Workshop | One Size Fits One: The Impact of Strength-Based Development on the Bottom Line

Driving for results in an organization is essential to maintaining a successful business. The best way to achieve those results comes from a committed and engaged workforce, but we often settle for committed employees alone. Maybe because the level of productivity seems to overpower the threat of disengagement or perhaps the process to overhaul the current culture of not checking in beyond the work to be done seems too time consuming. Either way, the health of the organization suffers when employees are not engaged. This workshop focuses on how adding the equitable lens of strength-based development can positively impact employee engagement and help build a committed and engaged workforce.

This workshop will use research from Gallup to highlight the high rate of disengaged employees in the workforce. Additional data will show improved engagement rates with the introduction of strengths-based practices at work and how these practices also improve one’s quality of life outside of work.

Through the exploration of the CliftonStrength philosophy and original research question by Don Clifton, this workshop seeks to correlate the feeling of belonging and psychological safety in the workplace to an equity-centered approach to development in resistance to the conventional approach to development.

Workshop attendees should leave with a better understanding of how to shift their own experiences at work by articulating their needs and be prepared to advocate for others by creating a business case to change how their organization measures success.

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🔗 Clifton Strengths

Breanna Jackson, MBA, SHRM-CP is the founder and principal of The Refining Company (www.therefiningco.com), an independent learning and development firm designed to support individuals and teams to understand their value through strength-based development.

A strong HR leader and Gallup-certified Strengths coach, Breanna enjoys empowering audiences to create individual development plans that help them become the professionals they want to be by activating what she calls ‘office confidence.’ Office confidence is to unapologetically articulate your professional brand, value and strengths in the workplace to improve your career well-being.. Breanna encourages her clients to learn more about what they naturally do well and how to leverage that uniqueness in the workplace as a culture add and way to maximize relationships with colleagues and leaders.

Breanna is a dynamic speaker whose energy is contagious. Her genuine excitement for the success of others is undeniable and a welcomed experience. Breanna's focus on strength-based development encourages her audiences to show up at work authentically and fearlessly. A breath of fresh air, Breanna's transparency and wit make her your workplace cheerleader you never knew you had.

In addition to leading The Refining Company, Breanna leads the strategic development and implementation of learning programs for the most diverse county in Oregon–Washington County.

Because of her commitment to learning and development work, Breanna was named a 2022 Excellence in Learning & Performance Award recipient (TiER1 Performance).

Breanna graduated from Hampton University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and Communications and in 2017, received her MBA from Concordia University (Portland, Oregon).