Strengths in the community
In today’s podcast we talk to a truly tremendous human, who is doing a whole range of positive work in the community both in the UK and in DRC in Central Africa, Christian Bless. We discuss Christian’s story: setting up Solola Bien, a TV show in DRC, the community group Boys 2 Men in London
Gender equality, feminism and strengths
A Podversation with Abbigail Leeson Today’s conversation is with our Strengthscope intern, Abbigail Leeson. In her time with us, Abbigail has been focusing on building the Strengthscope practitioner community and has provided a lot of creative and research input to help with that. In her time with us, Abbi has also been upskilling and
How to share your leadership vision in 7 steps
What the research is telling us about the search for meaning at work In a recent study by Bentley University, 84% of millennials said that helping to make a positive difference in the world is more important to them in terms of motivation than professional recognition. In a Henley Business School study, they found that
Authentic leadership and the role of strengths
A podversation with Rebecca Newton In this podversation, I talk with Dr. Rebecca Newton, organisational psychologist lecturing in Management Practice at the London School of Economics, and faculty member teaching on the Accelerated Leadership Program at Harvard Law School. Rebecca is also CEO of CoachAdviser, and an adviser, executive coach and facilitator of leadership development
Building your stakeholder engagement strategy
Stakeholder engagement – what and why? In my coaching and development work with senior execs, there is one activity that I can guarantee will always form part of our conversations, almost certainly more than once. And that’s stakeholder engagement. From forming a stakeholder engagement map to a stakeholder engagement plan or strategy, these discussions are
How to build your personal leadership brand
In my executive coaching work, I often spend time with leaders working on their values as the principles they work to and which others need to understand. We also spend time on the strengths and skills that mark them out as unique. For some leaders we also talk purpose – what difference they want to
Using strengths to drive inclusion and equity – a podversation with Derek Appau
Today’s podversation is with Derek Appau, the founder of Limitless Personal Excellence. Derek specialises in accelerating career progression, job satisfaction, leadership development and creating inclusive cultures. Derek also has his own podcast channel – Passions N’ Professions – (available on Apple Podcasts here) about people who have taken what they loved and turned them into
Diversity of thought for leadership teams
Why is diversity of thought relevant now? From a business point of view, the pandemic has taught us many things. At a business leadership level, once of the most relevant is the importance of divergent thinking, of diverse, innovative perspectives in decision making, particularly when under pressure and in uncertain situations. During the pandemic, the
What is strengths based leadership (and how can you get it?)
What is the research telling us about strengths based leadership? Strengths based leadership is getting a lot of interest these days and rightly so. What we know from the research is that when leaders enable the strengths of their teams, there is a large spike in engagement (Gallup) and that this can also lead to
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