We provide faculty, staff, and students with opportunities to learn more about their strengths and how they can leverage them in their daily life through academic courses, campus-wide events, individual coaching sessions, and group workshops. Several faculty and staff members from across the university are passionate about bringing awareness to others and their strengths. On this page, learn more about different ways you can incorporate this information into your work.
If you are interested in individual coaching or a group workshop, please complete this request form, and a staff member will contact you.
Still not familiar with the CliftonStrengths language? Check out the definitions of commonly used terms.
- Approaches to the College of Business Administration (BUAD 100)
- Integrity: Becoming an Ethical Leader and Effective Communicator (BUAD 200)
- Impact: Becoming a Leader who Makes a Difference (BUAD 405)
- Servant Leadership and Social Justices Seminar (ELPS 211)
- Emerging Leaders (ELPS 310)
- Coached Leadership Skills (ELPS 350)
- Leadership Knoxville Scholars (ELPS 411)
- First-Year Studies (FYS 101)
- Interpersonal Leadership Development (ALEC 102)
- Introduction to Macro Social Work Practice (Social Work 511)
- Sports Management: Theory to Practice (RSM 350)
Workshop Offerings
Group workshops are facilitated by trained professionals at UT. Topics and duration of the sessions can be customized for you. Below is an overview of some of the sessions which can be facilitated for each target audience.
Our workshops are designed to help students unlock their potential through strengths-based learning and application. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the CliftonStrengths framework, explore key concepts such as strengths themes and domains, and discover practical strategies for personal growth and team collaboration.
Through engaging discussions, interactive activities, and opportunities for reflection, these workshops provide a dynamic and customized experience. Whether the focus is on individual development or enhancing group dynamics, participants will leave with actionable insights and tools to leverage their strengths and achieve their goals effectively.
The strengths-based approach can improve departmental culture, enhance employee experience, and help your teams learn to work better together. The Learning and Organizational Development team in Human Resources can come to your departmental meeting, retreat, or training and lead a workshop based on your unique goals.
Note: You will need a copy of your strengths report prior to attending any of these sessions for staff and faculty.
Workshops for Staff
CliftonStrengths for Staff, Now What?
Have you completed the CliftonStrengths assessment producing your Top 5 Strengths, but don’t really know what to do next? This is your opportunity to take a deeper dive into understanding your individual strengths and how to incorporate them into your work.
CliftonStrengths for Supervisors
Has your team taken the CliftonStrengths assessment and you find yourself wanting to utilize the results in your office more effectively? This is your opportunity to learn and apply strength-based supervision strategies for your team ultimately leading towards speaking the same language while encouraging growth and employee success.
Workshops for Faculty
Strengths-Based Faculty Workshop
The goal of this 90-120 minute workshop is to bring teams of faculty together to understand the philosophy behind using an asset-based approach with colleagues and students, delve into the CliftonStrengths report to examine one’s unique talents and abilities, and explore how these can be leveraged toward accomplishing our goals. This session can be curated to focus on the unique strengths that faculty bring to their collaborative teams or toward lifting our students’ strengths to elevate their success in the classroom.
Leading Change Using a Strengths-Based Approach
The goal of this 90-120 minute workshop is to assist teams in developing an intentional strategy as they approach organizational, process, or other significant changes in the workplace. Framed in the Lippitt-Knoster Model for Managing Complex Change, participants will be asked to consider not only the change they seek to enact, but also the unique skills and abilities they have to enact that change. The session will help individual team members and change leaders reflect on the skills they uniquely bring to the process, ask the group to consider their collective strengths, and examine potential challenges the team can mitigate by being mindful throughout their process. *Participants must first complete the “Strengths-Based Faculty Workshop” as a foundation for this session.
“‘Leading with CliftonStrengths has exponentially expanded my leadership vocabulary and deepened my understanding of myself, which made me feel more prepared and articulate in interviews and in leadership roles.”
—Grace Woodside, 2023 Ignite Student Director