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How to Keep Your Managers Engaged

July 25, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Engagement, Expectations, Demonstrate, Management, Team, Optimize, Motivation, Purpose, Relationships, Success, Recognition, Growth, Empower, Skills, Performance, Evaluation, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

Engagement is a buzzword right now and continues to be an important driving force for creating teams of excellence. As a leader or manager you must walk the talk of your expectations. What do you do to demonstrate engagement? This is part 4 of the 4-part series on Optimizing Your Management Team by Diana Gabriel, Certified […]

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Finding the Best Management Candidates

July 8, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Management, Candidates, Relational, Skills, Personal, Care, People, Soft Skills, Conversations, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

The challenge that is finding the best management candidates is real. There are a lot of people out there who want to be a leader or manager, but do they really want to do the work of a leader or manager? The relational skills of the candidates are equally as important as their technical abilities. […]

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Effective Employee Development: 3 Tips from the Best Leaders

October 29, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

When people have the opportunity to take deep dives into their individual gifts, talents, and strengths they become curious and excited to learn more. I believe most people strive to be the best version of themselves when given the opportunity to do so. In turn, when you gift your people these opportunities they become more […]

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Social Skills: Technology Changes Human Interaction

November 29, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

Social Skills, Social, Skills, Communication, Technology, Interaction, Emotional Bond, Influence, Decisive, Relationship, Hope, Trust, Compassion, Security, Nonverbal Cues, Emotional Insight, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

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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In the Future of Work, Social Skills are Priority

November 20, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

Social Skills, Social, Skills, Priority, Future, Relationship-Building, Teaming, Co-Creativity, Brainstorming, Cultural Sensitivity, Diversity, Right Brain, Interaction, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

Several weeks ago, I wrote a series on the Good Enough Culture. As I reflect on my experiences that triggered these writings, I find that the fundamental and sincere social skills most of us were taught as children could have had a very positive impact on the customers, which would have resulted in very different […]

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Social Skills are Critical for Teams

November 14, 2017 by Diana Leave a Comment

Social Skills, Social, Skills, Competitive Advantage, Advantage, Flexibility, Agility, Perspective, Tell Stories, Brainstorm, Share, Connect, Form Alliances, Alliances, Negotiate, Accountability, Human Touch, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

From a strengths perspective, a Strengths Coach can assist you in identifying the sweet spots of your social skills that are aligned with your strengths. It’s the place where you operate with ease and can be successful in managing relationships. We’re all uniquely wired, so an approach that works for one person may not work […]

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Working with Diana was great. She helped me identify my leadership strengths and find ways to use them to maximize my value to the organization as I transitioned into a new role with greater responsibility.
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