The Self-Actualized Leader

This lesson focuses on the basics of strengths-based psychology and its origins. It's also an introduction to the CliftonStrengths assessment and what every leader needs to know about it before diving deep into its applications for individuals and teams.

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In this lesson, we discuss how to read your own personalized CliftonStrengths report. We also cover the process of understanding your dominant strengths and looking for examples of your strengths in your daily personal and professional life.

As you listen to this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about which of your strengths energize you the most, and consider activities you do in your job that either do or do NOT align with your strengths. Do they give you energy or drain your energy?

As you listen to this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about how multiple of your top strengths may be working together in certain situations, both in personal and professional life.

In this lesson, we review various common leadership styles and discuss what it means to discover your own leadership style as a natural result of your strengths.

As you listen to this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about how the people you lead might exhibit some of the same strengths in different ways, and how that might impact the way you make work assignments.

As you listen to this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about how you can honor the strengths of your team members and peer leaders, even though they might have different strengths than you.

As you listen to this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about how you might be making assumptions about how you lead your people based on how you want to be led (rather than how they want to be led).

In this lesson, we discuss what it looks like to build a strengths-based team, including some examples of strengths to look out for among team members to improve working relationships and productivity.

As you listen to this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about how your team would benefit from a strengths-based team mentality.

As you listen to this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about how you can help your team recognize differences as an advantage that will contribute to the success of the whole team. Encourage yourself and the team to look for opportunities for partnership where there previously might have been friction.

As you watch this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about how strengths-based psychology adds another important variable to how you view diversity for your team. We want diverse teams, and that includes cultivating an environment where different strengths are communicated, valued, and utilized.

This lesson covers the ARC Model, which will help give you practical tools for making meaningful changes throughout your life.

As you listen to this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about how you can better observe your strengths in real-time to help you recognize how to intentionally and appropriately apply your strengths in everyday situations.

As you listen to this short clip of a podcast I joined as a guest, think about situations where you might have behaved differently (more appropriately) if you had been more aware of your strengths and chose to apply one of your strengths differently.

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