Strengths Based Leadership: Empowering Your Teams to Thrive

Strengths-Based Leadership: Empowering Your Teams to Thrive

Effective leadership starts with self-awareness. This workshop enables leaders to gain a deeper understanding of their unique strengths and how these shape their leadership style, decision-making, and management approach. By uncovering their signature talents, leaders will learn to lead with authenticity and leverage their natural capabilities to inspire and influence others effectively.

Leading with Strength and Agility

Through interactive discussions and practical exercises, participants will discover how to individualize their leadership approach to meet the diverse needs of their teams. They will also learn tactical strategies to build high-performing, motivated, and resilient teams—fostering a strengths-driven culture that enhances collaboration, engagement, and long-term success.

By the end of this workshop, learners will:

• Gain insights into their leadership potential by exploring their top Clifton Strengths and how these shape their decision-making, communication, and influence.
• Individualize their leadership approach by recognizing the unique strengths of team members and aligning them with team goals.
• Identify blind spots and growth areas within their strengths to ensure balanced and effective leadership.
• Apply tactical guidance to harness strengths for building engaged, successful, and happy teams.
• Foster a strengths-based culture that enhances collaboration, trust, and sustainable performance.

This course is perfect for:

• Mid-Level Managers and Team Leaders – Leaders who want to understand their unique strengths, enhance team engagement, and lead with greater impact.
• Senior Executives and Department Heads – Experienced leaders seeking to refine their leadership style and foster a strengths-based culture for sustained success.
• Emerging Leaders and High-Potential Talent – Aspiring or newly appointed managers looking to build self-awareness and confidence in their leadership capabilities.
• HR Practitioners, L&D Specialists, and Coaches – Professionals who aim to apply CliftonStrengths principles in leadership development, coaching, and organizational initiatives.

“ After the workshop you conducted for us, it had made me recognise the strengths of my team members better and work to focus on their strengths which made all of us more effective and happy. Now I can better lead them more effectively”.

“The workshop is immersive and engaging, I enjoyed learning more about others who are so vastly different from myself”.

“It was a great chance to talk to other members of the company I haven’t interacted with before and hear some of their thoughts”.

“I was able to discover and understand my strengths!”

“ She is very energetic person and make the session very interesting.”

“She did an excellent job in helping me understand and harness my strengths using Clifton Strengths Assessment”

Kelly Kan: Expert Coach and Counsellor in Positive Psychology and Well-Being

Kelly has over 15 years of coaching and counselling experience in the corporate sector as well as in the social services. She has been providing coaching, training for employees and managers of Fortune 500 companies and government organizations. She has coached employees and managers in managing their personal and work challenges.

Using the strength-based approach, she identifies and works with coachees to utilize their strengths, helping them to align themselves to their personal and career goals and achieve the professional success they are aiming for.

In addition, Kelly had been involved in delivering talks and providing training to employees to increase their organization and personal effectiveness. She ran talks and workshops in relation to mental health and well-being. Topics she spoke include: Positive Psychology, Work-Life Balance, Stress Management, and Teamwork etc. Kelly is also an adjunct lecturer in a local polytechnic and she teaches regularly on topics such as Positive Psychology, Coaching Skills, Emotional Intelligence for leaders and HR Professionals. 

Kelly has also been involved in conducting people management training such as Leading & Managing Change to companies who are undergoing changes. She has been called up to provide crisis debriefing and training in crisis situations (such as suicides, sexual assaults, accidents, plane incidents, etc.)

Kelly believes that people are capable of so much more than just surviving. Her passion is supporting others to lead a happy and fulfilling life. 

Education & Certificates:

• Master of Social Science (Counselling)
• Master of Science in Applied Positive Psychology
• Post-graduate diploma in Positive Organisational Psychology and Leadership
• Professional Certified Coach (ICF)
• Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
• Reiss Motivation Profile Master