Description
Strengths-based Leadership: Creating Workplaces that Work
Note: This workshop has limited capacity. This is an online, interactive workshop on September 11, 2025 from 8:45am-12pm ET. Participants will use Zoom to join with both video and audio. This workshop is sponsored by The Region IV Public Health Training Center.
Training Overview
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Vibrant workplace culture helps retain staff and improve productivity, while toxic culture does the opposite.
Leaders shape both the direction of their organizations and also shape the culture. Successful leaders are self-aware and recognize their roles in shaping culture. They can identify strengths in themselves and others and know how to leverage them to build a productive culture. This workshop uses Gallup’s CliftonStrengths assessment to help emerging and established public health leaders navigate the path of building positive workplace culture through understanding their strengths.
Prior to the workshop, all participants will take the CliftonStrengths assessment and receive descriptions of their top five strengths. These results will be discussed in depth during the workshop through the lens of leadership and creating workplace culture. This workshop also includes use of the Team Strengths Grid, which helps to visualize the collective strengths for teams of all sizes. The workshop will be highly interactive and participatory and will provide avenues to help participants bring CliftonStrengths back to their own teams.
About the Trainer
Dr. Ariela Freedman is an experienced trainer with 25 years of experience in education and public health, including CDC, state and local public health departments, nonprofits, and schools. She also works with corporate clients and health care professionals, with a specific focus on empowering women.
As a Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths coach, she facilitates workshops that develop skills in leadership, management, communication, and team building. Ariela’s workshops are known for being interactive, creative, fun, and designed for immediate use. She is also a career transition coach who helps people make career shifts that are aligned with their strengths and values.
Ariela has a PhD in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education from Emory University and an MPH from the University of Minnesota. Ariela also has a Master of Arts in Teaching.
Ariela began her career as a high school English, Drama, and Debate teacher in Chicago. She later directed health programming at Head Start in Minneapolis, then served as an Assistant Professor in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
In addition to her consulting work, Ariela is a recording artist and sings with her synagogue choir and her trio, The Mamalehs. She also teaches art workshops in her home art studio.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,404,138. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
Objectives
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Describe the overarching approach to building a strengths-based workplace culture.
- Analyze their Top 5 strengths as applied to leadership in the workplace.
- Evaluate the Team Strengths Grid to determine strategies for approaching teamwork.
- Select strategies for bringing strengths back to their own workplaces to develop themselves and others while ultimately improving team performance.
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate PHPA Updated: Strengths-based
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