Strengths Seminar

“Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.” - Peter Drucker

GREAT ORGANIZATIONS MUST NOT ONLY ACCOMMODATE

THE FACT THAT EACH EMPLOYEE IS DIFFERENT,

THEY MUST FIND A WAY TO CAPITALIZE ON THESE DIFFERENCES.

We provide services to help position, sustain, and grow a dynamic workplace.

The Gallup Organization asked this question to 1.7 million employees working in 101 companies from 36 countries: “At work do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?”

What percentage do you think strongly agreed that they have the opportunity to do what they do best every single day? The answer, only 20 percent! The most bizarre of all, the longer an employee stays with an organization and the higher he or she climbs within that company, the less likely he or she is to strongly agree that they are playing in their strengths.

But the most significant finding was this: Most organizations are built on two flawed assumptions about people:

  1. Each person can learn to be competent in almost anything.
  2. Each person’s greatest room for growth is in his or her areas of greatest weakness.

If you want to test whether your organization or team is based on these assumptions, see if these characteristics apply:

NUMBER 1 | Your organization spends more money on training people once they are hired than on selecting them properly in the first place.

NUMBER 2 | Your organization focuses the performance of its employees by legislating work style and emphasizing rules, procedures, and “behavioral competencies.”

NUMBER 3 | Your company spends most of its training time and money on trying to plug the gaps in employees’ skills or competencies. These gaps are likely referred to as “areas of opportunity.” These areas are likely weaknesses rather than opportunity.

NUMBER 4 | Your organization promotes people based on the skills or experiences they have acquired. The assumption is those who learn the most must be the most valuable and the most experienced well-rounded employees.

Finding an organization that doesn’t have these characteristics is more difficult than finding one that does. Most organizations take their employees’ strengths for granted or worse yet do not know and recognize those strengths.

AscendWorks will be the expert to help you maximize the talent in your organization as well as identify the gaps within the organization that can prevent teamwork and productivity. We do this through a systematic process that brings the team together in an engaging and powerful presentation.

Each employee will know their areas of strength and how to use their strengths most effectively in their work environment. They will also know how to communicate effectively with co-workers, venders, and customers. They will be enlightened on how to live in the area of their strengths and appreciate the value they bring to the team and company.

 

Contact us today to present this seminar to your group.