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Assignment. Understand How Your Strengths Help Others
Explore strength-based traits and accompanying themes.
Background Information
In this assignment, you will read a detailed description of strength-related themes. The article you'll read identifies 34 themes, categorized into four questions: 1) How do you absorb, think about, and analyze information and situations? 2) How do you make things happen? 3) How do you influence others? 4) How do you build and nurture strong relationships? You will choose one theme from each of the four sections of questions to develop the assignment.
The idea of this strength-based assessment is two-fold: 1) to help you get greater clarity on your strengths and 2) to use these strengths to help others (through coaching) identify and build their strengths.
Instructions
Question 1. Read the following:
a. Chapter 3, "Character Strengths, Virtues and Talents: Deliberately Putting Your Best Foot Forward," in your textbook Positive Psychology in Coaching: Applying Science to Executive and Personal Coaching
b. "Understand How Your Talents Work with Others(new tab)"
Question 2. After carefully reading the article, choose one theme from each of the four questions and write a three- to four-page paper in response to the following:
a. Identify and explain the four themes (one from each category) you chose that best represent your strengths in those areas. Go beyond the definition of these strengths and explain how you think a particular theme specifically applies to you.
b. Provide a real example of each theme (four in total) from your life to support your choices.
c. Which of these strengths do you need to work on most to be able to coach others effectively? Explain.
d. How will you deliberately work on building your skill in that area during this course? Be concrete and make your action point measurable so you can tell whether you accomplished it.
Question 3. Be specific in your responses and use concrete examples from the textbook, supplemental readings, outside sources, and personal experiences to frame your writing. Get it done!
Question 4. Use at least two scholarly resources in addition to the readings assigned in this workshop.
a. Use in-text citations and APA format for direct quotations and references to the readings.