Case Situation: Minnesota Engineering, LLC has been operating in the Twin Cities for over 20 years. Chris Pilcher founded the company, which provides product design services. The company has grown to over 150 employees. Over the past 12 months Chris has noticed a decline in productivity at the company. He has received several complaints from customers about projects that are behind schedule and the Company’s profit margins have been dropping due to increased cost. Chris’ “gut feel” is that the problems are in part a result of declining motivation and morale among the engineering work force. Chris has contacted you for help. “We have a problem,” he said during your initial meeting. “Our leaders are great engineers, but they are not motivating our work teams. The situation is really hurting our customer relationships and costing us money.” Chris continued, “I recently read an article about companies using a “strengths mindset” to improve morale and performance. Do you think that approach might help us? How could we implement a strengths mindset here?” Questions (Analysis Section): 1. Do some outside research on specific people and companies that have applied Strengths Finder and the Strengths Mindset to their business and careers (be sure to cite your sources). List some advantages and disadvantages of this approach. 2. What is the leader’s role in developing a strengths mindset in the organization? 3. What are some practical ideas from Strengths Finder 2.0 and your research that Chris could implement to improve employee motivation and performance?