-perfect
performance in a given
activity.
A strength is the ability to consistently provide near-

perfect performance in a given activity. Strengths grow
from our natural talents, so while they can be developed,
they cannot be acquired.
Why Become Strengths Based?
A 25 year study found that it results in higher

Strengths
income, less health issues, better career
Drive Self satisfaction, and grows exponentially
Confidence
The Gallup Organization asked 1.7 million

employees of 101 companies, from 61
countries:
“At work do you have the opportunity to do
what you do best everyday?”
Only 20% agreed
The Study Also Found…

“The longer an employee stays with an organization and
the higher he climbs the traditional career ladder, the
less likely he is to strongly agree…”
Weakness VS Strength
MASTERY MASTERY
OF EFFORT
AMMOUNT
AMMOUNT OF EFFORT
Starting Point
Starting Point
If you totally suck at something the amount of work to become a

MASTER is significantly more than if you are GOOD at something
and want to become a MASTER
Strengths Exercise 1 – Good to Great
Write…
“This Presentation Rocks”
1. Using your normal
writing hand
2. Using your non-
dominate hand
3. Very slowly, taking
great care, with your
normal writing hand
Strengths Exercise 1 – Good to Great
Considered GREAT
With Lots of
Effort & Practice
Considered OK Dominate Hand
With Lots of
Effort & Practice
Non Dominate
Hand
Four Domains of Strengths
Relationship Strategic
Executing Influencing
Building Thinking
Concerned & interested
Accomplish things, get Influencing others to Making sense of things,
in the ways people are
it done reach goals creating visions
affected
Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical

Arranger Command Connectedness Context
Belief Communication Developer Futuristic
Consistency Competition Empathy Ideation
Deliberative Maximizer Harmony Input
Discipline Self-Assurance Includer Intellection
Focus Significance Individualization Learner
Responsibility Woo Positivity Strategic
Restorative Relator
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Guess What?
You’re Unique
1 in 33 million
1 in 275,000 chance chance of meeting
of meeting someone someone with the
with the same Top 5 same Top 5 in the
as you same order as you
Executing
Strength Meaning
Achiever Lots of stamina and like hard work and staying busy
Arranger Organized but flexible
Belief Rely on strong core values that don’t change
Exhibit fairness, are keenly aware of the need to treat people the
Consistency same way
Deliberative Take serious care in making decisions or choices
Discipline Enjoy routine and structure
Focus Take direction, follow through, and make corrections to stay on track
Responsibility Assume psychological ownership of what they do
Restorative Especially good at figuring our what’s wrong and resolving it
Influencing
Strength Meaning
Activator Make things happen by turning thoughts into action
Command Has a presence, takes control, and makes decisions
Communication Finds it easy to put thoughts into works, good talkers
Competition Measure their progress against the performance of others
Maximizer Seeks to transform something strong into something superb
Self-Assurance Confident in the ability to manage themselves, an inner compass
Significance Independent and wanting to be recognized for good works
Woo Love to meet new people and win them over
Building Relationships
Strength Meaning
Adaptability Take things as them come and “go with the flow”
Connectedness Has faith in the link between all things, it all happens for a reason
Developer Recognizes and cultivates the potential in others
Empathy Can sense the feelings of others by “walking in their shoes”
Harmony Seeks consensus, doesn’t like conflict
Includer Accepting of others and seeks ways to not let them feel left out
Individualization Intrigued by the unique qualities of each person
Positivity Has an enthusiasm that is often contagious, upbeat
Relator Deep satisfaction in working hard with others to achieve goals
Strategic Thinking
Strength Meaning
Analytical Searches for reason and cause
Context They understand the present by researching it’s history
Futuristic Inspired by the future and what it could be
Ideation Find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena
Input Have a craving to know more, often collects and archives information
Intellection Introspective and appreciate debate and discussion
Great desire to learn and continuously improve, the process is what

Learner excites them!
Strategic Often create alternative ways to proceed, quickly spot patterns
Strengths Exercise 2 – Working With Me
Group Activity
Scenario:
We have been working
with a complex project
and the customer is
getting frustrated… based
on my strengths how
would you leverage me?
FORREST Using your books read on my

five strengths and write
Strategic down ideas for each scenario
Command above
Input
Activator
Communication
Managing Weakness
The best of the best focus on their strengths and
manage their weaknesses; they look for and
leverage the strengths of others
There are two main types of weakness
Deficiencies – Something you Over-Reliance – Over relying on
don’t have or don’t do well one particular strength
• Make small improvements • Practice flexibility

• Create supports • Try new things
• Find others with • Practice humility
complimentary talents
In Summary
 High Achievers…
 Know the strengths of those
around them
 Use their strengths to overcome
obstacles
 Invent ways of capitalizing on their
strengths in new situations
 Excel because they more fully develop
and apply their strengths and talents
 Find ways to apply their strengths to
their tasks
 Build their lives around their
strengths
After This Training….
 When you get back to the office…
 In the book, read up on your strengths… do some

“self analysis”
 Get the strengths of the people you work closest with
and think about how you can work with them
differently
 Find someone who best compliments each of your
strengths (or weaknesses)
 Mentally assign strengths to clients and think about
different ways to engage them

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Clifton Strengths Finder

Understanding Your Strengths and the Strengths of Others

 Introduction to the Strengths

While traditional Psychology has long focused on what

“Positive psychology is a framework, or a

A strength is the ability to consistently provide near-

A 25 year study found that it results in higher

The Gallup Organization asked 1.7 million

Only 20% agreed

The Study Also Found…

If you totally suck at something the amount of work to become a

Considered OK Dominate Hand

Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical

Arranger Organized but flexible

Belief Rely on strong core values that don’t change

Deliberative Take serious care in making decisions or choices

Discipline Enjoy routine and structure

Responsibility Assume psychological ownership of what they do

Restorative Especially good at figuring our what’s wrong and resolving it

Activator Make things happen by turning thoughts into action

Command Has a presence, takes control, and makes decisions

Communication Finds it easy to put thoughts into works, good talkers

Competition Measure their progress against the performance of others

Maximizer Seeks to transform something strong into something superb

Self-Assurance Confident in the ability to manage themselves, an inner compass

Significance Independent and wanting to be recognized for good works

Woo Love to meet new people and win them over

Developer Recognizes and cultivates the potential in others

Empathy Can sense the feelings of others by “walking in their shoes”

Harmony Seeks consensus, doesn’t like conflict

Individualization Intrigued by the unique qualities of each person

Positivity Has an enthusiasm that is often contagious, upbeat

Relator Deep satisfaction in working hard with others to achieve goals

Analytical Searches for reason and cause

Context They understand the present by researching it’s history

Futuristic Inspired by the future and what it could be

Ideation Find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena

Intellection Introspective and appreciate debate and discussion

Great desire to learn and continuously improve, the process is what

Strategic Often create alternative ways to proceed, quickly spot patterns

FORREST Using your books read on my

• Make small improvements • Practice flexibility

 When you get back to the office…

 In the book, read up on your strengths… do some

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