"Now, Discover Your Strengths" by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton. Understand what your strengths are, hone them and apply them productively to achieve a successful, fulfilling career.

1. PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS!
Prepared by James Chang!
April 11, 2014!

2. WHY YOU
SHOULD CARE!
Understanding your own!
strengths and that of those
around you enables you to
lead a successful, meaningful
career where you are happy
about doing what you do.!
(Early retirement anyone?)!

3. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN?!
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4. Marcus Buckingham
-SVP of the Gallop Organization
-Coauthor of “First, Break All the Rules”
-Founder of the TMBC, speaker, consultant
!
Donald O. Clifton, Ph. D.!
-Past chairman of the Gallup Organization!
-Chief designer of Strengthsfinder Profile!
!
Tom Rath!
-Author of Strengthfinder 2.0!
THE AUTHORS!
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5. When was the last time you
did something at work that
you lost track of time?!

6. VIDEO - 4 MINS!
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7. THREE MAIN SECTIONS!
The anatomy
of a strength!
Discover the
source of
your strength!
Put strengths
to work!
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8. 1. Consistent near perfect performance!
!
Strength /strenTH!
I. The Anatomy of a strength! 8 | Slide!

9. Duplicate success and
feel intrinsic satisfaction.!
Excel by maximizing strengths,
not fixing weaknesses.!
Excellent performers
excel in a few areas, not all.!
PRINCIPLES OF A
TRUE STRENGTH!
I. The Anatomy of a strength! 9 | Slide!

10. Knowledge!
I. The Anatomy of a strength! 10 | Slide!
INGREDIENTS OF A STRENGTH!
Talent!
Skills!

11. Facts!
I. The Anatomy of a strength! 11 | Slide!
Lessons!
Information!
KNOWLEDGE!
Can be learned!

12. I. The Anatomy of a strength! 12 | Slide!
SKILL!
1
BOIL
WATER!
2
PUT IN
NOODLES!
3
WAIT
5 MINS!
4
DONE!!
Steps of an activity.!
Can be learned.!

13. I. The Anatomy of a strength! 13 | Slide!
TALENT!
Patterns of thought,
feeling or behavior.!
Enduring,
occurs naturally.!
Productively applied.!
CANNOT be learned.!
Essential to a strength.!

14. I. The Anatomy of a strength! 14 | Slide!
“Black, 4 wheels,
horsepower”!
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, TALENT!
1 !
2!
3!
Intro, road test,
close deal!
“Your neighbour
is interested”!

15. I. The Anatomy of a strength! 15 | Slide!
DANGER OF
OVERDEPENDENCE
ON SKILLS!
They help you perform,
but you’ll never excel!!
Some activities cannot
be broken down to steps.!

16. !
II. DISCOVER THE SOURCE
OF YOUR STRENGTH!

17. 1. Yearnings!
2. Rapid Learning!
3. Satisfaction!
II. Discover the source of your strength! 17 | Slide!
CLUES!

18. II. Discover the source of your strength! 18 | Slide!
CLUES!
Yearnings are
natural tendencies
that pull you
to activities. !

19. II. Discover the source of your strength! 19 | Slide!
Rapid learning happens when you engage in a new
activity that taps into your talents.!

20. II. Discover the source of your strength! 20 | Slide!
CLUES!
Satisfaction
is ambiguous.!
Feeling
challenged.!
“When can
I do it again?”!

21. 21 | Slide!
APPLY YOUR !
TALENTS!
PRODUCTIVELY!

22. VIDEO - RECAP!

23. III. PUT YOUR
STRENGTHS TO WORK!

24. Influencing!
Relationship
Building!
Executing!
Strategic
Thinking!
Achiever!
Arranger!
Belief!
Consistency!
Deliberative!
Discipline!
Focus!
Responsibility!
Restorative!
!
Activator!
Command!
Communication!
Competition!
Maximizer!
Self-Assurance!
Significance!
Woo!
!
Adaptability!
Developer!
Connectedness!
Empathy!
Harmony!
Includer!
Individualization!
Positivity!
Relator!
!
Analytical!
Context!
Futuristic!
Ideation!
Input!
Intellection!
Learner!
Strategic!
!
THE FOUR DOMAINS OF
LEADERSHIP STRENGTH!
III. Put your strengths to work! 24 | Slide!

25. DEALING WITH WEAKNESSES!
III. Put your strengths to work! 25 | Slide!
1. Get a little better at it!
2. Design a support system!
3. Overcome it with your
strong themes!
4. Find a partner!
5. Stop doing it!

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MANAGING
STRENGTHS!
Best way to
be managed!
Bring value
to the team!
Be aware of
counterproductive
tendencies!
III. Put your strengths to work!

27. III. Put your strengths to work! 27 | Slide!
PROFILE! INSIGHTS! ACTION PLAN! SUMMARY!
GROUP DISCUSSION!

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SUMMARIZE YOUR INSIGHTS!
III. Put your strengths to work!
INSIGHTS!
Roles & Fields! Problem-solver, idea generator, consultant, analyst, catalyst
for change !
Bring value to
others by!
Bringing new ideas, fix problems, provide foresight to
potential issues in a plan, organize large amount of data or
building structure in ideas !
Complementary
partners!
Focus, Discipline, Analytical!
Managing
strengths!
Explain things in high level of detail;!
Activities that fuel
your talents!
Reading sparks ideas, find opportunities to enhance
abilities, enroll in an academic course, schedule time for
learning, share your knowledge.!

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SWITCHING CAREERS!
III. Put your strengths to work!

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EVALUATE YOUR JOB!
Achiever! Analytical! Command! Harmony! Relator!
Develop
strategy!
Promote
products!
Produce
documents!
Prepare
collateral!
Coordinate
services!
III. Put your strengths to work!

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CONCLUSION!
APPLY STRENGTHS
PRODUCTIVELY.!
MOVE WEAKNESSES
OUT OF THE WAY.!
HONE YOUR
STRENGTHS.!

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CONTACT INFO!
jchangh@gmail.com !
http://ca.linkedin.com/
in/changjames/!
JAMES CHANG!
Marketing Communications Specialist!