Posts filed under: Playing to Your Strengths

Playing to Your Strengths

This category features our blog posts focusing on personal development and playing to your Strengths.

Why Don’t Women Self-Promote as Much as Men?

Harvard-based research from our featured article describes how women systematically provided less favourable assessments of their past performance and potential future ability than equally performing men, regardless of their confidence level or incentive to self-promote. We understand. Self-promotion sometimes feels... Read More

Good Vibes are Contagious!

Good vibes are contagious; that’s easy to understand. Did you know that motivation is contagious, too? A 2017 study from Northwestern University showed that sitting within 25 feet of a high performer at work improved an employee’s performance by 15... Read More

Loving what you do builds resilience

Has Covid 19 caused you to feel like you are in a turbulent situation where you have lost your momentum? The experience of ‘turbulence’ is to be expected, but what is most important is your ability to recover. Resilience is... Read More

Most managers don’t know how to coach people. But they can learn

We love this definition of coaching: “unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance” ~ Sir John Whitmore (a leading figure in executive coaching). This week we want to share some of the secrets of coaching that can be... Read More

Job crafting! Redesigning a job you hate into one you like

Know someone who is unhappy at work but is wary of quitting or changing jobs? We found something that may help. The concept is to modify or ‘craft’ your job into one that brings out your best so that you... Read More

Can you Collaborate with People You Don’t Like?

Let’s face it there are times when we have to work with some we think we don’t like. It can be very draining and an unproductive situation. Not to forget the hours of thinking about it! But what is really... Read More

Habits that May Keep your Team from Jumping Ship

With remote work and Covid-19 restrictions, it’s easy to imagine that some employees are feeling less connected to their team members and their leader. What better time to tap into the habits proven to inspire, motivate and engage used by... Read More

Why You Should Have (at Least) Two Careers- Explore with us on a Coaching Call

Do you get to use your Strengths and do what you do best every day? If not, you are not alone. Only four in 10 employees strongly agree that they get to do what they do best every day at... Read More

Teens are facing a lot during Covid 19 – so we were asked to develop a Strengths workshop for them!

We know that teens are facing a lot of stress during Covid 19. One caring parent asked us to create an online workshop for young women that is built on having them understand their strengths, interests and values and self-reflection... Read More

What will College Be Like in the Fall?

For many of us parents, students and educators this is a key question on our minds. For post-secondary students living in residence, get-togethers with friends and late nights at the library are as important as the studies. However, if students... Read More