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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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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 […]

Filed Under: Articles, Awareness, Capacity, Effective, Effective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, engagement, Growth, Leader, Leadership Coach, Manager, Motivation, Optimize, People, Skilled, Skills, Soft Skills, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Training Tagged With: Awareness, Capacity, Effective, emotional intelligence, engagement, Growth, Leaders, leadership, Managers, motivation, Optimize, People Skills, Skilled, Soft Skills, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Training

Finding the Best Management Candidates

July 8, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Management, Candidates, Relational, Skills, Personal, Care, People, Soft Skills, Conversations, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

The challenge that is finding the best management candidates is real. There are a lot of people out there who want to be a leader or manager, but do they really want to do the work of a leader or manager? The relational skills of the candidates are equally as important as their technical abilities. […]

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The Willingness to be Vulnerable

April 1, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Journey, Authentic, Vulnerable, Human, Humility, Skill, Respect, Sincere, Advantage, Courage, Weaknesses, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

It is a great journey to become secure in being authentic and vulnerable with people outside of our closest circles. It certainly has been for me, coming from a family who held very private everything personal. I was introduced to Robert J. Anderson several years ago when I became certified in The Leadership Circle 360 […]

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Effective Employee Development: 3 Tips from the Best Leaders

October 29, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

When people have the opportunity to take deep dives into their individual gifts, talents, and strengths they become curious and excited to learn more. I believe most people strive to be the best version of themselves when given the opportunity to do so. In turn, when you gift your people these opportunities they become more […]

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The Gift of Receiving Feedback

February 27, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Feedback, Receive, Grace, Humility, Leadership Skill, Courage, Emotional Intelligence, Relational Aptitude, Open Mindset, Appreciatory, Instructive, Evaluative, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

Following the last few blogs on Creating Cultures of Trust, I think about an overlooked aspect of the trust dynamic—our openness to courageously offer honest feedback and receive feedback as a gift that helps us to be the best versions of ourselves. With the strengths package that I was given I feel compelled, at times, […]

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Do you Need to Raise Your Trust Quotient?

February 7, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Trust, Quotient, Accountability, People, Priority, Focus, Leadership, Prosperity, Helping Hand, Resources, Listen, Soft Skills, Mentor, Security, Confidence, Employee Success, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

During coaching conversations leaders often wonder: “How can I encourage my people to be more accountable?” You may feel that it’s simply a communication issue – once you learn to communicate better, problem solved. However, as we unravel the concerns around accountability, it becomes abundantly clear that trust – your lack of trust in yourself […]

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Social Skills: Technology Changes Human Interaction

November 29, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

Social Skills, Social, Skills, Communication, Technology, Interaction, Emotional Bond, Influence, Decisive, Relationship, Hope, Trust, Compassion, Security, Nonverbal Cues, Emotional Insight, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

By sending a quick text or email to someone many of us feel as if we are efficient in our communication. It may help us to quickly check something off of our to-do list but have we authentically communicated our intent in what we wrote? Often, when we write a quick, short and sometimes cryptic […]

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In the Future of Work, Social Skills are Priority

November 20, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

Social Skills, Social, Skills, Priority, Future, Relationship-Building, Teaming, Co-Creativity, Brainstorming, Cultural Sensitivity, Diversity, Right Brain, Interaction, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

Several weeks ago, I wrote a series on the Good Enough Culture. As I reflect on my experiences that triggered these writings, I find that the fundamental and sincere social skills most of us were taught as children could have had a very positive impact on the customers, which would have resulted in very different […]

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Social Skills – The Human Factor at Work

November 3, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

Human Interaction, Social Skills, Sweet Spot, Social Interactions, Working Together, Work Interdependently, Interdependent, Social Intelligence, Relationship Workers, Competitive Advantage, Strengths Intelligence, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

Reflecting on and writing about customer service experiences has brought up the question – what is the employment experience like for those individuals who are responsible for or provide such poor service? Do they feel like valued employees? Do they even know what it feels like to be a valued employee? Do they believe that […]

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