Thursday, March 6, 2014
Strengths Meetup in Indianapolis!
Sarah Robinson, a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, will be hosting a Meetup for Strengths Enthusiasts in the Indianapolis, Indiana, area on March 27, 2014, at the communal table at Petite Chou in Clay Terrace. Visit the event Meetup webpage for more information.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
The Dreaded Report Card
By Gagandeep Anand, Learning and Development Consultant, Gallup
If we reach someone’s heart, we have an opportunity to change their thinking. If we can change someone’s thinking, we can change their actions. If we can positively change actions, we can impact the world. This chain reaction sounds intuitive, but for some reason, 70% of our workforce remains not engaged or actively disengaged. My gut tells me this is because people don’t have an opportunity to play to their strengths every day, which can be traced back to our childhood. Instead of sharing research, I want to engage in nostalgia. Think about when you were a kid for a moment. Let’s imagine that you brought home a report card that looked like this:
Physical Education A+
Science A
Creative Art C
Mathematics D
Humanities B+
If we reach someone’s heart, we have an opportunity to change their thinking. If we can change someone’s thinking, we can change their actions. If we can positively change actions, we can impact the world. This chain reaction sounds intuitive, but for some reason, 70% of our workforce remains not engaged or actively disengaged. My gut tells me this is because people don’t have an opportunity to play to their strengths every day, which can be traced back to our childhood. Instead of sharing research, I want to engage in nostalgia. Think about when you were a kid for a moment. Let’s imagine that you brought home a report card that looked like this:Physical Education A+
Science A
Creative Art C
Mathematics D
Humanities B+
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Called to Coach Recap: Brandon Miller
(Feb. 21, 2014)
Last week on Called to Coach we hosted Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, Brandon Miller. Brandon is co-founder of 34 Strong, Inc., and he uses his strengths to help executives, entrepreneurs, and teams leverage their strengths for personal and group excellence.
Brandon extends his use of strengths beyond his work and into his personal life. His wife and kids took the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment, which brought their family closer together and allowed them to connect in a way they never had before.
Brandon extends his use of strengths beyond his work and into his personal life. His wife and kids took the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment, which brought their family closer together and allowed them to connect in a way they never had before.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Pioneering Strengths in Asia
By Bhavani Prakash, Strengths Coach
As a sustainability advocate, I’ve always looked to nature for inspiration. After all, she possesses the formidable evolutionary advantage of three and a half billion years, and has had more time to try and test ideas better than the best R&D laboratories, management consultancies, and business schools of the world. Of the several leadership, organizational, and life lessons she can teach us, one thing stands out: Nature has always relied on the unique strengths of species to evolve.
As Albert Einstein once said, ‘Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” How often do we go about judging children in schools, young adults in universities, and working adults in workplaces using a “one-size-fits-all” approach, and most likely one that “fixes” weaknesses? Nature would probably remark, “Why focus on failure? Why focus on the things you can’t do well?” It’s important to learn from and manage failures no doubt, but learning from and honing strengths is the key way to evolve to the next level and achieve optimal performance.
As a sustainability advocate, I’ve always looked to nature for inspiration. After all, she possesses the formidable evolutionary advantage of three and a half billion years, and has had more time to try and test ideas better than the best R&D laboratories, management consultancies, and business schools of the world. Of the several leadership, organizational, and life lessons she can teach us, one thing stands out: Nature has always relied on the unique strengths of species to evolve.As Albert Einstein once said, ‘Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” How often do we go about judging children in schools, young adults in universities, and working adults in workplaces using a “one-size-fits-all” approach, and most likely one that “fixes” weaknesses? Nature would probably remark, “Why focus on failure? Why focus on the things you can’t do well?” It’s important to learn from and manage failures no doubt, but learning from and honing strengths is the key way to evolve to the next level and achieve optimal performance.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Three Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking
By Stosh D. Walsh, Gallup Talent Management Practice Consultant
This is the first in a three-part series of articles by Gallup Practice Consultant, Stosh Walsh. In this series, Stosh will offer insights on coaching leaders.
The question I hear more than any other from individuals I coach is, “Now what?” Whether the person is a recently promoted first-time manager, or a C-level executive, it seems this important question lingers in the minds of most leaders who encounter strengths. Yet, for all its popularity, it remains a difficult question to answer. StrengthsFinder resonates strongly with the overwhelming majority of people who experience it, yet the percentage of people in the U.S. who say they have the opportunity to do what they do best at work every day hovers around 20%.
So, what is the disconnect? And, more importantly, how do leaders and coaches who have the greatest opportunity to drive meaningful change remedy it?
They can begin by asking three questions:
This is the first in a three-part series of articles by Gallup Practice Consultant, Stosh Walsh. In this series, Stosh will offer insights on coaching leaders.
The question I hear more than any other from individuals I coach is, “Now what?” Whether the person is a recently promoted first-time manager, or a C-level executive, it seems this important question lingers in the minds of most leaders who encounter strengths. Yet, for all its popularity, it remains a difficult question to answer. StrengthsFinder resonates strongly with the overwhelming majority of people who experience it, yet the percentage of people in the U.S. who say they have the opportunity to do what they do best at work every day hovers around 20%.So, what is the disconnect? And, more importantly, how do leaders and coaches who have the greatest opportunity to drive meaningful change remedy it?
They can begin by asking three questions:
- How do these strengths enable success in this role?
- How does the exercise of these strengths affect others?
- What kinds of strengths are complementary?
Friday, February 14, 2014
Called to Coach Recap: Southeast Asia Edition
(Feb. 10, 2014)
On the latest Called to Coach: Southeast Asia Edition, we talked to Gallup’s Senior Practice Expert, Vibhas Ratinjee.
Vibhas specializes in executive-level engagement strategies and facilitates Gallup consulting programs, including strengths-based leadership and succession management. He is an expert in strengths coaching, and he gave us an exclusive look into his coaching world.
Vibhas specializes in executive-level engagement strategies and facilitates Gallup consulting programs, including strengths-based leadership and succession management. He is an expert in strengths coaching, and he gave us an exclusive look into his coaching world.
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