As a leader, one of the greatest gifts that you can offer your people is access to tools, knowledge, and opportunities that will help them build their capacity to contribute their best. It’s a way to ‘Give the work back to the people.’ It provides them the possibility for success and is a win-win for […]
Successfully Developing Your People
Over the past 18 years, I’ve had the privilege to partner with some amazing organizations that realize that prioritizing the personal and professional development of their people is the core, or heart, of their culture of trust and success. People are absolutely amazing in what they give back to the organizations that invest in them […]
Leveraging Team Strengths
I attended the 2018 Minnesota ICF Awards honoring organizations and business that are integrating coaching into their culture. Each nominee spoke of the importance of focusing their development efforts on improving their organization’s culture in order to improve results. Aligning the right people with diverse strengths to problem solve and execute a plan is essential. […]
Be A Great Change Leader. Establish a Plan.
I’ve observed that the most successful change agents involve their people early in the strategic process. Their knowledge and expertise are valuable in creating the plan and early involvement builds buy-in to the process. Your people want to be a part of a successful endeavor whenever that is possible. It’s a feel-good experience all around […]
Prevailing Over a Good-Enough Culture
In this final post on Good-Enough Cultures I’ll highlight two examples of Leaders who do not settle for good enough. I’ve worked with both of these leaders. Taking deep dives into their strengths and building their capacity as leaders was transformative for them in how they see their people and lead their teams. They felt […]
Sparking Passion
In my work, I find that leaders who hold close the best interest of their team members and encourage and inspire them to be their best selves. They see themselves in relationship to and with their team, believing in the value of their people and demonstrating trust and respect for their contribution to the team. […]
Performance + Passion
Intentionally Recognize and Reinforce Passion
She desired a better and deeper understanding of her strengths, helping her work with and live a life with the gifts and talents she brings to the world. This conversation was a heartwarming experience. Strengths Coaching doesn’t get much sweeter than that. With a tangible passion for what she is great at, she has a […]
What You Can Do to Ignite Passion and Performance
We have spent the past few weeks examining the dynamics of teams. If you, as a leader, have committed to your personal reflection and growth then you have the opportunity to leverage your insights and learning to inspire the people you lead. The more clear you become about your purpose or calling the more authentic […]
When Teams Lack Accountability
Why Accountability? Everyone talks about it. Leaders want it. Employees are often afraid of it. What about it is so difficult and elusive? Who do you need to be as a leader to make accountability stick? What does it take to establish accountability touch points? And, for the sake of what? I am always asking […]
Diana Gabriel, PPC