CliftonStrengths Training

The purpose of this program is to help employees understand their unique strengths identified by Gallup research and access strengths-based coaching and support. This program also helps with developing empathy for other team members’ unique talents, an appreciation for different perspectives, and an ability to partner on tasks and projects for better outcomes.

Working with organisations across Australia, we know there are changing expectations about workplace culture and the employee experience. Here are some examples:

1. Need for holistic development: More and more, employees want organisations to invest in their development and focus on both technical skills and soft skills. Organisations that invest in a strengths-based culture have a language and toolkit that provides a more holistic approach to development and fosters better team engagement. 
2. Expectations regarding employee engagement: More and more, employees are seeking organisations that are committed to providing a healthy, supportive employee experience. With a strengths-based culture, employees are more inspired to build constructive partnerships and drive team performance. 
3. Flatter hierarchies: More and more, organisations are becoming flatter with employees having more responsibility and autonomy – especially in hybrid working environments. Team members are expected to initiate conversations and working relationships with others to achieve outcomes. Understanding each other’s strengths can help employees make smoother, easier connections.

Overall, an organisational focus on Gallup’s CliftonStrengths helps teams use a common language and set of tools to work constructively. With CliftonStrengths coaching and support from Thinka’s CliftonStrengths video collection, teams can work toward building a strengths-based workplace.

With the help of a CliftonStrengths Program, employees can grow skills in the following areas:

1. Collaboration: Employees who can appreciate the unique strengths of others and their individual perspectives collaborate better with co-workers. Employees can help each other tap into their natural talents and build trust with fellow team members. They learn how to appreciate different voices in conversations and consider these perspectives in decision-making. 
2. Empathy: Finding ways to relate to other people’s unique talents and experiences, gives team members a better insight into their co-workers. When this happens, there is a better opportunity for connection and collaboration and this in turn means they’re more likely to support each other to achieve outcomes. 
3. Relationship management: Employees who seek to understand other people and appreciate their differences, are better able to maintain healthy relationships. Team members who apply a CliftonStrengths lens by valuing other people’s talents and abilities, build longer-lasting connections. This also has a positive effect on the employee experience. 
4. Leadership preparation: When employees apply a CliftonStrengths lens to teamwork, they are better able to contribute to a more inclusive workplace culture. With this ability to understand others and build relationships, they increase the likelihood of being promoted into a more senior or leadership position.

With the benefits of a CliftonStrengths approach embedded in organisation culture, team members are better able to collaborate and build constructive, supportive relationships.

What is CliftonStrengths Training for Teams?

Our CliftonStrengths Training for Teams is specifically designed for employees to access immersive workshops and our highly successful strengths coaching sessions with certified coaches/trainers. This course aims to provide participants with the strategies, tools and resources to apply their individual CliftonStrengths themes back in the workplace. Our experienced facilitators have worked with many Australian workplaces on CliftonStrengths and will share case studies and stories to help your learners. We can also work with leaders to embed a strengths-based culture.

Why should my organisation offer CliftonStrengths Training?

This CliftonStrengths Teams Course helps teams put a strengths-based culture in place, leading to more powerful partnerships and empathy for one another. It also helps participants break down barriers, such as inflexibility and an inability to understand others and see different points of view. Employees are encouraged to safely learn from personal reflections and in small groups – to get to know their own and their team’s CliftonStrengths profiles.

Who can attend CliftonStrengths Training?

Teams are best suited to this training, although team leaders can attend to appreciate the range of talents across the team and see how they might coach others. We also have a specific CliftonStrengths Program for Leaders that helps them build skills in leading teams with a CliftonStrengths lens and enrich coaching conversations with the right language and tools. CliftonStrengths can also be integrated into a more generalised soft skills program or delivered as a stand alone workshop.

Is CliftonStrengths Training only available in person?

CliftonStrengths Training can be delivered in-person or as online training; depending on the organisation’s set-up. It is typically made up of strategies, discussions and coursework that supports moves to build a strengths-based culture. Our Thinka facilitators have CliftonStrengths training and coaching certifications, and are passionate about helping businesses build a strengths-based culture.

The training can be supported by coaching sessions with a Thinka coach. Coaching individuals plays an important role in challenging old behaviours and helping participants build new mindsets that supports a strengths-based culture.

We have also delivered this training as a series of webinars for businesses who are hybrid and dispersed across geographical areas.

Strengths Integration with Noisy Beast

1. What was the objective?

Off the back of an organisational restructure, we used the CliftonStrengths 34 assessment as part of a teams kit to integrate squad-based team design into Noisy Beast’s DNA. This thinking was designed to achieve an agile approach to the workflow and a client-centric approach to working.

2. How did we do it?

We brought together both vertical teams (client focused) and horizontal teams (discipline focused), and completed a series of strengths-based learning events. Using a ‘powerful partnership’ approach, we matched team members together using the data provided in the CliftonStrengths assessments. This coupling of people brought key strengths combinations together to create a dynamic approach to working.

3. How was it integrated and what were the results?

The results were seen instantly with the leveraging of key powerful partnerships to drive workflows and a client-centric approach. As each team member gained an enhanced understanding of their strengths and the strengths of others, they will develop more powerful partnership combinations to achieve a fully integrated, strengths-based organisation.