Team
Building
Build a Strengths Based Team
What would happen if we studied what is right with people versus what’s wrong? Don Clifton was a professor of educational psychology at Universtiy of Nebraska – Lincoln. He posed that question six decades ago as he developed the CliftonStrengths assessment – now a global tool for effective individual and team development.
A strengths-based approach is foundational for all our work here at Open Gate Consulting. According to Gallup research, teams where 90% knew their strengths had the best outcomes.
Indicators of a thriving strengths-based culture include:
- Individual employees have the opportunity to do what they do best every day.
- Everyone on the team has partnerships that encourage their own strengths development.
- Managers use individual strengths to set meaningful goals and clarify expectations.
- Team members can see the link between strengths and success as their competencies and performance improve.
Why Team Building
Leadership is a balance of courage, integrity, and authenticity. What better way to ensure all of those muscles are in tip-top shape.
Ready to Start Your Journey?
When employees know an use their strengths, they are nearly 6 times more engaged, have higher performance and are much less likely to leave their company. Many companies use the CliftonStrengths34 assessment but haven’t really changed the conversations yet. This is where we can help.
We’ll show you how to get there.
Get To Know Your Team Talents
Building the foundation for a strengths-based team can be done. Our process sets you up for success with CliftonStrengths34 as a powerful tool for your entire team. CliftonStrengths34 gives teams a language to help identify and talk about individual and team strengths. This approach is far more positive, useful, and effective than instruments that limit people to a ‘type.’Leaders who embrace and sustain a strengths-based approach to managing their teams enjoy many benefits.Our process:
Access
- Gather information to understand the unique team personality and desired outcomes
- Collaborate to build a unique facilitation design that works for the team
Build
- Design customized plan to achieve desired outcomes
- Create clear outcomes and assessment measures to decide how you want to move the needle
Engage
- Deliver high impact facilitation focused on team strengths and how to aim them
- Develop concrete action plans and accountability measures
Action
- Post event summary and follow up support to reinforce success and ensure outcomes stay on track
What You can expect
Clients Use Our Facilitation Process for Diverse Objectives Such As:
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Strategic planning
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Process improvement
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Building norms and habits for effective teamwork and communication
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Specific Problem Solving