Discover the power of your strengths
Understanding what truly energises you at work can transform the way you approach goals, collaborate with others and manage challenge and change. When people work from their strengths, they experience greater confidence, resilience and wellbeing, and teams perform at their best.
The School Performance team is offering staff and leaders a valuable opportunity to gain insight into strengths and how to use them deliberately at work, with flexible options for individuals and teams.
What is on offer?
Option 1: Individual strengths profiling
Skills Discovery Profile – choose from three options:
- Free Starter Profile, Introductory Profile ($36) or the Expert Profile ($70)*
- Free one-on-one personalised debrief session with Tammy Angel, Accredited Skills Discovery Profile Practitioner
Option 2: Team introduction session
Tammy can attend an existing team meeting to provide:
- a practical introduction to strengths-based development
- an overview of positive psychology and why strengths matter at work
- an engaging, safe and interactive activity to bring strengths concepts to life
This option is ideal for teams who are curious about strengths profiling and want to explore whether completing individual profiles or team debriefs would be valuable next steps.
Option 3: Team strengths profiling and debrief
Managers may choose to offer strengths profiling to their whole team, followed by:
- facilitated team debrief sessions
- a shared language around strengths
- practical strategies to improve collaboration, communication and wellbeing
What is Skills Discovery?
The Skills Discovery Strength Profile, formerly known as Strengths Profile, is a robust psychometric assessment grounded in positive psychology and occupational psychology research. It is designed to provide reliable insight into how people perform and how energising their work behaviours are, supporting sustainable development and wellbeing.
The assessment is completed online and takes around 20 minutes. You receive a personalised report identifying:
- realised strengths
- unrealised strengths
- learned behaviours
- weaknesses
Unlike other tools such as CliftonStrengths or Gallup, Skills Discovery not only identifies strengths but also highlights where you gain and lose energy. This distinction is critical, as sustainable performance depends not just on capability, but on how energising the work is over time.
Your personalised debrief
Following completion of your profile, Tammy will guide you through your results in a one-on-one debrief session. This supportive and practical conversation helps you to:
- understand your results in the context of your role
- recognise patterns in how you approach work and challenge
- unlock unrealised strengths for growth and adaptability
- develop strategies to reduce reliance on draining behaviours
The focus is on practical insight you can apply immediately.
Why is this valuable?
For individuals
Understanding your strengths allows you to make intentional choices about how you work, set goals that energise you and build confidence and resilience. Every day, talent is lost simply because people do not know what their strengths are or how to put them to work.
For teams and leaders
Teams that understand each other’s strengths collaborate more effectively, communicate with greater trust and navigate pressure more successfully. Strengths-based development supports leaders to bring out the best in their people.
For our organisation
A strengths-based approach supports engagement, productivity and wellbeing, all of which contribute to our shared mission. This work aligns closely with Catholic Education’s commitment to recognising the dignity, gifts and potential of every person.
What participants have said
“Tammy was an engaging and empathetic facilitator who helped us understand the evolution of positive psychology and the benefits of working with a strengths-based framework. She encouraged us in gentle and safe ways to explore our own strengths so we could grow as professionals and as a team.”
“I really enjoyed the Strength Profile Assessment. It was very well delivered, and Tammy was an excellent facilitator, knowledgeable, supportive and genuinely lovely. I would highly recommend this assessment.”
How can you use your Skills Discovery profile?
- set personal and professional goals aligned to energising strengths
- plan team priorities using complementary strengths
- prepare for leadership, development and performance conversations
- develop unrealised strengths for growth and flexibility
- reduce fatigue and improve wellbeing by managing draining behaviours
How to get involved
To participate individually, email Tammy Angel at tangel@cns.catholic.edu.au to book your debrief session.
If you are a leader or manager interested in:
- a team meeting introduction session, or
- strengths profiling and team debrief options
Please contact Tammy to discuss a tailored approach for your team.
*Starter Profile report reveals 9 skills, Introductory Profile report reveals 21 skills, Expert Profile report reveals up to 80 skills. The depth and length of the debrief will depend on the profile chosen, however the Expert Profile is highly recommended to gain richer insight and unlock greater potential.
