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 […]
Being Vulnerable
I am a big fan of Dr Brené Brown’s work. Learning from her has transformed my mindset around vulnerability and failure. Her work has influenced the building of my own character, resulting in a greater sense of grounding in who I am and how I show up. In her book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to […]
The Great Leadership Opportunity: Your Fear of Failure
Recently we’ve been discussing perseverance. You can persevere but, as a leader, is there more to consider? Many of the remarkable leaders I work with demonstrate perseverance yet suffer in silence with their fear of failure, taking a toll personally and professionally. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a look at a variety of […]
Success with Goals: Override Excuses, Rationalizations and Old Habits
Create a new story for yourself. Reframe your story. These can be powerful tools to add ease to your experience of change. Being aware of the power of habits allows you to create and implement a plan for successful change. To assist in your discernment process and choose a starting place, ask – what is […]
Can we Inoculate Ourselves Against Intention/Goal-Failure?
Do Obligations Compete? What is Immunity to Change?
Yesterday, I was coaching a very gifted and talented leader who, across all four domains, has strengths that are a perfect fit for where the organization has been over the last eighteen months. This leader delivered high performance and had success with their charge during these eighteen months. Now, the organizational needs have shifted because of this […]
It Takes Courage to Claim Your Strengths
Knowing and claiming my strengths has been a process of becoming more self-aware. While working with a coach over the years, I’ve learned how to manage my strengths and learned their full power and potential. I believe it takes courage and confidence to share with others what you are really, really good at, without shame […]
Where Do I Focus: My Strengths or My Weaknesses?
Two of my top strengths, Activator and Command, made perfect sense to me but over the years had been identified as problematic behaviors in some of my performance reviews. I felt ‘different’ and ‘misunderstood’. I was often coached or counseled by colleagues to stop those behaviors, to be more passive, to adopt a low profile […]
Discovering Your Strengths
The Path to Improvement: Strengths or Weaknesses?
Living from a Strengths Based perspective, I have found relief and freedom. I no longer focus on what needs fixing but rather how I can leverage my strengths to maximize my contributions and manage my weaknesses. Through applying my ‘Strengths Intelligence’ I have found more joy, more peace in my heart, more fulfillment and significantly […]
Diana Gabriel, PPC