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JULY 2009

Are You Part of the Strengths Revolution?
Do you know how to LEAD from your Strengths?

Do you and your team spend most of your time playing to your strengths? 

According to the Gallup Organization, many of us don't! In fact, our natural strengths - the source of our greatest potential - often get lost in the shuffle as we "put out fires" or scramble to solve the problem of the moment.  Marcus Buckingham, bestselling author of Now, Discover your Strengths and Go Put Your Strengths to Work, urges us to seize control of our assets so that we can maximize our success at work on a daily basis.

What if you could bust the cycle of deficit-based thinking and incremental improvement, and replace it with a simple four-step process designed to address daily opportunities and challenges from a strength-based point of departure?
 
LEAD is a strength-based planning process that draws on the research and principles of Appreciative Inquiry, Appreciative Intelligence, Positive Psychology and the Strengths Movement and grows out of the simple idea that what we focus on increases.  We can choose to learn more about our weaknesses, or we can get smarter about the ways in which we are performing well.
 
That's where LEAD can help. The LEAD process can be applied to any challenge that requires planning to achieve positive change. It can be completed in as little as a few hours, or over a several day period depending upon the complexity of the task and the number of people involved in the process. 

Here's how it works...

	Clarify what it is you want to work on together. Then identify relevant skills and successful experiences you can build on as you move forward.
	Focus on your collective strengths as a starting point for envisioning the impact and “Positive Potential” you want to achieve.
	Consider all possible innovations, new structures, policies, attitudes, etc. you will need to create or change.  Identify key players to enlist and influence.
	Take action! Create your joint “TO DO” list for each innovation, new structure, policy, action, etc.

Free Newsletter Subscription! Email:

JULY 2009

Are You Part of the Strengths Revolution?
Do you know how to LEAD from your Strengths?

Do you and your team spend most of your time playing to your strengths? 

According to the Gallup Organization, many of us don't! In fact, our natural strengths - the source of our greatest potential - often get lost in the shuffle as we "put out fires" or scramble to solve the problem of the moment.  Marcus Buckingham, bestselling author of Now, Discover your Strengths and Go Put Your Strengths to Work, urges us to seize control of our assets so that we can maximize our success at work on a daily basis.

What if you could bust the cycle of deficit-based thinking and incremental improvement, and replace it with a simple four-step process designed to address daily opportunities and challenges from a strength-based point of departure?
 
LEAD is a strength-based planning process that draws on the research and principles of Appreciative Inquiry, Appreciative Intelligence, Positive Psychology and the Strengths Movement and grows out of the simple idea that what we focus on increases.  We can choose to learn more about our weaknesses, or we can get smarter about the ways in which we are performing well.
 
That's where LEAD can help. The LEAD process can be applied to any challenge that requires planning to achieve positive change. It can be completed in as little as a few hours, or over a several day period depending upon the complexity of the task and the number of people involved in the process. 

Here's how it works...

	Clarify what it is you want to work on together. Then identify relevant skills and successful experiences you can build on as you move forward.
	Focus on your collective strengths as a starting point for envisioning the impact and “Positive Potential” you want to achieve.
	Consider all possible innovations, new structures, policies, attitudes, etc. you will need to create or change.  Identify key players to enlist and influence.
	Take action! Create your joint “TO DO” list for each innovation, new structure, policy, action, etc.