The books arrived today, and I am very excited to get started! I recently got approval to do the Gallup Strengths Finder with our entire group, and I am expecting some very positive results. We did Strengths Finder with the management team back in January, just as our new team was forming, and I believe understanding our complementary strengths has helped make us more efficient in our work together.
Starting today, and over the next 8 weeks, we'll be giving each frontline team member a copy of Strengths Finder 2.0, by Tom Rath, and having them take the online Strengths Finder survey. In addition, I'll be providing 1:1 coaching with each person as they complete their Strengths Finder profile, and working with the other supervisors to start aligning them with their natural strength areas.
I introduced the Strengths Finder concept to our whole group on Wednesday, and showed a short video by Marcus Buckingham. I've had generally very positive feedback from the team, and several people are very anxious to get their book. I expect some will remain skeptical of the whole idea for a while, but I hope the positive changes in our team will win them over in time.
There is so much more to write about what Marcus Buckingham calls "the Strengths revolution", and I'll do that at length in other blog posts. For now, I am just ready to get rolling with this new initiative in our group. I've got 32 new books sitting in a box under my desk just waiting to enlighten an entire team, one person at a time.
Light it up...
Rob
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