Academics
Gallup StrengthsFinder
Greenville College Partners with The Gallup
Organization to Become a Strengths-Based Campus
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A Philosophy of Strengths
Strengths are habits, attitudes, talents,
abilities, ways of seeing the world and ways of interacting
with people, things, and ideas that enable someone to
do something particularly well. By capitalizing on one's
strengths, motivation is increased, success is more
likely, and obstacles are more easily overcome. Strengths-based
campuses are ones which:
- Identify all students' strengths.
- Teach students ways of capitalizing
on their strengths.
- Help faculty teach to their strengths.
- Train faculty to do strengths-based
advising.
- Help staff recognize and leverage
their own strengths in their work with students and
co-worker
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From The Gallup Organization:
Psychologists at The Gallup Organization
have been investigating the nature of human strengths for over 30
years. During that time, Gallup interviewed over two million people--the
best teachers, doctors, lawyers, managers, salespeople, leaders,
software programmers, and other professionals--to discover what
made them successful. From all these interviews, 34 recurring patterns
of thought, feeling, and behavior emerged. These patterns, or "themes"
as Gallup calls them, are the raw materials for building a strong
and productive life. A person does not need to possess all of these
themes; to live a strong life, one simply has to identify which
of the 34 are their most powerful--their Signature Themes--and then
cultivate them with learning, practice, and focus. StrengthsFinder
measures a person on these 34 themes and immediately reveals their
five most powerful themes.
The contents of this website were developed
under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, (FIPSE), US Department of Education. However, these contents
do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education,
and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
Last updated: June 1, 2005
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