Why Moving from Strengths Matters

MONDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2010 ENGAGING MOVEMENTS EDITION

Engaging Movements

Thought Leaders Unveil What's Next in Strengths Revolution
Program outlines 'a complete management approach' for highest results
An upcoming program facilitated by thought leaders David Cooperrider and Ronald Fry will unveil what's next in the strengths revolution. Read More

Grassroots Business Fund Bringing Finance to East Africa Agribusiness
G-20 SME Finance Challenge winner envisions creating a world where economic opportunity reaches everyone
Grassroots Business Fund, an impact investing organization that builds and supports high impact businesses around the world, is one of 14 winners of the G-20 SME Finance Challenge with its proposal to establish the East African Rural Enterprise Facility. Read More

Equilibrium Capital Seeds Social Good Through Economic Incentive
David Chen speaking at upcoming Canadian Social Finance Symposium
When Equilibrium Capital Group's founder and CEO David Chen envisions the social-finance market in the future, he hopes to see a confluence of investors who understand that impact investing is rooted in economic terms. Read More

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Why Moving from Strengths Matters
Gallup, having studied the effects of the strengths movement, asserts that a person or organization will excel only by amplifying strengths, never by fixing weakness. We couldn't agree more.

David Cooperrider shared with us a story about a participant at one his programs on building a strengths-based organization. The participant told David that the strengths-based approach has implications for everything his organization does. He went on to share his regret that he had not heard of the strengths-based way of being until he was already done raising his children.

From the way we raise our families, to the way we educate our the children, to the way we shape our workplaces and interact with our stakeholders, the strengths-based approach is a critical element of living life well and making the most effective contribution possible.

When a strengths-based approach is taken a number of things happen in each of the three circles David suggests, the individual, organizational, and beyond.

On the individual level, a person who is learning about and acting on his or her strengths will quickly gain energy and enthusiasm for their work. In contrast to working on weakness, strengths bring a person into flow, a state in which they can lose track of time, are firing on all cylinders, and enjoying their work.
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Discovering Stakeholder News

News Program Inspires Employee Performance
'Being interviewed to be in our company's news is the highest honour I have received,' says staff member
After being featured in his company's Stakeholder News program David Huang says he's been inspired to make even more of a dedicated effort to performing well on the job.
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Recognition, Best Practices Amplified through Stakeholder News
ED says program holds potential for school community to feel 'part of a larger movement'
When stories featuring Niagara Christian schools are posted on the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools (OACS) website people feel a sense of pride, and their ideas are shared with the larger independent school community, says Tony Kamphuis.
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News Boosts Recruitment, Recognition: BLJC national director
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As a result of a daily Stakeholder News program at Brookfield LePage Johnson Controls (BLJC), more staff members are becoming engaged with safety and security issues, says the company's national director of health, safety, security and environment (HSSE) Rich Coleman. Read More

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