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Growing Your Internal Gratitude

May 7, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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I really like what the Harvard Medical School says about gratitude: a thankful appreciation for what an individual receives, whether tangible or intangible. With gratitude, people acknowledge the goodness in their lives… As a result, gratitude also helps people connect to something larger than themselves as individuals—whether to other people, nature, or a higher power1. […]

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Perspective Is Everything When We Fear Failure

June 6, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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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 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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Receiving Feedback Is Hard

March 12, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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The ability to put feedback into perspective is a gift. Today, during a coaching conversation, a client shared a big AHA moment they experienced after becoming frustrated that the service person was not understanding and not addressing their concerns about a system being installed in their home. It wasn’t until later that evening that the […]

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Social Skills are Critical for Teams

November 14, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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From a strengths perspective, a Strengths Coach can assist you in identifying the sweet spots of your social skills that are aligned with your strengths. It’s the place where you operate with ease and can be successful in managing relationships. We’re all uniquely wired, so an approach that works for one person may not work […]

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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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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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The main benefit of coaching was simply the reworking of my priorities to bring some semblance of balance back into my life as it applied to my family relationships and personal well-being.
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