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You are invited to attend an half day pre-conference workshop where you will learn more about your own talents and Top Five Strengths. You will also receive the tools an effective professional needs to help others appreciate and apply their strengths. The workshop provides a great opportunity to take the brief Gallup StrengthsFinder inventory and use the personal assessment results to begin focusing on what people do right - leading to increased engagement, hope, self-efficacy, academic performance, well being, and success.

This workshop introduces participants to an understanding of the psychology and principles of strengths-based development. They will explore their talents - their unique and recurring patterns of thought, feeling, and behaviour - and learn how they contribute to their everyday work practices and interactions in their given professional role

They will develop strategies to implement a strengths-based approach in working toward maximizing individual talents to create the greatest potential for individual achievement for those they serve and work with each day.

Strengths Based Leadership and Working Effectively in Teams

Workshop Focus / Training Content:

Introduces participants to their top five strengths through the (Gallup, Inc.) StrengthsFinder inventory
Developing Strengths-Based Leadership skills – becoming a more effective leader by doing what you do best
Working more effectively in Strengths-Based Teams – maximizing the talent of each team member
An access code to take the inventory, online account for personal access to Gallup Resources and StrengthsFinder Inventory assessment reports, Individual Bound 60 page Participant Workbook and training materials are all included with the Workshop registration

Participants will:

explore the strengths philosophy and learn how this approach drives the engagement of those they serve and those with whom they work
understand how a focus on strengths relates to individual success in a classroom or in a workplace
discover and explore their own strengths
build a strengths vocabulary
gain insights in applying strengths in daily life
gain strengths-based development activities that can be shared with others

Workshop Presenter - Dr Jim Johnson

Dr. Johnson is a fully certified Gallup trainer and Coach and has served as one of Gallup's Top 20 National Educational Advisors with the Gallup Education Practice. He is also certified as a Gallup Strengths Educator and Advocate working with educational initiatives in colleges and universities. His training and consulting with faith organizations focuses on engagement, spiritual commitment, and increasing the effectiveness of church leaders in ministry and discipleship. His work with leaders and teams in the business and educational world centres on Executive Coaching, Engagement, and Leadership Development helping leaders strive towards Being a Difference not just making a Difference.

Registration Fee* for the Pre-Conference Training/Workshop:

Conference participants - FREE to registered conference participants

Duration - ½ a day.

Maximum Capacity - 30 participants.

*The registration fee includes $25 per participant workbook and other materials including a 60-page bound professionally printed workbook for each participant Start with Talent; Finish with Strength which includes a code for a web-based 30-minute inventory which gives an account and access to additional Gallup learning resources and a variety of reports on participants’ assessment results – all downloadable and printable for individual use.

Pre-conference training/workshop - September 4