Special module for students: Students are not made out of cookies cutter.

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1.  Most people wonder what Strengths Based Development is. The process of Strengths Based Development identifies his or her talents and strengths and develops them to ultimately lead to success in life.

2.         All of us are born with unique talents. Talent has been defined as “a naturally recurring pattern of thoughts, feelings or behaviours that can be productively applied”. These talents are discovered by taking the Clifton Strengths Finder Test. Coaches guide the participants, to convert their talents into strengths and leverage these strengths to achieve their desired SMART goals. These steps lead to Strengths Based Development.

3.         This concept is applicable to individuals, managers, teams, leaders and students.

4.         Individuals when performing from their strengths zones are positive, creative and innovative, resulting in greater production as they become willing workers and enjoy the work.

6.       Students, besides knowing their strengths, will become focussed towards their desired and SMART goal(s). They will know their domains of strengths, and work in that direction. Students will realise that they are not made out of a cookies cutter, but they are all unique in their own way. They are individuals and they can achieve the same goals by different behaviours.

8.         Strength has been defined as the ability to consistently provide near perfect performance; ie the ability to consistently produce a positive outcome, through near perfect performance in a specific task. To finish with strength, start with talent.

9.         Why do students require Strengths  Based Development Training?

Because it will lead to success! Success will come by

(a) Discovering your talents.

(b) Understanding your talents.

(c) Converting your talents into strengths.

(d) Leveraging your strengths to achieve their goals

(e) Understanding your Domains of Strengths.

(f)  Early identification of your strengths will lead you to the right path of success.

(g) Working from your strengths zone and being fully engaged.

(h) By becoming the driver and not being driven by someone else.

(i)   Improving your ability to take an interview confidently.

10.    Your best bet for success lies in building on who you already are, not in trying to become someone you’re not.

11.    This process will be able to bridge the gap between the education acquired at the universities/colleges and the real world outside the university campus.

People when performing from their strengths zones are positive, creative, and innovative

Most people wonder what this Strengths Based Development is. Strengths Based Development involves determining one’s talents and strengths that lead to success.

All of us are born with unique talents. Talent has been defined as “a naturally recurring pattern of thoughts, feelings or behaviours that can be productively applied”. These talents are discovered by taking Clifton Strengths Finder Test. Coaches guide the participants, as how to convert their talents into strengths and how to leverage these strengths to achieve their desired SMART goals. These steps lead to Strengths Based Development.

This concept is applicable to individuals, managers, teams, leaders and students of colleges and universities.

People when performing from their strengths zones are positive, creative, and innovative; resulting in greater production; they become willing workers and they enjoy the work.

Managers will discover their unique talents for the greater team engagement. They will become high performing managers in all the four basic fields of their responsibilities ie Talent Selection, Employee Engagement, Performance Management and Development. On the Johari’s window, it will increase the open area and reduce the blind spots, hidden and unknown areas.

Strengths Based module for the team and manager will determine the DNA of the team, employees’ engagement, and performance management. It will make a team totally interdependent, which is the best for sustained excellence. The team will become focussed on its goals, will prioritise the tasks, and the excellence will be more pronounced in a multicultural environment. The team will become magnet of talent and the members of the team will not only show diligence to profession but will lead happy social and family life. The manager and the team members will realise that they are not made out of cookies cutter, but they are all unique and differences are advantage. They are individuals and they can achieve same goals by different behaviours.

Most effective leaders always invest in their strengths. Strengths Based Leaders will be able to provide stability, trust, hope and compassion to employees of the organisation.

Strengths Based Development makes everyone realise their strengths, and brings an awareness that the best bet for success lies in building on who they already are, not in trying to become someone they’re not.

Finally, the strength has been defined as the ability to consistently provide near perfect performance; the ability to consistently produce a positive outcome through near perfect performance in a specific task. To finish with strength, start with talent.

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Applicability of Strengths Based Development

How will it help Individual?

• They will know themselves – will know their talents.
• They will be able to convert their talents into strengths.
•  They will be able to leverage their strengths to achieve your desired and
• SMART goal(s).
• They will work in their respective strengths zones and be fully engaged.

People working in the strengths zone:

• Look forward to going to work
• Have more positive than negative interactions with co-workers
• Treat customers better
• Tell their friends they work for a great company
• Achieve more on a daily basis
• Have more positive, creative, and innovative moments

How will this benefit managers?

1. It will help mangers to discover, develop and use their unique talents for greater team engagement and productivity;
2. It will help managers identify how they can purposefully aim their talents so that team members both individually and collectively, are better equipped to accomplish their goals and performance objectives and respond to every situation;
3. Managers will be able to recruit and select candidates with talents that match those of the best performers in each role and to find employees with the highest potential for excellence;
4. Mangers will be able to create a working environment where employees are involved in, committed to, and enthusiastic about their work and the organisation as a whole;
5. Managers will be able to help employees meet and exceed the outcomes that the organisation expects them to achieve.
6. Managers will be able to support employees in gaining the knowledge, skills and experiences they need to develop their talents and use their strengths to achieve proficiency and excellence in their roles.

How will it benefit the Organisation?

1. When a manger understands, appreciates, and invests in team members’ strengths, his or team tend to be more productive and engaged.

(a)  Teams that focus on strengths everyday have 12.5% greater productivity:

(b)  People who focus on using their strengths are SIX TIMES more likely to be engaged in their jobs.

2. When managers influence and inspire engagement, their jobs become easier and their teams are more productive.

(a)   Workgroups with high employee engagement levels experience 22% higher profitability and 21% higher productivity;

(b)  Teams with high employee engagement levels experience 37% lower absenteeism and 10% higher customer ratings.

3. When managers help their employees create clear performance expectations and regularly check in on progress and performance, their employees and teams become more productive, cost effective, creative and adaptive.

 How will it help Students?

1. Discover their talents.
2. Understand their talents.
3. Convert these talents into strengths.
4. How to leverage their strengths to achieve their goals?
5. Understand their Domains of Strengths
6. .Early identification of their strengths will lead them to the right path of success.
7. 7.    Will enable them to work from their strengths zone and be fully engaged.
8. Will help them to become driver and not be driven by someone else.
9. Will improve their ability to take an interview confidently.
10. 10 Their best bet for success lies in building on who they already are, not in trying to become someone they’re not.