(And 4 Other Strengths Truths) 1. The Mirror and the Manual In 2003, Jo Self encountered a framework that provided what she calls a “user manual” for her own existence. For years, she had navigated her life with patterns she couldn’t quite name, but the CliftonStrengths assessment acted as a…
Strengths-Based Leadership
To Think or OverThink?
Have you ever been called an overthinker? What if the label is more limiting than the thinking itself? Most of us don’t choose the labels we carry. From a young age, we learn who we’re “supposed” to be based on what’s rewarded, corrected, or considered normal. Over time, those messages…
Resilient Leadership for Complex Times
Dr. Shauna T. Sobers is a leadership speaker, author, and coach who helps leaders and teams build resilience, leverage strengths, strengthen collaboration, and communicate across differences. Leadership today is complex, and many high performers are discovering that success without alignment isn’t sustainable. Through keynotes, workshops, and coaching, Dr. Sobers equips…
Overcoming the Shadow-side of Positivity
Living with the talent of #Positivity is hard sometimes because when I’m not in a overly cheerful mood people ask me what’s wrong because they are relying on my energy to lift them up but that question can sometimes spiral me into questioning if something more serious is wrong or…
Too Slow?! – Perspectives on the Meeting Experience from Different Learning Styles
Here is an example of the power and impact of positivity psychology and strengths-based leading: I was talking with a colleague about their experience in a recent staff meeting and they commented that they “were slow” because after one person commented about something they were processing what was said which…