A look at how a strengths-based approach to change in organisations can unleash the full potential of people, teams and companies.

1. The surprising power of
STRENGTHS-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS
By Bernard T
ollec & Patrick Scheuerer
The Surprising Power of Strengths-Based Organizations by Patrick Scheuerer and Bernard Tollec is
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

2. As a leader,
there is so much stuff to focus on.
WHERE TO BEGIN?
WHAT IS DRAWING
YOUR ATTENTI N?

3. We can choose to focus on
DEFICITS OR STRENGTHS

4. We choose to focus on
STRENGTHS

5. By exploring the
ABUNDANCE
present in every organization

6. By discovering the many
UNEXPECTED
OPPORTUNITIES

7. tapping into the potential held in
EVERYDAY
INTERACTIONS

8. to achieve results that exceed
TI
A ONS!
EXPECT

9. By working with
LEADERS
at all levels

10. L
CHA
L
Helping them address their
ENGES

11. &
make meaningful and lasting
CHANGES

12. we have come to
LEARN &
APPRECIATE

13. THREE ESSENTIAL
PRINCIPLES
Abundance
Thinking
Collective
Co-Creation
Creating
the Future

14. About change in
HUMAN
SYSTEMS

15. ABUNDANCE
THINKING
over
SCARCITY
THINKING

16. Focusing on abundance opens up
ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES
& OPPORTUNITIES

17. What we focus on
GROWS
IN OUR PERCEPTION

18. Therefore we choose to focus on :
WHAT IS
WORKING
WHAT IS
WHAT IS
PRESENT GENERATIVE

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20. COLLECTIVE
CO-CREATION
over
PREDEFINED
SOLUTIONS

21. We believe that
INVOLVING
all the relevant
STAKEHOLDERS

22. CONNECTING
them from the beginning

23. &
COMBINING
their individual perspectives

24. will create
SHARED
UNDERSTANDING

25. will create
SHARED
UNDERSTANDING
+
RICHER
INTERACTIONS

26. will create
SHARED
UNDERSTANDING
+
RICHER
INTERACTIONS
+
FAST, FOCUSED
ACTIONS

27. Igniting
INSTANTANEOUS
CHANGE!

28. CREATING
THE FUTURE
over
PREDICTING
THE FUTURE

29. We believe that inquiring into the
BEST OF THE PAST

30. and building on it to
CREATE THE FUTURE

31. has become a more
RELIABLE
&
SUCCESSFUL
!
approach

32. than
ANALYZING THE PAST
Today
and trying to
PREDICT THE FUTURE

33. So what are you
FOCUSING ON?

34. Now, what is
DRAWING YOUR
ATTENTION?

35. How are you
CONNECTING
THE DOTS?

36. We would love to hear it,
LET’S HAVE A CONVERSATION!
Bernard Tollec
Involve Consulting
Patrick Scheuerer
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