Driving RESULTS: Unleash Your

Talents | StrengthsFinder

Assessment

Carla Wood, MBA, MSRE

Drive RESULTS ::Unleash Your Teams Talents

Hosted by:Carla Wood, MBA, MSREFounder, Speaker & Strategist of ALL Strategy

Cabo Surf Hotel - My Dream

Pulled ME Beside ME

Pushed METold ME

Showed ME

Cheered ME Observed ME

Trained ME

RESULTS!

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A Family Business as a Team

Focus on Talents to Move Beyond 3 Generations

PWG 2016 Family Business Survey: Address the missing middle by focusing on the

strategy to achieve Professionalize the business :: systems, processes,

clear roles, etc.

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Our Time Together

Individual Talent and Strength Exploration Managing Through Strengths Strengths Integration Common Purpose Leadership Application

Focus on Talents

The key to success is to fully understand how to apply your greatest talents and strengths in your everyday life.

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Focus on Strengths

are three TIMES as likely to report having an excellent quality of life

are six TIMES as likely to be engaged in their jobs

People who focus on using their strengths

Family Business -Next Gen Leadership

understand strengths of current leadership talent bench hold potential successors accountable on key

performance metrics reflect on the environment being offered to future

leaders objective, structured, quantifiable way to identify &

nurture talent implement a plan for family members to gain credibility provide a mentor to lead future leaders through the

hierarchy

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Stand up if you Always

talk to people in elevators, airplanes, grocery stores, andwherever you go

have a color-coded or otherwise organized closet write down a list of things to do, and stick to it make a list of things to do on weekends need to pick someone to race while driving ask too many questions push the elevator button to remind the elevator that you

are there

Everyone has Talent

Examples of talent include:

effortlessly and instinctively startingconversations

thinking in an orderly or timely manner being able to easily influence others seeing patterns in data consistently having a positive outlook on life

Talent is a naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling, or behavior that can be productively applied.

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Strengths ROIPEOPLE WHO FOCUS ON USING THEIR STRENGTHS MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL

People who learn to use their strengths every day have 7.8% greater productivity.

Teams who receive strengths feedback have 8.9% greater profitability.

Managing Through Strengths

Identifying Talent

Developing

Motivating and Engaging

Setting Expectations

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Strengths ROI Study49,495 business units with 1.2 million employees across 22

organizations in 7 industries and 45 countries

90% of workgroups had performance increases within the following ranges:

10% to 19% increased sales 14% to 29% increased profit 3% to 7% higher customer engagement 6% to 16% lower turnover (low turnover organizations) 26% to 72% lower turnover (high turnover organizations) 9% to 15% increase in engaged employees 22% to 59% fewer safety incidents

http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/193499/strengths-based-employee-development-business-results.aspx?utm_source=genericbutton&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=sharing

Engaging Your Team

Begin the conversationTeam Buy InTrainingIntegrating

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Four Domains of Team Strength

Begintheconversation

Team Buy InTrainingIntegrating

EXECUTING INFLUENCING RELATIONSHIP BUILDINGSTRATEGIC THINKING

People with dominant Executing themes know how to make things happen.

People with dominant Influencing themes know how to take charge, speak up, and make sure the team is heard.

People with dominant Relationship Building themes have the ability to build strong relationships that can hold a team together and make the team greater than the sum of its parts.

People with dominant Strategic Thinking themes help teams consider what could be. They absorb and analyze information that can inform better decisions.

Achiever ArrangerBelief ConsistencyDeliberative DisciplineFocus ResponsibilityRestorative

Activator CommandCommunication CompetitionMaximizer Self-Assurance Significance Woo

Adaptability ConnectednessDeveloper EmpathyHarmony IncluderIndividualization PositivityRelator

Analytical ContextFuturistic IdeationInput IntellectionLearner Strategic

Team Strengths Grid - Sample 1

Begintheconversation

Team Buy InTrainingIntegrating

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Team Strengths Grid - Sample 2

Begintheconversation

Team Buy InTrainingIntegrating

Strength Integration

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Love. Crazy. Envy.

Model of Team SuccessConnection

Communication

Collaboration

CelebrationCommon Purpose

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The Best of Us Great teams understand how to

support individuals

Great teams understand how toleverage individuals

Team players look out for theteam ahead of their individualgains

Great teams developcollaborative, communicativeenvironments where individualsare connected and encouragedto celebrate

CONNECTIONWhat specific actions does this team take to stay connected to one another?Who on the team keeps everyone connected to one another?Who are your teams cheerleaders? Who can rally everyone together?

COLLABORATIONHow does your team build and nurture relationships?How does the team make decisions?What specific connections can you take to create a team culture where everyone recognizes and appreciates each persons talents and strengths?

COMMUNICATIONHow effectively do your team members communicate with each other?Who on your team can ensure that the right information gets to the right people?Where does your team excel in the area of communication? When and where does communication stall?How can you incorporate strengths language into your everyday conversations?

CELEBRATIONWhat are your teams recent successes?How did you celebrate these successes?What specific actions can you take to help team members take responsibility for their own development?What motivates your team (and team members?)

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Connection

What specific actions does this teamtake to stay connected to one another?

Who on the team keeps everyoneconnected to one another?

Who are your teams cheerleaders?Who can rally everyone together?

Collaboration

How does your team build and nurturerelationships?

How does the team make decisions? What specific connections can you

take to create a team culture whereeveryone recognizes and appreciateseach persons talents and strengths?

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Communication How effectively do your team members

communicate with each other?

Who on your team can ensure that the rightinformation gets to the right people?

Where does your team excel in the area ofcommunication?

When and where does communication stall?

How can you incorporate strengths language intoyour everyday conversations?

Celebration What are your teams recent successes?

How did you celebrate these successes?

What specific actions can you take to helpteam members take responsibility for theirown development?

What motivates your team (and teammembers?)

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Strength Integration

What needs to be done?

Why is it important? What theme has the mostnatural connection to mygoal?

What specific actions canI take?

How much do I need todo?

How will I know if Imdoing better?

PERFORMANCE GOAL

THEME INTERVENTION

IMPROVED PERFORMANCE

OUTCOME

Thank you

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