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Authentic Leaders Put Values Into Practice

September 19, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Values, Practice, Authentic, Leader, Create, Lasting, Value, Self-Aware, Vulnerability, Grace, Champion, Culture, Engagement, Relationships, Teamwork, Goals, Professionalism, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

“Rediscovering the secrets to creating lasting value.” This is the subtitle to Bill George’s book, Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value.  The statement,  “… creating lasting value” captures the heart of being an authentic leader. We need to ask the question, what does creating lasting value look like? What do I need […]

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Training Your Managers

July 15, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Once you have the right or best mix of people for your team do you tend to your own EI development? Do you offer your people opportunities to enhance their own EI? What do you do to create a people-centered, We culture? One that is focused on engagement with everyone as they contribute their very […]

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Provide Training To Be A Great Change Leader

September 6, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Inspire, Vision, Enable, Acknowledge, Celebrate, Contribution, Training, Change, Leader, Collaboration, Teamwork, Buy-In, Celebrate, Progress, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

Being a Great Change Leader is one of those paradoxes where it’s not about you and all about you. To lead a wildly successful change process you need to be able to inspire your people through your vision and to enable them to do the work that makes the vision happen. Then, your acknowledgment and […]

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Be A Great Change Leader. Establish a Plan.

August 30, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Change, Leader, Plan, Involvement, Early, Lead, Manage, Pillars, Employees, People, Staff, Engagement, Vision, Encouragement, Investment, Resources, Experts, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

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 […]

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How to Hire for Passion

August 7, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

Vision, Passion, Performance, Hire For It, Encourage, Passionate Leader, Values, Articulate, Exhibit, Culture, Team Members, Peers, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

In my work as a Strengths Based Sustainable Leadership Coach I witness the passion and the joy that people exude when their strengths are aligned with their job responsibilities. They’re enthusiastic about contributing their gifts and talents to the big picture and what they are charged to accomplish. This is most powerful when the vision […]

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Earning Trust by being an Authentic Leader

May 24, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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The leaders that I coach tend to be self-aware, heart-centered leaders. They’re committed to making a difference and to leading from a place of empowering others to be their very best by employing their Strengths at work. These leaders desire the best for their people and for the companies and institutions they work for. While […]

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Authentic Leaders Convey Credibility

May 15, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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This week has been a whirlwind of lessons in authenticity. Observing and pondering conversations and circumstances through my Strengths Intelligence lens has reminded, me once again, how very different our individual common sense is because it is informed by our unique Strengths. When I step back from a situation and attempt to understand it through […]

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Becoming the Authentic Leader
Your People Need

April 26, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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As we think about and talk about leading from the inside out we see that when leader, like you, slow down enough to focus on what it means and what it takes to lead from the inside out you become more authentic. When what you say, how you say it and the actions you take […]

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Yearning for Leadership Purpose

February 14, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Throughout my years coaching leaders, purpose has been a constant thread. Leaders, like you, are looking to have greater impact through meaning and purpose in your work. Clarifying and articulating your purpose, your calling or your why seems elusive. It often feels difficult to identify on your own. While yearning to know what it is, […]

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Working with Diana was great. She helped me identify my leadership strengths and find ways to use them to maximize my value to the organization as I transitioned into a new role with greater responsibility.
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