by Sam Radford on July 8, 2009
#StrengthsDay is back after a week off. This is where we take a different persons five StrengthsFinder talent themes and profile them. If you would like to be in a chance of being profiled in the future – or to find out more – then you can do that here.
This week we’re profiling Chris’s five [...]
by Sam Radford on June 17, 2009
I can’t believe we’re onto our fourth #StrengthsDay already. Each week so far has been a really fascinating conversation with some great insights coming to the fore. I’m looking forward to more of the same today.
For those of you who don’t know, every Wednesday on Awaken we profile one person based on their top five [...]
by Sam Radford on June 10, 2009
It’s #StrengthsDay again. Every Wednesday on Awaken we profile one person based on their top five StrengthsFinder themes. You can find out more about it all here and submit your five themes for the chance to be profiled in the future.
This week we’re profiling Shannon Chapman. His five themes are:
Futuristic
People strong in the Futuristic Theme [...]
by Sam Radford on June 3, 2009
Last week I launched StrengthsDay. Every Wednesday I take one persons StrengthsFinder results and profile them. I kicked off last time by looking at Jennie’s themes of Ideation, Activator, Strategic, Input, and Learner. You can catch up on that conversation here.
(If you would like to have your StrengthsFinder results profiled then share your five themes [...]
by Sam Radford on May 27, 2009
As I mentioned yesterday, Wednesday’s are going to have a focus on the Gallup StrengthsFinder tool. Each Wednesday we’ll take one persons top five themes and discuss them, offering tips and insights.
Today we’re discussing Jennie Kohl Austin’s themes which are:
Ideation
People strong in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are able to find [...]
by Sam Radford on May 26, 2009
Starting tomorrow (27th May) I’m launching a new weekly feature. Every Wednesday is going to be what I’m calling “Strengths Day”. This will be focussed specifically around the Gallup StrengthsFinder tool.
Each Wednesday I will take one persons top five signature themes and go through them with the person on the Awaken site. I’ll share tips [...]
by Sam Radford on April 27, 2009
As you’re probably aware, if you signed up to receive all the updates to this site via email before 11.59pm last Friday, you were entered into a prize draw to win a copy of The Blue Sweater.
I am very pleased to announce that the winner has been now randomly picked. If you have won, you [...]
by Sam Radford on April 17, 2009
We all have unique talents and abilities. No one else is quite like us. Try as we might, we can never be anyone else. The best that you or I can hope for is to be the best ‘me’ we can possibly be. And that’s healthy. We need to make our pursuit of success something [...]
by Sam Radford on March 31, 2009
The Gallup organisation has a new(ish) book out called Strengths Based Leadership.
It is a really good read and also comes with an update to the StrengthsFinder assessment that gives you feedback on your top five signature themes from a leadership perspective.
The book also includes some research from the perspective of followers and in particular, what makes people [...]