“Success
is achieved by developing
our strengths, not by eliminating
our weaknesses.”
• History of positive psychology and the
strengths-based movement
• Developing students, professionals, and
teams
• Advising
• Career development
• Groups & teams (student organizations)
The following institutions have been recognized for exemplary
strengths development:
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Asbury College
Azusa Pacific University
Baylor University
Berry College
Bethel University
Bluffton University
Chattanooga State
Community College
Creighton University
Evangel University
Harper College
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Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Lee University
Lipscomb University
MidAmerica Nazarene University
The Ohio State University
Southern Methodist University
Tabor College
Texas Christian University
Texas Tech University
Tompkins Cortland Community College
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
Washington University -- St. Louis
• Talent, strengths
• Importance of understanding your team
members’ strengths for both their personal
productivity, but also the effectiveness of
your overall team or organization
• Dominant hand exercise
• Determine strengths:
– Take the test
– Review and choose 5
• Understand their strengths
– Assumption pairs: what you’re probably good at
– The person who was assumed, gives an example
of how that plays out in their daily life
• Using your strengths
– Issue in current position: how can you use your
strengths to alleviate that issue (talk in pairs)
• Creating diverse strength groups
– Interviewing for positions
– Committees
– Project groups
• Fake group activity
– Pairs and then choose 2 ghost members’ strengths
to compliment their group
• Four domains of leadership strengths
– Executing, influencing, relationship building, &
strategic thinking
• http://freestrengthsfinder.workuno.com/
1-free-strengthsfinder-test.html
• www.strengthsquest.com (cost)