CliftonStrengths Coaching & Team Development
High-performing organisations recognise that people perform best when they understand how they naturally contribute. CliftonStrengths provides a structured way for individuals and teams to identify their talents and apply them more effectively in their work.
Through individual coaching and team workshops, CliftonStrengths helps organisations strengthen leadership, improve collaboration, and develop a shared language for performance and development.
What is CliftonStrengths?
CliftonStrengths is a strengths-based development framework created by Gallup. The assessment identifies 34 talent themes that represent an individual’s natural patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
Rather than focusing primarily on weaknesses, CliftonStrengths helps individuals understand what they do best and how to apply those talents intentionally in their roles.
Organisations that adopt strengths-based development often see improvements in:
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employee engagement
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leadership effectiveness
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team collaboration
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productivity and performance
The 34 talent themes are organised into four leadership domains, each describing how individuals contribute to team success.
The Four CliftonStrengths Domains
CliftonStrengths 1:1 Coaching
Individual coaching provides a structured opportunity to explore how an individual’s strengths influence their work, leadership style, and professional development.
Sessions focus on translating CliftonStrengths insights into practical application.
Typical coaching topics include:
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interpreting the individual’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths themes
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understanding how strengths influence decision-making and behaviour
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recognising potential blind spots or overused talents
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applying strengths to leadership, communication, and work challenges
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developing strategies to use strengths more intentionally
Coaching sessions are typically 60–90 minutes and can be conducted in person or virtually.
Team Workshops
Half-Day CliftonStrengths Workshop
A half-day workshop introduces teams to strengths-based development and provides a foundation for understanding how individual talents contribute to team effectiveness.
Typical outcomes include:
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understanding the CliftonStrengths framework and the four domains
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exploring each team member’s Top 5 strengths
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identifying complementary strengths within the team
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improving communication and collaboration
This format is well suited for team offsites, leadership groups, and newly formed teams.
Full-Day CliftonStrengths Workshop
A full-day workshop provides deeper exploration of team dynamics and how strengths influence performance, leadership, and collaboration.
The workshop typically includes:
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detailed review of team strengths profiles
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exploration of partnership and collaboration patterns
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discussion of common sources of misunderstanding or conflict
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strategies for leveraging strengths across the team
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development of a team action plan
This format is often used for leadership teams, strategy sessions, and organisational development initiatives.
CliftonStrengths & The Forte Model
The FORTE Leadership & Team Culture Model integrates strengths discovery with mapping your team culture, providing a powerful framework to drive performance and engagement.
The programme typically includes:
Individual component
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CliftonStrengths assessment
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personalised strengths insights
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individual coaching session
Team component
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half-day or full-day workshop
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team strengths and emotional culture mapping and analysis
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collaboration and partnership insights
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practical strategies for applying strengths in daily work
Workshops using the FORTE fram help organisations bring out the best in people to build both individual self-awareness and stronger team effectiveness.
Discover the power of CliftonStrengths
CliftonStrengths is a powerful tool on its own that helps teams understand how they work best — individually and together.
Whether you are planning a team offsite, leadership development session, or organisational initiative, strengths-based development can provide a clear and practical framework.
Let’s discuss how this could work for your team.