Paperwork Submitted

Just a bit of paperwork needed to be completed in order to register for the Jan 14-15 Strengths Coaching session. Since the paperwork is due Dec. 31st, and I'm out of town then, I made it a priority to complete everything today. I was able to get everything completed and send it off to the contact at Gallup University. Receipt confirmed, so I am all set!

It's Official! Strengths Coaching

Today I received an email from Michelle Bouwens at Gallup University. It includes time-sensitive materials for the Faith Strengths Performance Coach Level I Program! This program is coming to Saint Ambrose in mid-January and includes those who will receive training to a strengths coach for the parish. I'm really looking forward to it!

The next Living Your Strengths program is scheduled to begin Feb. 2, 2010. With this mid-January training program, I should be ready to go for the February session!

Living Your Strengths II - Follow-up Session

Today I attended my first follow-up session to the Saint Ambrose Living Your Strengths Program. Called LYS II, this session allowed for continued discussion about our Top 5 Strengths. There are somewhere between 9-12 participants in this session. There were a few discussion questions about examples of our strengths in action; when we weren't operating from a strengths perspective; etc. From a discussion I had with one of the facilitators a few days earlier, she had me share about the Go Put Your Strengths to Work book and other activities we could do to enhance our understanding of our Top 5 and how we can activate them in the work we do. Our next session will be scheduled possible in mid-January. Looking forward to it!

Now Discover Your Strengths

Got a chance to facilitate a group session for Clifton StrengthsFinder at work this Wednesday, 8 people in total. Made personal frames of each of their Top 5 Signature Themes as a keepsake and brought homemade chocolate treats too! With this session, I was able to add some national and best-practice-company comparative data which made the session even more interesting! The group got to see how they scored compared to both these averages as well as senior leadership at the bank where I work. They also are interested in the Go Put Your Strengths to Work follow-up exercise, perhaps reading and discussing one chapter per month. Looking forward to it!!

Two other group sessions will be coming up in early 2010.