I attended the 2018 Minnesota ICF Awards honoring organizations and business that are integrating coaching into their culture. Each nominee spoke of the importance of focusing their development efforts on improving their organization’s culture in order to improve results. Aligning the right people with diverse strengths to problem solve and execute a plan is essential. […]
Leaders Need to be Great Change Leaders
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 […]
Which Leaders Persevere?
These are complex times in which we need to lead courageously. I see this in my clients. I have a great deal of respect for the gifts and talents they bring to the table. Their conviction to being authentic leaders with integrity is admirable. I watch them tirelessly working with their various contingencies, offering solutions […]
Intentionally Recognize and Reinforce Passion
She desired a better and deeper understanding of her strengths, helping her work with and live a life with the gifts and talents she brings to the world. This conversation was a heartwarming experience. Strengths Coaching doesn’t get much sweeter than that. With a tangible passion for what she is great at, she has a […]
Bring Out the Best in Your People
Focused Conversations
Expanding my Strengths Intelligence has provided me with pragmatic approaches that have exponentially assisted me in strategically applying and leveraging my Strengths, allowing me to live and lead from the A+ Zone. I am amazed by the new insights that I continuously discover about how my top 15 Strengths dance together in different scenarios. This […]
Motivating Without Micromanaging
The more I have come to know and deeply understand my Strengths the more sense it all makes now. How my Strengths dance together, what lit their fire in the places where I have flourished professionally, where I have floundered and how I do not perform well and am demotivated with I’m micromanaged. The careers […]
8 Tips to Get Employees to Love the Rules
Different things motivate different people. Some are motivated to enhance their appearance while others are motivated by prestige or money. When it comes to work, many people are not motivated to do much of anything except show up and collect a paycheck. It’s our job as managers to create an environment in which employees are […]
5 Ways Leaders Diminish Others
In the book Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (HarperBusiness, 2010), authors Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown identify some typically ineffective bosses, as well as those who manage well. The authors divide leaders into two camps, based on the results they achieve: multipliers or diminishers. I talked about the differences in a previous […]
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