A Strengths-Based Approach to Managing Your Team

Introduction

• A powerful coaching strategy for busy managers

1. Identify and Map Your Team's Strengths

• Why you should manage your team using strengths
• Discovering your own strengths
• Work story: How Jessica found her strengths
• Uncovering a team member's super strength
• Mapping your team’s strengths

2. Align Your Team with a Strengths Strategy

• Creating your team strengths plan
• Conducting a strengths team meeting
• Aligning the team with a follow-through plan
• Keeping strengths at your team's core

3. Leverage Strengths to Increase Team Performance

• Leading strengths-centered one-on-ones
• Using strengths to resolve conflict
• Develop your employees faster by using their strengths
• Improving work performance through strengths-centered groups

4. Reinforce Team Strengths for Long-Term Results

• Reinforce team strengths through recognition
• Measuring the results of your team strengths strategy

Conclusion

• Practice a strengths approach daily