Strengths STRATEGY. Coach Certification. Accelerating Performance Through Strategic Interdependence.

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1 Strengths STRATEGY Coach Certification Accelerating Performance Through Strategic Interdependence.

2 Strengths STRATEGY Coaching 2

3 The Strengths Strategy Coach Certification program is unlike any coach certification program in existence! Developed by the leading strengths application organization in the world, and accredited by the ICF and SHRM, Strengths Strategy Coach Certification (SSCC) is based on 25 years of research, interviews, coaching, and coursework with thousands of individuals from across the globe. It prepares coaches to go beyond merely helping people understand their strengths, to taking their clients to the next level through the powerful application of their strengths. Coaches will learn how to use strengths to mitigate weakness, accelerate performance and energy, build complimentary relationships and teams, and to create a roadmap out of negative behavior patterns that interfere with effectiveness. Strengths Strategy Coach Certification is not just about teaching Clifton StrengthsFinder strengths and coaching. It is an inside out approach, creating awareness and transformation within the coach so they can outwardly create it for others. The Engagement & Performance Multiplier The SSCC experience empowers the coach to become congruent with their own strengths, both in the way they use them to effectively contribute, as well as leveraging strengths to manage the weaknesses that interfere with effective coaching. Throughout this intensive and experiential program, coaches become familiar with the intricacies of strengths, learn new coaching skills, and strengthen their toolkit. They will first experience the power of applying strengths in their own lives, which enables them to most effectively guide others through that same process. The Strengths Strategy Coach Certification Program is the most intense and practical program I have ever attended. I m now helping my clients create measurable results for themselves and their companies and I attribute that all to this program. I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking to drive measurable results for their clients or teams. Lisa Gregory VP in an International Training Services Company

4 Whole-person, transformational, experiential virtual learning. Whole-person, transformational, experiential virtual learning is the laboratory for shifting strengths understanding into relevant, useful practice. Coaches learn powerful strengths coaching skills, innovative strengths coaching tools, strengths application principles, and become adept at leading seven different strengths coaching sessions. As coaches skill-levels increase, this new knowledge becomes interwoven, and the set pattern of coaching sessions makes way for responsiveness to the needs of the client. Adobe Connect is the on-line platform used in the SSCC program, which allows for powerful interactive experiences in large and small groups, as well as partnerships, delivering the certification experience conveniently without requiring travel or large blocks of time away. In addition, triad calls, coaching and supervision calls with Senior Strengths Strategists further round out the experience, thus enabling coaches to have the benefit of customized, individual professional mentoring. SSCC offers 120 hours of education and practicum, including 28 consecutive weeks of coursework. Shifting strengths understanding to relevant, useful practice Coaches will experience:» Recorded tutorials» Skills practice» Group sessions» 50 coaching hours» Oral/written exams. This program is the best investment I have ever made! It taught me about myself, others, and how we all work together. The knowledge has been life changing for me and my clients. Andrew Abel, SSCC

5 Overview

6 Course Objectives

7 Strengths Strategy Coach Certification participants will:» Become adept at designing effectual interdependent coaching relationships leveraging their own strengths and calling forth the strengths of others.» Develop strengths acuity recognizing the unique language patterns of strengths, the needs of strengths, and effective and ineffective strengths use.» Demonstrate judicious application of strengths coaching skills, tools, and strategies responding perceptively to the needs of the client.» Reframe weakness understand weakness through the lens of strengths and remove the anxiety around it which interferes with learning, growth, and contribution.» Understand how to use strengths to respond to weakness skillfully leveraging strengths to mitigate weakness and toxicity, and resolve problems and frustration.» Learn to identify and remove barriers to releasing contribution accelerating the client s capacity to creatively use their strengths to meet their important individual and team goals. What You Can Expect To Learn» Apply strengths strategies to low performance/ energy activities helping clients increase time spent in the A+ Strengths Zone.» Close the knowing-doing gap using the GROW model to effectively assist clients in translating strengths understanding into practical, relevant, real-time application. Strengths Strategy Coaching has helped me use strengths to create more effective communication in our organization. The coaching has facilitated deeper team building, problem solving and personal development as my employees have learned to apply strengths in practical ways. Chris Johnson, PHR HR Director, District 2, Minnesota Department of Transportation

8 Strengths Application Principles, Coaching Skills, Tools, & Sessions Principles» Coaching session artistry: Educate-Explore-Apply» Strategic Interdependence» Needs of strengths: the key to unlocking strengths» Designing strengths coaching to meet the needs of the client» 4 domains of strength language patterns, contributions, needs, triggers, overuse patterns, and how to coach each strength» Strengths lens» Reframing weakness» Mitigating weakness through strengths» Exploding performance removing barriers to, and releasing, strengths contribution Skills» Designing Strategic Interdependence» Confident Vulnerability» Acknowledgement» FeedForward» Creating Relevance» Establishing Accountability» Setting Context» Mirroring» Articulating» Blind Spot Curiosity» Active Lens Listening Tools» 4 domains mapping» Strengths sorting tool» Understanding weakness through the lens of strengths» Strengths geography exploration» Strengths balance wheel» Strengths volume control» Appreciative Inquiry in strengths coaching» Barrier exploration» Clarifying contribution» Strengths Strategies increasing A+ Strengths Zone time» F3 Assessment (Faith-Fire-Focus)» GROW through strengths Sessions» Strengths Strategy Coaching Design» Understanding Your Strengths Lens» Reframing Weakness» Leveraging Strengths to Mitigate Weakness» Releasing Contribution» Strengths Strategies» Closing the Knowing-Doing-Gap Andrew Abel SSC

