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Designed for Impact™ · 4-Hour Live Workshop

You came for clarity.
You'll leave with a plan.

"The goal is not a room full of people who learned something. The goal is a room full of people who felt something — and then decided something."

Four hours. One room. One afternoon. No one leaves with just a feeling.

$129Per Person
4 hrHalf-Day Intensive
8–30Group Size
LiveIn Person Only
StrengthsByDesign™ · Live Workshop

Designed for
Impact™

Apply your strengths. In your room. This week.

Faith Edition
Leadership Edition
Youth Edition
Facilitated by Nandy Backoulou

1 in 33 million. That's the math.

The odds of someone else having your exact Top 5 in the same order — smaller than the population of California. We treat that as data, not poetry.

✦ What This Actually Is

A live, group transformation. Not a course. Not a webinar. A room.

The Mini Courses teach you. The Masterclass goes deep. This is different — this is what happens when a real group does the work together, in real time, with someone holding the room. The exercises don't work alone. The Mirror Line, the Pressure Test, the Hot Seat, the Commitment Line — every one of them needs other humans in the room. That's why this is the tier where actual change tends to land.

✦ Before You Come

Every participant arrives with their CliftonStrengths® Top 5.

CliftonStrengths® is the foundation of everything we do at StrengthsByDesign™. It's not optional — it's the language the workshop is built on. Each person in the room takes the assessment through Gallup before workshop day (about 30 minutes, ~$25 paid directly to Gallup) and arrives knowing their Top 5 themes. We handle the rest.

Where to take CliftonStrengths® →
✦ The Half-Day Flow

Four hours. One arc.

Open. Teach. Work. Move. Reflect. Decide. The structure is the same every time we run it — that's why it lands.

Hour 01

Open & Set the Room

The 1-in-33-million hook. Why your wiring matters. The four domains and how to spot yours. By the end of the first hour, every person in the room can name what they lead from.

Hour 02

Meet Your Themes

Now we go inside your Top 5. What each theme looks like at its best — and what it costs you when it runs without context. This is where most people first hear words for patterns they've lived with for years.

Hour 03

Live the Activity

One signature group exercise — chosen to fit your room. Speed-dating-style refinement, hot-seat affirmation, or partner reflection. The activity is where the framework moves from your head into the room.

Hour 04

Decide & Close

One commitment. Said out loud. In front of the people you came with. Not a plan — a decision, with a date attached. That's how this becomes something you actually use, not something you forget by Friday.

Specific exercises and emphasis adapt to your group, your edition (Faith / Leadership / Youth), and your goals. We finalize the agenda with you in advance.

✦ What You Walk Out With

Three things you keep. Not just feelings.

"No one leaves with just a feeling."

— 01 —

A shared language

Your team, your church, your group walks out using the same words for how each person is wired. The friction that never showed up on the org chart finally has a name. That language stays in the room long after we leave.

— 02 —

One real commitment

Each person leaves with one specific commitment said out loud — not a vague intention, a real decision with a date attached. Said in front of the people they came with, so the room becomes the accountability.

— 03 —

The StrengthsByDesign™ framework

Four domains. Thirty-four themes. One way of seeing your people that you'll use every week — at home, in your ministry, in your meetings. A lens you keep using long after we leave the room.

✦ Three Editions · One Framework

Three editions. Same workshop.

Same workshop arc. Same exercises. Same outcomes. The language and the references shift to fit the room you're in. Pick the edition that matches your audience — or talk to us about a custom adaptation.

Faith Edition · Available Now

Designed on Purpose

"Psalm 139 is not a comfort scripture. It is a design blueprint."

For: Churches, ministry leaders, faith-based teams, and small group communities.

  • Built around scripture — Psalm 139, 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12 as the spine
  • Biblical exemplars per domain: Nehemiah, Peter, Ruth, Solomon, Deborah
  • The Declaration framed in calling, not just career
  • Designed for staff teams, elder boards, small group leaders, ministry retreats
Leadership Edition · Now Booking

Designed for Leadership

"You cannot lead what you do not understand — starting with yourself."

For: Executives, managers, founders, and corporate cohorts.

  • Real corporate exemplars and case studies replace biblical references
  • Each theme translated into observable leadership behaviors
  • Two Settings Audit goes deep on home + work tension
  • Designed for management teams, ERGs, leadership development, founder cohorts
Youth Edition · Coming Soon

Designed for Greatness

"You are not behind. You are wired differently — and that is your edge."

For: Students, teens, young adults, mentoring programs.

  • Age-appropriate examples and language built for ages 14–22
  • Identity-focused exercises — who you are before what you do
  • The Declaration framed around future and possibility, not job titles
  • Designed for high school groups, college programs, youth ministry, mentoring orgs

All three editions run the same four-week arc, deliver the same three artifacts, and use the same exercises. The only thing that changes is the door you walk through.

✦ Format & Logistics

Live only. In person. Always.

How it runs

A real room. Moveable chairs. Pens, not pencils.

  • Group sizeBest for 8 to 30 people. Smaller cohorts go deeper, larger cohorts get more variety in the activities.
  • SetupChairs in a circle or horseshoe. Room must allow movement — the activities are kinetic, not seated.
  • Meeting cadenceOne session per week for four consecutive weeks. Same day, same time, same room.
  • WhereYour space (church, office, retreat center) — or we coordinate a venue together for hosted cohorts.
  • Investment$129 per person. We come to you for groups of 8 or more.

Why live only

There's a reason we never put this on Zoom.

  • The Mirror Line needs facesEight rounds of speed-dating refinement only works when you can see someone tear up two seats over. Camera grids flatten that.
  • The Hot Seat needs the roomThe most healing ten minutes of the workshop is being seen by real humans. The cascade of voices is the medicine — chat boxes don't carry that weight.
  • Silence does the workThe pauses between exercises are where insight lands. Virtual rooms fill silence with awkwardness. Real rooms let it breathe.
  • So we made a choiceThis workshop only runs in person. If you want it for your group, we come to you.
✦ Included for every participant

Everything you need in the room.

Workbook for every participant Top 5 reading guide Theme cards for the activities Domain reference sheets Edition-specific materials (Faith / Leadership / Youth) Lifetime access to digital workbook
✦ Bring This to Your Room

Four hours. One decision.

"Whatever brought you here — that challenge you've been navigating, that decision you couldn't quite make, that hope you've been holding onto — your strengths were designed for it."

$129 Per Person · Live · In Person Only

Questions? Email nandy@mystrengthsbydesign.com

Until we meet again — you were designed for THIS.

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