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How to Keep Your Managers Engaged

July 25, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Engagement, Expectations, Demonstrate, Management, Team, Optimize, Motivation, Purpose, Relationships, Success, Recognition, Growth, Empower, Skills, Performance, Evaluation, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

Engagement is a buzzword right now and continues to be an important driving force for creating teams of excellence. As a leader or manager you must walk the talk of your expectations. What do you do to demonstrate engagement? This is part 4 of the 4-part series on Optimizing Your Management Team by Diana Gabriel, Certified […]

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What Causes Our Fear Failure?

May 31, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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I’m curious, what do you know to be true of your fear of failure? Part 3 of the 5-part series on The Fear of Failure by Diana Gabriel, Certified Strengths Strategy Coach.  We’ve been talking about the challenges that leaders face. One of the big ones is fear of failure, even though many refuse to admit to anyone […]

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When Teams Lack Clear Expectations

July 11, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

Trust, Healthy Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, Expectations, Human Factor, Inattention to Results, Dysfunction, Track Progress, Affirmation, Acknowledgement, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

I have spent the last several weeks talking about and looking at the function of teams. A team’s greatest success or failure often rests on the shoulders of you as their leader. Your understanding of who you are and how you show up with your team has the potential to greatly influence in how they […]

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When Teams Lack Accountability

June 29, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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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 […]

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Effective leaders have a vision: Where are we going? For the sake of what are we doing this?

August 29, 2016 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Fully embracing both the challenge and opportunity to lead with your eyes wide open takes courage. No one feels fully prepared for the breath of responsibilities and skills that are needed to successfully lead people and serve the organization simultaneously — I’ve learned this in my work with talented leaders. There is an art and […]

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Four Promises of Effective Leaders

August 22, 2016 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Have you ever wondered — what makes a leader stand out as remarkably effective? Being a Strengths Leadership Coach, I am always curious about that question. I observe, I listen, I study and I ask a lot of questions, always seeking the answer to that question. If you want to be a successful leader, being […]

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