It was confusing to me when realized that I have limits and boundaries to my perseverance because I felt like, yes!, I am someone who perseveres. This realization came when I was introduced to the Strengths Strategy model of coaching and came to deeply understand how all of my 34 strengths come into play in […]
Sparking Passion
In my work, I find that leaders who hold close the best interest of their team members and encourage and inspire them to be their best selves. They see themselves in relationship to and with their team, believing in the value of their people and demonstrating trust and respect for their contribution to the team. […]
Performance + Passion
Bring Out the Best in Your People
What Can Managers Learn From Monkeys About Motivation?
I am curious about what motivates people. My biggest driver, my motivation, is the intrinsic reward I experience when I am in an environment that allows me a lot of autonomy. In the past, when I was around people who appeared to be driven, disciplined and consistent in how they work toward something I had […]
The Relationship between Confidence and Leadership Success
The journey to authentic leadership through the eye-opening examination of Self-Deception is amazing. The results — a Heart at Peace. The reward of having a heart at peace leaves you feeling right with the world. I learned this from my personal journey through my own self-deception. We encounter our blind spots daily, so there is always work to […]
Leading and Self-Deception
Living in alignment with your values, strengths and purpose by doing the work is rewarding in and of itself. In my experience, I know that working to ‘stay out of the box’ is not always easy work. At times, I find myself resisting the work. And I know that when I pause to ‘do the work’ it results in […]
What Happens When Everyone is Above Average?
Working with hundreds of people over the years, I have observed the difficulty in being forthright with our failures. We keep them secret and feel ashamed that we failed. We confuse failing at something with internalized belief that we are a failure. The tragedy in this is that learning does not occur where there is no forward movement. We may take failure to another level […]
To be IN or OUT of the Box
How do we claim our strengths and share what we are really good at without appearing as though we are coming from a place of ego – without “bragging.” This results in a tension that I believe we have all experienced. So, what does authentic, confident claiming of our gifts and and talents look like? […]
Why Do We, As Leaders, Deceive Ourselves?
As I sit back and reflect on my personal path to becoming more authentic and humble, I see how Self-Deception, a significant concept, has impacted my journey. With Arbinger Institute I studied Leadership and Self-Deception. Taking that very deep dive into the nuances of Self-Deception changed how I both saw and experienced relationships. Being ‘right’ with […]
Diana Gabriel, PPC