“Okay, okay, I believe strengths are important…but what are MY strengths?” Friend, if you’ve said or thought these words, I applaud you. But if you’re just here because you want to pinpoint your strengths before an upcoming interview…well, that’s a great first step too! Either way, you’ve already overcome at least 1 of 2 big…
Podcast: Answering a Strengths-Based Question
A hypothetical was put to me recently – one that I’ve lived out in real life many times, incidentally. It went something like this: You’re approached by a young man, just out of college. He’s been trying to determine his next move. “All my life,” he says, “my path has been laid out for me.…
2½ Performance Review Tips that actually Improve Performance
Most managers hate performance reviews. Which can surprise a lot of employees, who also tend to view the whole event with a universal sense of dread. So, in a season when many are preparing for this regular professional event, let’s look at a few big performance review tips that not only make the whole experience…
Embrace Your Natural Leadership Strengths, on Skip Prichard’s Leadership Insights Blog
“If you want to be a successful leader, don’t focus too much time and attention on weaknesses,” begins Skip Prichard’s introduction to our interview. “Whether as an individual or as a team, it’s more productive to leverage strengths.” A great synopsis. And not surprising, considering his very insightful questions. Skip runs a wonderful leadership blog, and I…
Catch Them Doing It Right: 3 Tips for Effective Encouragement
Famed psychiatrist Carl Jung has been credited with saying that criticism has “the power to do good when there is something that must be destroyed, dissolved or reduced, but is capable only of harm when there is something to be built.” Unfortunately, too many of us violate this truth of the human psyche. In fact,…
Your Strengths, My Apology, and Some Free Book Pages
Dear readers, I’m sorry I’ve been gone for a bit. But it’s not that I haven’t been writing. In fact, writing is the reason I’ve been away from the blog – book writing, that is. Over the past few months, we’ve been finalizing the manuscript on my new book, which is due out this fall.…
