12/21/18. Strengths-Based Leadership for Teams. Leadership in the Professional World. Early Leadership Theory: Traits. Who is Eric Kaufman?

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1 Who is Eric Kaufman? Associate Professor & Extension Specialist in Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education Signature Themes: Analytical, Maximizer, Responsibility, Relator, Discipline Strengths-Based Leadership for Teams Curie & Da Vinci Strengths Workshop, //8 Presented by Eric Kaufm an Analytical Maxim izer Responsibility Relator Discipline Our Agenda. Become Familiar with Strengths Philosophy. Recognize Signature Themes & Domains of Strength. Outline a Strategy for Shared Leadership in Teams Leadership in the Professional World Where do you start? Early Leadership Theory: Traits Premise: All great leaders have common traits Challenge:. Identify the leadership traits. Make people with those traits the leaders Strengths-Based Leadership Argues that we all have innate talents to be developed into strengths Views leadership as a collective process Recommends different strengths for different leadership situations

2 The Truth About You (Buckingham, 8) What is a Talent? Myths Each of us can be anything we want if we just work hard. We grow most where we are weakest. Strengths will take care of themselves. Truths You can be anything your strengths allow you to be. We grow most in areas we are already strong. I can be taught knowledge and skills, but I can t learn talents. A talent theme is a group of similar talents Desire to achieve Enjoying hard work A tendency to push hard to complete tasks Having internal motivation Achiever Finding satisfaction in getting things done Talents vs. Strengths Talent = A naturally recurring pattern of thought, feeling, or behavior that can be productively applied. Strength = The ability to provide consistent, nearperfect performance in a given activity. A leader needs to know his strengths as a carpenter knows his tools, or as a physician knows the instruments at her disposal. What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths and can call on the right strength at the right time. This explains why there is no definitive list of characteristics that describes all leaders. Talent X Investment = Strength - Donald O. Clifton, Gallup Researcher and Father of Strengths Psychology Effort Matters Even More Than Talent Domains of Strengths-Based Leadership Strategic Thinking Analytical Context Futuristic Ideation Input Intellection Learner Strategic Achiever Arranger Belief Consistency Discipline Deliberative Focus Responsibility Restorative Relationship Building Adaptability Connectedness Developer Empathy Harmony Includer Individualization Positivity Relator Activator Command Communication Competition Maximizer Self-assurance Significance Woo

3 Team Leadership Award Imagine Virginia Tech has recognized you for your outstanding team leadership, and they want to launch a new award program that recognizes other student leaders with similar qualities. Using the provided flipchart paper and markers, take minutes to identify the award criteria and design a plaque or trophy that would be given to the winning student. Time Remaining: Identify the award criteria and design a plaque or trophy that would be given to the winning student. Domains of Strengths-Based Leadership Task- Oriented Present-Oriented Relationship Building People- Oriented Knowing how to make things happen Achiever Deliberative Arranger Discipline Belief Focus Consistency Responsibility Restorative Future-Oriented The glue that holds the team together Reaching a broader audience Adaptability Developer Connectedness Empathy Harmony Includer Individualization Positivity Relator Activator Command Communication Competition Maximizer Self-Assurance Significance Woo

4 Keeping us focused on what could be Analytical Input Context Intellection Futuristic Learner Ideation Strategic What Strong Teams Have in Common (Rath & Conchie, 8). Conflict doesn t destroy strong teams because strong teams focus on results. Strong teams prioritize what s best for the organization and then move forward. Members of strong teams are as committed to their personal lives as they are to their work. Strong teams embrace diversity. Strong teams are magnets for talent Strengths Domain Distribution Insight Activity Instructions Identify your top signature themes, as identified by the CliftonStrengths assessment Tally the number of top themes in each domain/column. Mark the number of themes in each domain on the corresponding axis. Join the dots to visualize your domain distribution. Consider Where is your group likely to excel and where is the group most likely to experience blind spots? How can you leverage the group s existing signature themes for project success? - Leadership Domain Report (Top ) Leaders with dominant strength in the Those who lead by help their team Those who lead through Leaders with great strengths domain know how to make things happen. When reach a much broader audience. People with are the essential glue that holds a team are the ones who keep us all focused on what you need someone to implement a solution, strength in this domain are always selling the together. Without these strengths on a team, in could be. They are constantly absorbing and these are the people who will work tirelessly to team s ideas inside and outside the organization. many cases, the group is simply a composite of analyzing information and helping the team get it done. Leaders with a strength to execute When you need someone to take charge, speak individuals. In contrast, leaders with exceptional make better decisions. People with strength in have the ability to catch an idea and make it a up, and make sure your group is heard, look to strength have the unique this domain continually stretch our thinking for reality. someone with the strength to influence. ability to create groups and organizations that the future. are much greater than the sum of their parts. Ja mes Tho mas M ark Car ol Ja ma Er ic Shr eya Dana Team Strategi c Think ing 8 Team Members Achiever Arranger Belief Consistency Deliberative Discipline Focus Responsibility Restorative Activator Command Communication Competition Maximizer Self-Assurance Significance Woo Adaptability Connectedness Developer Empathy Harmony Includer Individualization Positivity Relator Analytical Context Futuristic Ideation Input Intellection Learner Strategic Ex ecuting Team Theme Rank Order James Thomas Mark Carol jama Eric Shreya Dana

5 Describe a Project for this Team Individual A Individual B Individual C Individual D Team 8 7 Describe a Project for this Team Individual A Individual B Individual C Individual D Team 7 Describe a Project for this Team Individual A Individual B Individual C Team..... Business Case for Strengths Lesson for Practice Stages of Group Development A leader is someone who can get things done through other people. -Warren Buffet

6 The Team Performance Curve Planning for Action Goal Statement Challenges? Use Your Strengths Tough Goals? Implications for You and Others? Strengths Experience Survey Group: Curie & Da Vinci Facilitator: Eric Kaufman Date: //8 Want more after today? Taran Cardone Eric Kaufman Director of Strengths-Based Learning & Program Director for the Thrive Living-Learning Community Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education