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 […]
Raising Your Trust Quotient: A Life of Integrity
I recently had a long and difficult conversation with a client who is working toward creating a Culture of Trust in their organization. Committed and excited to make this happen in 2018, they are used to creating a plan for what they want and executing it with success. With their dominant strength lying in the […]
What Happens when Teams Avoid Conflict?
Working with executives and their teams is my privilege and honor. I’ve observed the best of courageous leaders who lean into conflict within their teams and experience amazing breakthroughs. I’ve also witnessed good leaders who avoid conflict and let the issues fester underground. Those issues are either pushed aside, leaving the team in ambiguity and […]
Earning Trust by being an Authentic Leader
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 […]
Authentic Leaders Convey Credibility
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 […]
Authentic Leaders Engender Trust
Being self-aware is not enough to be seen as authentic and to engender trust. I’ve learned this the hard way over the years. Through using the Strengths Strategy model and becoming self-aware through my Strengths lens, I’ve been inundated with insights on dimensions of my Strengths that I now recognize I need to monitor and […]
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The Inner Core of Leadership
I have been reflecting a lot and in conversation with coaching colleagues lately on what it takes to build and maintain your inner core. What does it take to build and maintain your inner core? We know that maintaining your inner core is essential for aligned Sustainable Leadership. Sustainable Leadership: A leadership approach that is […]
The Inner Mindset of an Effective Leader
There’s a saying: What you focus on expands. What you focus on is also integrated into your mindset. Foundational in your character, your mindset is a lens through which you believe, judge and act. Do you examine, challenge or stretch your mindset? Do you settle for living the status quo? Do you believe you can […]
The Battle of the Voices in Your Head
There are times when we have to do things that do not fall in our strengths wheelhouse but they need tending to. In these times, I’ve found that I am most vulnerable to self-doubt, which gives way to the Voice In My Head, the Saboteur, the Inner Critic or the Gremlin to play with my thoughts. The […]
Diana Gabriel, PPC