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Strengths at work

How to harness people's character strengths to support energy, engagement, job satisfaction and collaboration?

This practical workshop helps participants notice their main character strengths, understand their underuse and overuse, and choose one concrete way to apply a strength more consciously in their work. The team can make visible which strengths complement one another and who to turn to in different situations.

Practical information

Suitable forteams, leaders, HR and school teams
Duration2.5–3 hours
Participantsrecommended 6–16
Formatin person or online
Pre-workfree VIA Character Strengths questionnaire, approximately 10–15 minutes

Strengths are more than what a person is good at

At work we often talk about skills, results, and areas for development. Less attention goes to which natural strengths help a person act well, keep up their energy, and contribute to the team.

A character strength is not the same as a skill, a talent, or a professional competence. It describes the way a person naturally thinks, feels, and acts - for example curiosity, perseverance, a sense of fairness, kindness, or critical thinking.

When a team can notice these differences, it becomes easier to share roles, ask for help, and value one another's contribution.

A strength can be both a resource and an obstacle

A strength is not automatically useful in every situation. The same quality can stay underused, be applied just right, or slip into overuse.

For example, perseverance can help carry an important task to completion, but overused it can keep a person tied for too long to something it would be wiser to let go of. Critical thinking helps you see risks, but applied too strongly it can turn into over-analysis that stalls decisions. Kindness supports colleagues, but overused it can lead to taking on responsibility that belongs to others.

In the workshop we don't stop at naming strengths - we look at how to use them more consciously and in a way that fits the situation.

What do we do in the workshop?

01

My strengths profile

Before the training, participants review the results of the VIA questionnaire and become familiar with their main, or signature, strengths. We also clarify how character strengths differ from skills, talents and competencies.

02

Underuse, optimal use and overuse of a strength

Each participant chooses one strength and explores how it appears in different work situations. When is it a useful resource? When does it remain in the background? When might overuse begin to limit performance, collaboration or their own energy?

03

Strengths in collaboration

The team makes its strengths visible and looks at which strengths are common and which are less visible. Through a practical "offer and ask" exercise, everyone identifies the strength with which they can support others and when they need someone else's contribution.

04

Put one strength consciously to work

Each participant chooses one small, concrete experiment for the following week: where and how they will use one of their strengths more consciously. Where possible, the team also agrees on one shared next step.

What does a participant take away?

an overview of your 3-5 main character strengths
the ability to tell apart the underuse, optimal use, and overuse of a strength
a practical worksheet of your strengths
one concrete experiment for applying a strength more consciously
a shared language for talking about contribution, help, and roles in the team

A single workshop will not transform the way an entire team works together. It does, however, create shared insight, a practical framework and a first agreement the team can build on.

Who is the training for?

The training suits a team that wants to:

notice people's existing capability and resource
use different strengths more consciously in roles and collaboration
increase people's engagement and the visibility of their contribution
understand when a strength can slip into overuse
shape more appreciative and practical collaboration in the team

The training is not an assessment of skills or competences and does not use the Gallup CliftonStrengths methodology. The workshop is based on the VIA Character Strengths framework.

Format and customization

The workshop can be delivered in person or online. Beforehand, participants complete the free VIA survey and bring their top five strengths with them. Online sessions use a shared virtual whiteboard.

Examples and emphasis are adapted to the team's roles, work and collaboration needs. With larger groups, team exercises are completed in smaller breakout groups.

How does booking a training work?

Step 1

You send an inquiry and briefly describe your need.

Step 2

If needed, we arrange a short call to clarify the goal, participants, and format.

Step 3

I propose a suitable solution and send you an offer.

Let's talk about your need

Put your team's strengths to work with greater intention

Tell me briefly about your team, the number of participants and the focus you have in mind. We will clarify what you need, and I will recommend a suitable format.