9 Strengths Applications

10 Results

11 Results You Can Expect from Strengths Strategy Coaching Over 70 million people have experienced a strengths assessment of one kind or another---the Myers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder 2.0, DiSC, Enneagram, others yet only 20% of all people say that they do what they do best every day. Another study also suggested that today, as few as 1 in 10 are engaged at work. 1 purportedly learned their strengths. Why is this so? Strangely, many of the disengaged are those who have also It is simply not enough to take a strengths assessment! Applying strengths unleashes performance individually and organizationally, as it taps into our deepest energy reserves and accelerates high return-on-investment activities. It is through the application of strengths that engagement and extraordinary results are found. 2 Strengths Strategy Coaching helps individuals not just understand their strengths, but really learn how to apply them in real time, when the chips are down, and when the need is great. It leads to statistically significant results like:» 36% increase in performance 3» 43% increase in productivity 4» 83% greater likelihood to be part of a high performing team 5» Doubling engagement and the time spent using strengths in daily work 6 Apply Your Strengths and Unleash Performance 1. Neal St. Anthony. Lower Worker Engagement is Pulling Everyone Down. St. Paul Star Tribune. June 16, As measured by the Strategic Performance Audit. 3. Linley, Alex. Average to A+--Realizing Strengths in Yourself and Others, CAPP Press Watson, Wyatt, Employee Commitment Remains Unchanged, asp?id=w-557&page=6 5. Buckingham, Marcus. Live presentation--minneapolis Ibid. SSCC has revolutionized my life from improving the way I handle conflict, to deepening my marriage, to empowering me to take successful career leaps. It has been the best certification course of my life! Strengths Strategy not only gives you the why of Strengths but the how of Strengths. SSCC gives you tools that bring results within weeks and sense of empowerment you never dreamed. Seeing my clients come back week after week with complete goals and excitement for life is priceless. Watching people take ownership of their lives with confidence in their strengths and share them with their community, families, and co-workers is the most satisfying feeling on earth. Jen Flowacki Strengths Strategy and Gallup Certified Coach

12 Professional Development

13 We are ICF Accredited! Experienced and New Coaches: Earn CCEs and Resource Development hours to renew ICF credentials or become an ICF Member through Strengths Strategy s Coach Certification Program Strengths Strategy is recognized as an ICF Continuing Coach Education Provider. The ICF recognizes Strengths Strategy s Coach Certification Program for providing CCEs and Resource Development hours for coaches. Strengths Strategy s Coach Certification now provides even more benefits for experienced and new coaches, as it delivers advanced coaching skills and and specialist material, while ensuring experienced, credentialed coaches meet the ICF requirements for credential renewal, and helping new coaches to become ICF members. What this means for you - Strengths Strategy s CCEU s can help: Experienced, Credentialed Coaches to renew their credentials by exceeding ICF Professional Development Standards. (To maintain a credential with the ICF, coaches need to complete 40 hours of Professional Development every 3 years. Strengths Strategy s Coach Certification Program provides hours that exceed the requirements for ICF Members to renew their credentials! Additionally, the hours count toward the training requirements for coaches looking to upgrade their credential, i.e. from ACC to PCC to MCC.) New Coaches who have completed at least 25 hours of basic coach training to become ICF Members by helping them to achieve more than 60 hours of coach specific training. (To become an ICF Member, there is a requirement of 60 coach specific training hours.) SHRM Members: Earn PDC through SSCC Strengths Strategy is honored to be a SHRM Preferred Provider. This status means that upon completion of all requirements, Strengths Strategy Coach Certification participants qualify for up to 48.5 Professional Development Credit (PDC) hours to apply to SHRM credentials. Professional development is critical to help you be at the top of your game, and we are pleased our program is accredited by SHRM and ICF to support your continued learning.

14 Contact Us to learn more! The program investment is $4,445. The fee includes the cost of 3 practice coaching sessions with a mentor coach at $150 each. You may request an application for admission to the program (or to identify upcoming starting dates) at bbarnacle@strengthsstrategy.com or visit: SSCC Completion Requirements: Attendance at 12/14 large group calls and practicums Participation in LinkedIn community conversations 50 hours practice coaching 1 guided supervision session Exam completion (oral and written) Completion of 3 coaching sessions with an SSCC coach (not included in program fee) Andrew Abel SSC

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