At some point, we have all engaged in the annual ritual of creating New Year’s Resolutions or other goals. The problem is, most of us fail to follow through. During this session, we’ll unpack some of the obstacles to following through on career goals and how you can build a development plan that’s much more likely to get you where you want to go. This will include some of the latest research about what truly differentiates top performers from everyone else. We’ll first spend time evaluating your greatest strengths. Then we’ll work together to create an individual development plan to leverage those strengths in advancing your career objectives. Each participant will leave the session with a completed plan and next steps for implementation.
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BEYOND GOAL SETTING:
STRENGTHS-BASED DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING TO ACCELERATE YOUR
CAREER
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KNOW THYSELF
Why do we fail to get
to know ourselves?
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How do I get good, honest
feedback?
Create safety
Prime the pump
Start early in your career
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Getting to Know Your
STRENGTHS
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A Word About Strengths
• Is it just something that you’re
good at?
• Is it different from a skill or ability?
• Traditionally we would define a
talent in terms of the output
• Strengths theory defines it in
terms of energy and engagement
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How do I identify my
strengths?
• What is working well and how can I do
more of it?
• What things energize me?
• Do I feel a sense of yearning or
inevitability?
• Would I do this even if I weren’t getting
paid?
• VIA and SBL surveys
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Pair Share
• Give each person the opportunity
to share
• What did you learn?
• What really jumped out at you?
• Does the report seem to accurately
describe you and your strengths?
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UNDERSTANDING
INFLUENCE
Moving the needle on
human behavior
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One of your engagement team
members has been showing up late
consistently for the past two
weeks. What are some possible
reasons for why they have been
late?
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MOTIVATION ABILITY
PersonalSocialStructural 1 2
3 4
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Can I do it?
Do others
motivate
me?
Do others enable
or hinder or
prevent me from
performing?
Does my
environment
motivate me?
Does my
environment
enable or hinder
my performance?
Am I
motivated?
Six Sources of Influence
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MOTIVATION ABILITY
PersonalSocialStructural
Make the
Undesirable
Desirable
Over Invest in
Skill Building
Harness
Peer
Pressure
Find
Strength
In Numbers
Design
Rewards
Change the
environment
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Six Sources of Influence
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“The greatest untapped source of
motivation . . . is a sense of
service to others;
focusing on the contribution of our
work to other peoples’ lives has
the potential to make us more
productive than thinking about
helping ourselves.”
Dr. Adam Grant – Wharton
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Why is it so
motivating?
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Strengths and Motivation
What works for one may not work for
another. The approach needs to be
tailored to each individual.
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