Are You Leading Intentionally by Strengths and Building a Strong Team?
Did you know that the manager (ie. people manager) accounts for 70% variance in employee engagement? And did you know that a study of 10,000 people in "follower" job roles between 2005 and 2008 revealed that leaders who are perceived to be trustworthy and compassionate and who offer stability and hope have a significant impact on their employees? What these two studies by Gallup showed is that if you are in a capacity to lead, you want to lead from a place of greatness. After all, great power comes with great responsibility.
Don Clifton, the Chairman of Gallup Inc and who developed CliftonStrengths, said/wrote, “A leader needs to know his strengths as a carpenter knows his tools, or a physician knows the instruments at her disposal. What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths — and call on the right strength at the right time.”
In essence, leaders who lead from a place of strength are far more effective in being a great leader because:
They are aware of their greatest strengths (this is the first step).
They are mindful of their blindspots and practise to regulate them.
They individualise their approach to each team member.
They build a strong team of members with diverse strengths.
Leadership is a passionate topic of mine. In my 22-year career in Commercial Real Estate and Technology sectors, I’ve seen how my teams ebbed and flowed with my leadership's strengths and weaknesses. Being married for 20 years to a CEO, I am also fully aware of how the wellbeing (career, social, financial, physical and community) of a senior leader can play an important role in people in their life (both at work and everywhere else).
This passion of mine — leadership — has led me to understand that the Maximizer®, Relator®, Activator®, Futuristic® and Strategic® talent themes are some of my most dominant strengths and I look forward to helping leaders become intentional in being a great strengths-based leader, thriving across their five essential elements of wellbeing and also in building strong teams.
Now that I've received my Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach certification and Performance Leadership certificate from Cornell University. I am pleased to inform that the doors of Strengths Navigator, my strengths-based coaching and consulting practice, are officially open. Our services include:
One-on-one executive coaching for leaders and people managers.
Bespoke workshop facilitation for leadership development and team development/engagement.
Training for coaches and strengths champions.
Let's have a discovery call or leave me a message on how we can work together. I look forward to connecting with you and please share this article if you have found it useful.
Together we achieve,
