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"Because you're unique, there's something you are better at than anybody else."
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The Dependable Strengths Articulation Process (DSAP)®
About Dependable Strengths® The Spirit of Dependable Strengths® The Dependable Strengths Articulation Process (DSAP)® is an intervention which increases a person’s self-esteem, motivation to achieve, and responsible behavior. Recent studies indicate that those in the DSAP® workshops are also likely to experience change in locus of control from external to internal, and will feel more of an influence on their futures. Other research indicates that participants will use their knowledge of Dependable Strengths® to make further education, training, and career decisions to reduce the stress in their lives, to focus more on being productive in positive ways, to feel stronger in resistance to drug and alcohol abuse, to relate to others with less conflict, and to communicate more clearly. Exactly how this happens is a wonderful mystery. Each man, woman, and young person wants to grow in his or her own way. Growing requires change, and is feared because it involves the unknown. What is known is that people rarely apply as much as 20 percent of their potential, so there is much room for growth. When people come to know more of their resources and potential they become less afraid of stepping into the future. The idea that people learn and grow through their mistakes has become traditional. In DSAP®, a new process is started: learning from successes and discovering Good Experiences through which each person can recognize and use more of his or her potential. In addition, by uncovering one’s own Dependable Strengths, one becomes free to use, develop, or combine them in different ways to accommodate change. Change, then, comes to mean adaptation and flexibility, rather than the unknown and feared. Old tradition says, “Find out what you did wrong and never do it again.” New wisdom says, “Find out what you did right, so you can be sure to do it again.” The old way suggests moving ahead while looking back over your shoulder. The new way suggests moving forward by finding safe footholds and continuing to climb. -- Bernard Haldane, Originator DSAP® (1911-2002) Dependable Strengths® began in 1945 to help military personnel transition their skills to civilian life. Its overwhelming success in this area won the attention of Harvard Business School where it went on to become a significant part of its Manual for Alumni Placement. Today, Dependable Strengths® can be found in use throughout the world. The Center for Dependable Strengths® (CDS) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under IRS code section 501 (C) 3. A volunteer Board of Directors, made up of community members governs CDS, each bringing with them a diverse background. This varied combination of members is one of the strengths of CDS. CDS board members share the philosophy that by giving a little of what they have, the Dependable Strengths® approach and philosophy can be shared with an ever increasing circle of users. The mission of the Center for Dependable Strengths® is to enhance individual potential through use of the Dependable Strengths Articulation Process® with the widest variety of people and organizations - resulting in increased employability, self-esteem, teamwork, productivity, motivation, and greater career and life satisfaction. The Dependable Strengths Articulation Process (DSAP)® The following is just a taste of what's a deceptively intricate and involved process. For more on this, contact Pete Terlaak, CPC - pete@coachforfreedom.com - 206.525.6902 Step 1: Remember Step 2: Prioritize Step 3: Describe Step 4: Uncover Step 5: Reality Test Drs. Bernard & Jean Haldane, Originators of The Dependable Strengths Articulation Process® The late Dr. Bernard Haldane founded Bernard Haldane Associates, Inc. in 1947 and now hundreds of professional counselors apply his systems in hundreds of major-city offices worldwide. Though the company still bears his name, he no longer has a connection to it. Dr. Haldane is the author of several books including Career Satisfaction and Success, How to Make a Habit of Success, Young Adult Career Planning, Job Power Now! and numerous articles that have appeared in Newsweek, Harvard Business Review, Personnel and others. By 1977, Dr. Haldane moved to Seattle and began advising hundreds of churches, businesses, social services agencies and colleges. He helped laid-off Boeing employees with career counseling during the 1980s and 90s. Through a culmination of experiences, and with the assistance of his wife, Dr. Jean Haldane, Dr. Haldane evolved the idea of marketing one's strengths and potential in everyday life with a focus on helping children and the poor build their self-esteem. This idea was the seed that blossomed into the Dependable Strengths Articulation Process®, a process that has since spread worldwide. |
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