Strength-based coaching for businesses, government agencies, community agencies, school divisions, nonprofits, and faith-based institutions using the CliftonStrengths assessment is available through the Center for Leadership.
Why CliftonStrengths?
There are many leadership programs and tools available so why CliftonStrengths? The assessment measures the presence of 34 naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior that can be productively applied. The assessment is rooted in more than 50 years of qualitative and quantitative research and, as a university center for leadership, this research base is important.
All individuals in an organization have a unique set of talents and strengths. The CliftonStrengths Assessment helps team leaders create or reinforce a strengths-based culture in their organization. Training can be provided around the top five talents of team members or around the entire 34.
Clifton Strengths training helps individuals discover their own talents and learn how to develop those talents into strengths, how to work more productively as a team, and how to increase engagement. They will discover “blind spots” or “edges” around their strengths so they can ensure their strengths are not misinterpreted. In addition, team members will identify their own weaknesses and lesser talents and how to manage them.
CliftonStrengths Training Options
Two-hour CliftonStrengths Introduction
- Training can be face-to-face or virtual.
- Focus is on an introduction to CliftonStrengths.
- Helps team members understand their top five talents and how to develop them into strengths.
- Includes assessment codes for up to 25 participants for the top five talents.
- Includes pre- and post-training sessions with the team leader.
Half-Day (four-hours) Team Training
- Training is face-to-face.
- Focus is on a deeper dive into CliftonStrengths.
- Includes assessment codes for all participants for the full 34 talents and how to maximize the results effectively.
- Includes pre- and post-training sessions with the team leader.
Full-Day (eight-hours) Team Training
- Training is face-to-face.
- Focus is on a deep dive into CliftonStrengths.
- Includes assessment codes for all participants for the full 34 talents and how to maximize the results effectively.
- Includes a visual display and discussion of the team strength grid to provide insight into team strengths and how they impact the team and each other.
- Includes pre- and post-training sessions with the team leader around organizational vision and how the team leader wants to impact the culture of the organization.
To book a CliftonStrengths session through the University of Lynchburg’s Center for Leadership, contact:
Roger Jones, EdD
Co-director of the Center for Leadership
