Past posts have pointed to the growing body of research from organizations such as Gallup and the field of Positive Psychology about the importance of leveraging strengths. Past posts have also pointed to StrengthsFinder 2.0 from Tom Rath, as a terrific resource for teams to access to learn more about their strengths.
Today I wanted to share naother strengths based resource - the VIA Strengths Survey, which points to a person's Signature STrengths. Signature Strengths as characteristics be tend to lead from. One of mine is Love of Learning, and in the last eleven years of my work I have been able to focus on this each and every day. Prior to starting Potentials Realized almost eleven years ago, leading training sessions and developing my team enabled me to put my strength of Love of Learning, was only one of many focus areas I had in my work. For many years I was conscious of how much I loved focusing on these areas, and also noticing the tension of how little time I could spend on them?
Back in 2004 I first heard about the VIA Strengths Profile and quickly completed it online. It's a free online assessment which takes only 15-20 minutes to complete. You can access it at ViaCharacter.org.
What are your Signature Strengths? How do you get to use them every day? What about your team? What do you notice about their strengths - individually? Collectively?
Have a great week,
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton, MES, CPT, PCC
Potentials Realized
Author of From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching(Jossey-Bass, 2013) and Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010)
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
It's not to late to Join us Thursday and Friday (Feb 26-27) of this week for the two day Facilitation Skills Intensive in downtown Toronto. We will be exploring practical strategies to support groups and teams through their development, techniques you can use to boost your meetings and presentations, as well as more than two dozen facilitation tools. Can't make it in person? You can also join us via skype for the two day program as well/
Today I wanted to share naother strengths based resource - the VIA Strengths Survey, which points to a person's Signature STrengths. Signature Strengths as characteristics be tend to lead from. One of mine is Love of Learning, and in the last eleven years of my work I have been able to focus on this each and every day. Prior to starting Potentials Realized almost eleven years ago, leading training sessions and developing my team enabled me to put my strength of Love of Learning, was only one of many focus areas I had in my work. For many years I was conscious of how much I loved focusing on these areas, and also noticing the tension of how little time I could spend on them?
Back in 2004 I first heard about the VIA Strengths Profile and quickly completed it online. It's a free online assessment which takes only 15-20 minutes to complete. You can access it at ViaCharacter.org.
What are your Signature Strengths? How do you get to use them every day? What about your team? What do you notice about their strengths - individually? Collectively?
Have a great week,
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton, MES, CPT, PCC
Potentials Realized
Author of From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching(Jossey-Bass, 2013) and Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010)
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
It's not to late to Join us Thursday and Friday (Feb 26-27) of this week for the two day Facilitation Skills Intensive in downtown Toronto. We will be exploring practical strategies to support groups and teams through their development, techniques you can use to boost your meetings and presentations, as well as more than two dozen facilitation tools. Can't make it in person? You can also join us via skype for the two day program as well/
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