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Failure?

January 21, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

What if you created a culture within your organization where failure is accepted, acknowledged, and celebrated? If failure were not a shameful or blameful act would you and your people take more risks? Would you be more innovative? Imagine the possibilities within a culture where leaning in, contributing the full range of your gifts and […]

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Learning from Mistakes

January 7, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Vulnerable, Transparent, Mistakes, Failures, Common, Trauma, Learning, Opportunity, Shame, Blame, Avoiding, Self-Criticism, Fear, Self-Awareness, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

When you’re a perfectionist or achievement orientated one of the most difficult things to consistently and authentically do is to be vulnerable and transparent about mistakes and failures. It takes a lot of courage to be authentically vulnerable with your team and the people you care about. Many of us worry about what people will […]

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Leadership Resilience – The Art of Bouncing Back

December 10, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Resilience, Bounce Back, Reframe, Failure, Response, Successful, Leadership, Risk, Learning, Mindset, Education, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

As a fan of Brené Brown’s work, I’m grateful for how her work has facilitated my reframing of what I have viewed as failures, allowing me to see how these experiences have formed my character and backbone as an authentic leader. It’s a struggle, at times, feeling as if it’s culturally counterintuitive to not feel […]

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The Secret of Successful Leadership

November 12, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Learning, Teaching, Mentor, Goals, Needs, Wishes, Growth, Development, Confidence, Self-Awareness, Capacity, Advancement, Contribute, Engagement, Motivator, Input, Feedback, Progress, Ideas, Lessons, Insight, Support, Direction, Foundation, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

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 […]

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Leveraging Your People’s Strengths

October 1, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Potential, Tools, Guidance, Contribute, Value, Leverage, Learn, Grow, Education, Training, Opportunities, Capabilities, Contribution, Share, Knowledge, Mentoring, Advancement, Involvement, Culture, People, Employees, Development, Communication, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

One of the greatest gifts a leader can give their people is to believe in their potential. Provide them with tools such as the strengths assessment, offer guidance and invite them to contribute the best of themselves to the greater whole. Your people feel valued and want to become engaged in an interdependent culture where […]

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Leveraging Team Strengths

September 26, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Organization, Culture, Teams, Synergy, Innovation, Motivation, Inspire, Learn, Unity, Results, Engagement, Inclusion, Innovation, Productivity, Empowered Team, Ownership, Pride, Enthusiasm, Interdependence, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

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. […]

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Perspective Is Everything When We Fear Failure

June 6, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Fear, Failure, Perspective, Embrace, Discomfort, Learn, Mindset, Struggle, Shift, Human, Experience, Manage, Healthy Fear, Strategies, Acknowledge, Survive, Thrive, Grow, Wisdom, Work Ethic, Self-Improvement, Humility, Openness, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

In our culture failure has been given a negative stigma. Instead, we should embrace failure as something to strive for when leading to the edge of our capacity and to be our best selves. Adam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World  said: “Throughout history, the great originals have been the ones who failed […]

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Building the Muscle of Perseverance

May 3, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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There are times when I feel tired or discouraged, or that I don’t have what it takes. When I feel as though I cannot persevere I often turn to historical figures who did persevere for the greater good of others –the suffragettes, civil rights crusaders, early pioneers or my great-grandparents who immigrated here. This bolsters […]

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Can You Develop Perseverance?

April 25, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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It was confusing to me when realized that I have limits and boundaries to my perseverance because I felt like, yes!, I am someone who perseveres. This realization came when I was introduced to the Strengths Strategy model of coaching and came to deeply understand how all of my 34 strengths come into play in […]

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Building Capacity for Feedback

March 26, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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As we wrap up this series on the Gifts of Receiving Feedback I want to mention that it’s equally important to take in and fully receive positive feedback. Even if we like to hear positive feedback we can still struggle with fully taking it in. We may have a tendency to speak disparagingly about the […]

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