EXERCISE 2 - KNOWING YOURS AND OTHERS CHARACTER STRENGTHS

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Option A: The strength pool

1. The participants are divided into groups of 3-5 people.

2. Each group is given a set of strength cards and whiteboard markers.

3. Ask the participants to lay out the cards on the table/floor

4. First they should - each one at a time - pick their five top strengths. If they have the same strengths they can write their names on the strength cards to indicate that there are more than one. The groups’ strengths should be put in a separate pool.

5. Afterwards, ask them to find one or two other strengths or skills that they have and write them on the blank cards or on post-its and add them to the pool.

6. Ask them to discuss what their shared “strength pool” has, how they complement each other and if there are strengths they would like/need to have in a future business.

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Option B: Building your strengths

1. Divide the participants in groups of 3-4.

2. Hand out creative materials; tape, scissors and straws.

3. Ask them to consider their number one strength e.g. honesty and share it with the group.

4. Now the group has to build/model/design/draw their top strengths. It should be done together, so that the groups take one participant’s top strength at a time.

5. When they are done the groups get 10 minutes to circulate and see the other groups’ artistic expressions of strengths.

Knowing my strengths and how to use them