Strengths-Based Development
"Focusing on your strengths is one of the best ways to develop your abilities and achieve your goals." - Bailey Nelson
Wichita State has collaborated with Gallup to provide all students, faculty and staff the ability to learn their CliftonStrengths® and use them to maximize their potential in academia, everyday life, and in their career aspirations. Our initiative utilizes Gallups Strengths-Based approach that focuses on talents, strengths, abilities, knowledge and capacities rather than deficits, or things that are lacking to promote confidence, skill development, and student success.
Student Development and Experience
"Students succeed when they feel cared for as people; included; encouraged to pursue their hopes and dreams; and empowered to leverage their unique CliftonStrengths®about how to thrive in school and life in and out of the classroom. Gallup's student experience research suggests that strengths-based advising and development help education leaders identify and scale the high-impact experiences within their culture and context that will transform student outcomes." - Gallup
Students engage with ShockerStrengths through a variety of campus experiences and resources.
- CliftonStrengths for Students Report
- New Student and Transfer Orientation
- First Year Seminars and Classes
- Leadership & Co-curricular Programs
- Student Employee Training and Development
- Individual Coaching
Gallup reports that "Graduates who say their institution was passionate about the long-term success of its students about steps for a successful CliftonStrengths for students initiative are 2.4 times more likely to be engaged in their jobs and careers and are 8.1 times more likely to be emotionally attached to their alma mater."
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Employee Engagement
Building on employee talents to highlight their skills and abilities contributes to their professional Shocker Identity. We hope to conntect faculty and staff with their talents to contribute and strengthen their sense of belonging, performance, and professional development.
In partnership with both Gallup and our HR team at WSU, we are able to offer Strengths workshops, resources and events to employees at no cost. These resources are designed to support a strengths-based culture and support employees in their strengths journey. To see a full schedule of events, please visit myTraining and search for ShockerStrengths or request an inventory, workshop, or coaching, please fill out our Request Form.
Gallup Resources
Gallup Video: Using Strengths for Organizational GrowthA Gallup® Podcast on the State of the Global Workplace: ThrivingStrengths-Based Culture
Groups, Teams and Organizations
A strengths-based team is a group of imperfect but talented contributors whom others value for their strengths and who need one another to realize individual and team excellence.
The common language of CliftonStrengths gives team members a shortcut for knowing and trusting one another. Communicating using strengths fosters productive, ongoing conversations about the talents people bring to certain situations. It’s a language that bridges cultural and organizational demographics, giving team members a shared way to describe why they’re unique and how it benefits the team.
Members of a strengths-based team know each other’s talent filters. They understand how each person likely thinks, acts and feels. This awareness helps the team build effective partnerships and navigate the issues that all teams encounter.
- Learn your individual talents and strengths, with corresponding insights, applications, and action items
- Develop your leadership capacity
- Gain self-awareness and self-understanding
- Examine a strengths-based perspective and its applications
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