“Rediscovering the secrets to creating lasting value.” This is the subtitle to Bill George’s book, Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value. The statement, “… creating lasting value” captures the heart of being an authentic leader. We need to ask the question, what does creating lasting value look like? What do I need […]
Provide Training To Be A Great Change Leader
Being a Great Change Leader is one of those paradoxes where it’s not about you and all about you. To lead a wildly successful change process you need to be able to inspire your people through your vision and to enable them to do the work that makes the vision happen. Then, your acknowledgment and […]
Be A Great Change Leader. Establish a Plan.
I’ve observed that the most successful change agents involve their people early in the strategic process. Their knowledge and expertise are valuable in creating the plan and early involvement builds buy-in to the process. Your people want to be a part of a successful endeavor whenever that is possible. It’s a feel-good experience all around […]
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 […]
Becoming the Authentic Leader
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Coach the Inner Game. Do You Lead with the Right Stuff?
How does one’s character develop? We commonly think of character development as deriving from things like early childhood experiences, modeling by important adults in our lives, the environment and culture in which we were raised, school and our religious affiliations – along with our free will. As I dive deeper into my personal strengths, I see […]
Strengths and The Inner Game of Leadership
My coaching practice focuses on ‘who you are as a leader’ vs ‘what you do as a leader’. There are many talented consultants, workshops and webcasts that are completely focused on ‘what you do as a leader’ – focused on the bottom line. In my 16 years of coaching leaders I’ve found that, while you […]
Why Know Your Strengths?
I was reminded, again, during a conversation with a friend and colleague of how we each have a unique constellation of strengths that show up and work together to be in service of the greater good for all. Each of you bring a unique constellation of strengths to contribute in service of your dream. Your […]
Mining for Passion
All too often I meet with people who have unconsciously fallen into living their life on automatic pilot, doing what is expected of them because they feel obligated. It’s easy to forget what brings us joy and satisfaction in our work and our life. People talk about feeling trapped or stuck in their professions. We […]
Diana Gabriel, PPC