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There are 34 Clifton strengths such as "Learner, 'Relator, and 'Addeve'.' The assessment has many benefits for increasing employee enpgcm=L mmediately after taking the StresngWinder test, employees ..Ave a new vocabulary to describe what they excel at Raising positive self-awareness is one of the best ways to grow and develop an individual employee. This boost in confidence can inspire clarity and motivation for all areas of work Gallup reports that employees who use their strengths every day an six times more likely to be engaged on the job. Using the StreogthsFindar, each employee receives information on how to maximize their talents in the workplace. Don't worry, though; most of the action items are low cost If an employee has a top strength of competition, one of the action items would be to develop a measurement system of her achievements. By turning ordinary tasks into competitions, the employee activates her competitive edge, becoming more engaged and invested in the work When employees are self -aware, engagement in teamwork also becomes easier. The SumgthsFinder anessment uses the top strengths to show employees how to work with people of different talents. If you're looking for a way to improve team engagement in your work culture, StrengthsFinder has a lot to offer. Your -city can even host a workshop day where employ- ees take time to learn each other's strengths and how to work effectively together. Using the Gallup StrengthsFinder to increase engagement is a growing trend in many organizations. By providing employees with tools to enhance their natural talent, the employer fosters a positive environment and increases employee engagement Alicgnis%q engagement vsith priorities of course, employee engagement must be aligned with other organizational priorities. When those change, the organization needs to reset aTectations, provide new resources, and ensure employees have a dance to do their best work. Most experts agree the more engaged an organizations empbyees are, the more hWy this alignment wiIl happen stumpy. For example, daring the economic downturn around 2009, many organizations changed their focus from growth to survival. Organizations with engaged employees understood the need to change quickly and shifted their own work focus to what needed to be done to keep the organization afloat Final advice from Gallup and other employee engagement experts: Recognize that an organization needs to understand where it is today and where it warns to be in the future before it can engage employees in that vlskuL And that brings us back to a stele formula for employee engagement According to Gallup, employees raid to know what's expected, understand how they are cormrbating to the overall mission, and be given the opportunity to do what they do best That pretty mucic sums it up. CM(as&isana&nkftatNektnwlhtkLamefilmooOkiSkiss student at the lhdrersitr ofWaesatai Slot ofFft Nkh and wB yrada k In A Bast 2017, earmMg a antw% d*" k pA k polky. iwa t dwwh trema resources dtce WWKhthet "watwMaotaOft QntKt:tiaalr ff*Worgor(651)281-1203. 12 1 MAY/JUN 2017 1 MINNESOTA CMES 49 17 11