Overview
In March 2014, Leadership Rhode Island, in partnership with Gallup, launched Make RI Stronger, a multi-year initiative to dramatically improve Rhode Island through strengths-based training and education. This initiative emerged in response to a 2013 State of the American Workplace report that indicated RI had the highest percentage of ‘actively disengaged’ workers in the entire country and also to the oft-mentioned concern that Rhode Island suffers from low self-esteem and negative attitudes.
Make RI Stronger Impact
Thousands of managers, administrations, employees, self-employed people, job seekers and students have discovered their personal strengths since LRI launched this campaign. Many have learned how to apply their strengths with the help of 58 LRI-certified Strengths Coaches. And we're far from done. Here's just a snapshot of what we have achieved, together with our partners and the support of Gallup, since we launched in 2014.
Who We've Worked With
So far, more than 90 companies and organizations from every sector have invested in understanding, developing and leveraging the strengths of their people by engaging in LRI's CliftonStrengths training.
Strengths Services
LRI can provide the following professional development services.
Individual CliftonStrengths Assessment
Unlock your greatest potential by completing the CliftonStrengths assessment today!
In completing the CliftonStrengths assessment, you will join over 27,000 other Rhode Islanders who have discovered their greatest strengths since this initiative began.
Based on 40+ years of research into what sparks individual and team growth and development, and grounded in a strengths psychology framework, CliftonStrengths is a 35-minute online assessment of personal talent that provides a starting point to identify areas where your greatest potential for building strengths exist.
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Q12 Employee Engagement Surveys
To effectively measure the impact of a strengths-based intervention, companies need to know first how engaged employees are now.
If your company does not currently collect such information, LRI can implement Gallup’s Q12 Employee Engagement survey with all participating employees. This 10-minute, 12-question survey offers an effective tool that allows employers to measure and manage employee engagement in the workplace.
Team CliftonStrengths Coaching
The best organizations discover what comes naturally to people and position them to use their strengths to achieve consistent, near-perfect performance. A strengths-based approach creates a culture where employees have the opportunity to do what they do best every day because their talents are valued.
Organizations that make a strengths-based approach a priority enjoy greater productivity and profitability and a decrease in turnover. LRI, in partnership with your organization’s leadership team, will create a customized strengths approach to meet your specific needs.
Building STRONG Managers
Success of CliftonStrengths in the workplace depends on the integration of strengths into management and employee practices and daily operations. Managers hold the key to ensuring strengths becomes embedded in your company’s culture. This training will prepare managers to do this successfully.
LRI, in partnership with your leadership team and key personnel, will create a customized strengths approach to meet the specific needs of your management team.
LRI Train-the-Trainer Champions Program
LRI’s Train-the-Trainer Strengths Champions Program was designed and developed to expand the scale and sustainability of the ‘Make RI Stronger’ initiative. The program prepares participants to become strengths champions at their organizations. Through training and field experience, participants view strengths-in-action at strengths-based environments and access tools to build an organizational strengths plan.