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Direct Communication is Required for Authentic Leadership

September 11, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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To be an inspiring leader you must lead from the inside out and demonstrate confident vulnerability. Being confident in the gifts, talents, and strengths that you bring to the table and vulnerable with where you need help gives everyone the permission to do the same. Authentic Leadership encourages authenticity from everyone. This is part 3 of […]

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The Need for Authentic Leadership

August 20, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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There is both a need and a desire for truly authentic leaders. In this time of unrest we long for meaningful contribution. We want to know that our work and contribution has meaning, purpose, and impact on the greater good.  As a leader you have the opportunity to model authentic leadership, a leader who is […]

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Leveraging Your People’s Strengths

October 1, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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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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Leaders Need to be Great Change Leaders

August 21, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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The most successful leaders embrace change as a constant norm. They innovatively keep their people engaged to stay ahead of the curve. These are critical competencies for successful, sustainable leadership. I see this across the organizations I work with and the leaders I have coached. It’s a common denominator no matter the industry. Over the […]

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Social Skills: Technology Changes Human Interaction

November 29, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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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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Turn Around a Good-Enough Culture

October 9, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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If your organization suffers from a good-enough culture, take heart: there are steps that you can take as a leader in overcoming a good-enough culture. As I mentioned in a previous post, caring is linked to understanding. Author Chowdhury, in his book, The Difference: When Good Enough Isn’t Enough, suggests that leaders who apply these […]

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Coach the Inner Core.
Lead from the Inside Out.

March 27, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

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A coaching colleague of mine and I recently spent an afternoon examining, brainstorming, and developing meaningful leadership curriculum for a cohort of successful leaders who are dedicating a year to build their leadership capacity. Already successful technical leaders, our question is – how do we assist them in learning the value of reflecting on who […]

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The 3rd Promise: Process and Execution

September 13, 2016 by Diana Leave a Comment

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During a call this morning with several Strength Strategy coaches we were discussing what makes the Strengths Strategy model so effective and unique. One coach said, “Strengths Intelligence is a universal language” and I thought, “That’s it!” For me, there is something about diving in deep with the Strengths Strategy model that is like coming […]

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Engage All Stakeholders : The second promise of effective leaders

September 6, 2016 by Diana Leave a Comment

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There is much written about the importance of feeling that there is meaning and purpose in our work. For those of you who have the Belief and/or Connectedness Strengths (like myself, whose Strengths are clustered in the Influencing and Relational domains) meaning, purpose and contribution to the greater good is a necessity in your life’s […]

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Effective leaders have a vision: Where are we going? For the sake of what are we doing this?

August 29, 2016 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Fully embracing both the challenge and opportunity to lead with your eyes wide open takes courage. No one feels fully prepared for the breath of responsibilities and skills that are needed to successfully lead people and serve the organization simultaneously — I’ve learned this in my work with talented leaders. There is an art and […]

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