As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach I have seen how a strengths approach can make a difference for employees, customers and companies. It’s a win-win. The Gallup Organization does amazing research on the strengths based approach and how it can help your employees, managers and organization. Here are a few excellent articles to learn more. […]
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Building a Strengths Based Leadership Brand
What Does Your Brand of Leadership? this article was featured on the Virgin entrepreneur blog Leaders can be effective with a variety of styles. There is no one size fits all model for success. While some study the styles of others, it’s even more important to develop your natural style that plays to your strengths. […]
Managing the Millennial Factor
Millennials are an important part of the workplace. There are 73 million millennials who were born between 1980 and 1996. Their voice matters and if companies, teams and people are going to be successful, managers need to understand this growing segment of the workforce and manage them more effectively. When people are not engaged at […]
Strengths Partnering for Greater Success
If you had to list 3 things that annoy and frustrate you about people you work with or 3 strengths and ways the people you work with add value and contribute to the team, which would be easier for you? When I ask this question in my Leveraging Strengths for Success Team Seminar, the answer […]
The Strengths Spectrum: Where Do You Stand?
We all have strengths — defined by Gallup as the ability to consistently provide near perfect performance (ie, the customer service rep who can consistently turn an angry customer into a happy customer). Strengths are not just something you are good at — they need to give you energy. Sometimes we use our strengths effectively […]
Strengths Drive Performance
Would you prefer to spend your time doing something you enjoy or something that drains your energy and makes you wonder if it’s time to find another job? The research from Gallup suggests that when we leverage our strengths we are more engaged, productive and profitable. Specifically, people who have the opportunity to use their […]
Why Strengths Matter
* This article was featured on the Wharton Magazine Blog Our strengths define who we are. They make us unique. The surprising part is many people do not know their strengths and others do not effectively use them. To the extent we can use our strengths, people are six times more likely to be “engaged” […]
