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© Copyright CoreClarity, Inc. 2004 - 2010. All rights reserved.

CoreClarity® In-Powering People™

Understanding Your Team’s Strengths and

Building on Them

Presented by: Rick Evans JEA HydroTech Engineering, Inc.SMPS Fort Worth President-ElectJune 22, 2011


Don O. Clifton, Ph.D.

� Known as “Father of Strengths Psychology”

� Wondered what makes people successful - not what makes them fail

� 50 years systematically studying excellence

� Asked open-ended questions

� 2 million+ high-performance achievers

� 1988-1992 – SRI purchases Gallup

� 1998 – Marcus Buckingham


Successful people understand their talents and strengths

and build their lives upon them.

Successful companies don’t just accommodate

differences in employees,

they capitalize on them.


… they leverage the talents of their people.

To be successful on an ongoing basis, companies must have people working in the areas of talents and strengths.


Employees who are engaged in their work are so because they are doing things they are great at doing, with people they like doing it with and are recognized and rewarded for doing their best work.

AND…


Clifton StrengthsFinder®

� Identified 34 prevalent talent themes

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� Identified 34 prevalent talent themes

� More than 33 million potential combinations

� Positive language to describe:● How we think

● Why we behave in certain ways

● What’s great about us!


What is the difference between talents and strengths?

Talent

Naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling or behavior that can be productively applied

Talent + Skills + Knowledge + Use = Strength

StrengthConsistent, near perfect performance

in an activity you love doing


“We Three Thinks”

Growing up we think that:

� Everyone thinks the same way we do

� Everyone has the same talents we do – plus what we see in them that we do not have

� When someone says something tous, they are talking about us


The 34 Talent Themes

Achiever Connectedness Futuristic Maximizer

Activator Consistency Harmony Positivity

Adaptability(Fairness)

Ideation Relator

Analytical Context Includer Responsibility

Arranger Deliberative(Inclusiveness)

Restorative

Belief Developer Individualization Self-Assurance

Command Discipline Input Significance

Communication Empathy Intellection Strategic

Competition Focus Learner Woo


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Categories of Talents

� Connect – used to create, develop and sustain relationships with others over time

� Reflect – involves the way people gather, process and make decisions with information and mental images

� Energize – the way one pushes oneself toward results

� Mobilize – used to motivate others to action



The CoreClarity Pyramid


Who Am I?


Strategic


Strategic“I begin with the end in mind.”

“What if? Then what?”

Database25.4 %

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Relator


“Getting to know someone well is a risk, but a risk worth taking.”

Database30.2 %

Relator“I am comfortable with intimacy.”


Arranger


“I love complex, multifaceted assignments.”

Arranger“I explore all of my options –

I’m always looking for a better way.”

Database17.5 %


Achiever


“I am driven. Every daystarts at zero and I have to accomplish something!”

Database32.0 %

Achiever“I call it my divine restlessness.”

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Positivity


Positivity“Let’s celebrate our

achievements!”

“I love to createa buzz!”

Database14.9 %


Who Am I?


Rachel Vogel


Who Am I?


Intellection

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Intellection“I like to think.”

Database11.0 %

“I need my solitude.”


Adaptability


Adaptability“I discover my future

one choice at a time.”

Database13.8 %

“I am comfortablewith chaos.In fact - I prefer it!”


Restorative


“Let me figure outwhat is wrong.”

Database11.0 %

Restorative“I love to fix things!”


Input

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Input“I collect: therefore, I know.”

Database19.7 %

“Inquiring mindswant to know!”


Empathy


Empathy“I see, I hear, I feel -

and I understand.”

“I may not agree with you but I definitely know what you are feeling.”

Database15.7 %


Who Am I?


Vicki Huyge


SMPS Fort Worth 2010-2011 Board of Directors

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SMPS Fort Worth 2010-2011 Board of Directors


External Interaction


Responsibility


Responsibility“If I commit to it, I OWN it.”

“My good name depends on it.”

Database32.5 %


Individualization


Individualization“I value your uniqueness.

I know what makes you special.”

Database12.8 %

“I teach to the person,not to the task.”

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Ideation


Ideation“The life of the mind –

now that’s real living!”

Database13.6 %

“I’m always looking for new perspectives.”


Learner


Learner“The journey from ignorance to

confidence begins with one course.”

Database28.8 %

“I crave the process, not necessarily the result.”


Internal Motivation

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Activator


Activator“When can we start?”

“Don’t bother mewith details.

Let’s go!”

Database12.1 %


Discipline


Discipline“I need structure and routines

to bring order to my life.”

“Deadlines arenon-negotiable.”

Database5.6 %


External Motivation


Command

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Command“Follow me –

I know where to go.”

“My clarity mayintimidate you.”

Database5.5 %


Maximizer


Maximizer“Excellence is my measure.”

“Show me a strengthand I will polish ituntil it shines.”

Database19.9 %


Why is this so important?

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Productivity

Actively Engaged

Not Engaged

Actively Disengaged

1x

-x

10x

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Percent of People Spending Most of Day Playing to Strengths

17% 14% 14%0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

US 2005 US 2006 US 2007

Source: The Marcus Buckingham Company, 2007© Copyright CoreClarity, Inc. 2004 - 2010. All rights reserved.

Companies and

Organizations Participating in the In-Powering People & Teams Process


� Texas Instruments

� FAA

� SMU

� JEA HydroTech Engineering, Inc.

� Blue Cross-Blue Shield of

Kansas City

� Campus Crusade

� Chickashaw Nation

� Texas Classroom Teachers Association


The CoreClarity® Process

Now, Discover Your Strengths

by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D.


Assessment Code Located in Book


Obtaining Additional Codes

Additional Books Containing Codes

● StrengthsFinder 2.0

● Discover Your Sales Strengths

● Teach With Your Strengths

● Living Your Strengths

● How Full Is Your Bucket? – Hardcover Only

● StrengthsQuest – Limited availability

●Strengths Based Leadership – advanced


Empower vs. “In-Power”

� Empower – the giving of power

� In-Power – the power within

The Secret to Your Success

Your talents are already inside you –

it is your responsibility to

know, show and grow

your talents into strengths!

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Join us after at Del Frisco’s to Celebrate our

2nd Anniversary

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