strengths-based
Highlighting positive capacities
Strengths-based describes an approach that focuses on what someone does well rather than their deficits or problems.
Common in social work, education, and therapy, it assumes people grow more effectively when building on existing capabilities: a strengths-based assessment, strengths-based coaching.
The philosophy contrasts with deficit models that emphasize fixing weaknesses.
Study of human flourishing
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- GallupLeading survey firm
- CliftonPassaic County municipality
flourishing · well-being · appreciative · potential · capability · self-efficacy · optimism · competence
Gaining authority or confidence
- client-centeredOriented toward the served
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- solution-focusedPrioritizing fixes over complaints
- trauma-informedAware of wounding's effects
recovery · self-determination · advocacy · wraparound · case management · harm reduction · peer support · holistic
Made unlike others
- learner-centeredPrioritizing pupil over curriculum
- giftedGiven as present
- talent developmentCultivating employee skills and abilities
- multiple intelligencesDistinct human cognitive capacities
personalized · scaffolding · growth mindset · competency · aptitude · inclusive · individualized · enrichment
Professional guidance for problems
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- reframingChanging interpretive context
- self-compassionGentle understanding toward oneself
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
validation · goal-setting · intervention · wellness · rehabilitation
Developing and keeping employees
- performance coachingGuided professional improvement process
- team buildingFostering workplace collaboration
- succession planningPreparing for leadership transitions
- workforce developmentBuilding employable skills
retention · motivation · professional development · mentoring · feedback · onboarding
positive psychology
Study of human flourishing
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- GallupLeading survey firm
Clifton · flourishing · well-being · appreciative · potential · capability · self-efficacy · optimism · competence · mastery
empowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
- client-centeredOriented toward the served
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- solution-focusedPrioritizing fixes over complaints
trauma-informed · recovery · self-determination · advocacy · wraparound · case management · harm reduction · peer support · holistic
differentiated
Made unlike others
- learner-centeredPrioritizing pupil over curriculum
- giftedGiven as present
- talent developmentCultivating employee skills and abilities
multiple intelligences · personalized · scaffolding · growth mindset · competency · aptitude · inclusive · individualized · enrichment · accommodation
counseling
Professional guidance for problems
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- reframingChanging interpretive context
- self-compassionGentle understanding toward oneself
affirmation · validation · goal-setting · intervention · wellness · rehabilitation
talent management
Developing and keeping employees
- performance coachingGuided professional improvement process
- team buildingFostering workplace collaboration
- succession planningPreparing for leadership transitions
workforce development · retention · motivation · professional development · mentoring · feedback · onboarding
- work stylescollaborative, hierarchical, agile, flexible, structured
- caseworkcase notes, case file, case review, caseload, case load
strengths-basedremedial
Intended to fix problems
pathogenic · diagnostic · trauma-focused · corrective · compensatory
strength, strengths, strong, stronger, strongest, strongly, strengthen, strengthens, strengthened