StrengthsQuest 201® Leading with Your

StrengthsNicole Wilson,

Graduate AssistantRyker Huizinga,

Service and Leadership Intern

Welcome & Introduction

• Name• What you are studying (and if you know

what you want to do with it)• Involvement at GV• What you are hoping to get out of the

program

Overview

Reflection on Your Leadership Experience Learn 4 Domains of Leadership Strength Gain Awareness of the Basic Needs of Followers &

Apply Strengths 5 Functions of A Leader

Warm Up Activity: Lost at Sea

Reflection Questions

How would you describe your thinking using your top 5 signature themes?

Which of your strengths carried the most weight in your decision making process?

Reflection Questions

When working as a group, which of your strengths was the most dominant?

How did you see your strengths play out when you were working with others?

4 Domains of Leadership

Ryker’s Strengths

Alternate Example

Where do your Strengths fall?

Highlight your top five on your nametag according to which domain they fall in BLUE for Executing RED for Influencing GREEN for Relationship Building ORANGE for Strategic Thinking

Now checkout page 9 and reflect on the four domains of leadership

Reflection…

During the “Lost at Sea” warm up activity, what did you notice about your leadership during the group part?

How can you use your most dominant domain(s) of leadership to describe your behavior and thinking?

What did you notice about the others in your group? How did you see their dominant domain(s) play out?

How do you see the 4 domains of leadership represented amongst The Avengers?

How do you see the 4 domains of leadership represented amongst our friends Chandler, Rachel, Ross, Monica, Joey, and Phoebe?

Who is a leader?

In society In your life On campus Off campus / in the community

Your Leadership

Name a time you have held a position of leadership and the position. What did you like most about the position? What did you like least?

In hindsight (or currently), which of your strengths did/do you most use?

What do you think is the most important thing about being a leader?

The most effective leaders…

• …are always investing in their strengths.• …surround themselves with the right people and

then maximize their strengths.• …understand their follower’s needs.

Understanding why people follow…

Followers Basics Needs:1. Trust2. Compassion3. Stability4. Hope

1. Trust

2. Compassion

Followers Basics Needs:1. Trust2. Compassion

3. Stability

4. Hope

Leading with YOUR Strengths

Instructions: Read the “Leading with ____” Handouts for your each of your strengths Highlight – strategies that you already identified Circle – strategies that resonate with you (that you had not already

identified)

5 Basic Functions of a Leader

• Visioning • Establishing Stretch Goals• Team Building• Measuring Progress• Celebrating

“Not much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream. Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams. Much more than a dreamer is required to bring it to reality, but the dream must be there first.”

Visioning

Establishing Stretch Goals

Team Building

Measuring Progress

Celebrate

Now what???

Challenge yourself to further develop: An area of focus for followership An area of focus for the 5 functions of leadership & who to focus with Identify opportunities (on and off campus) Strengths in college hand out Explore website (after the seminar) Meet with Nicole or Valerie Guzman (guzmanv@gvsu.edu) to discuss

further

What about my weaknesses?

1. Open Communication and transparency

2. Get the right training3. Find ways to leverage other talents4. Use support systems (family, mentors,

tool ie planners)5. Form complementary partnerships6. Adjust or change role

But…

What if you don’t know someone’s strengths ? (they haven’t taken strengthsquest)

…and you are in a short-term team?

…if someone else is serving as the designated coordinator/leader of the group?

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Wrap-Up

• Assessment• StrengthsQuest® 101 (tell your friends, peers,

housemates/roommates, significant others, e-board, org members, etc…) • Saturday, February 13th from 1-3:30pm• Wednesday, February 24th from 6-8:30pm

• StrengthsQuest® 202: Strengths in your Career Search• Led by the Career Center• Saturday, April 2nd from 1-3:30pm

• Pass out Certificates• Thank you!