Toastmasters & communication People with the StrengthsFinder Communication strength like to explain ideas. When Communicators encounter a new idea, they want to express it and bring that idea to life. They also want to entertain and capture people’s...
As I hemmed and hawed over this article it was for good reason and perfect timing that there was as delay. Two days ago I received a call from my younger brother, who at 47 years old has decided to pop the question to his girlfriend. While we all have seen movies such...
Do you have the Deliberative strength? Are you careful? Are you protective? Then you might have the Deliberative strength. People with the deliberative StrengthsFinder talent theme are described as especially talented in taking serious care in making decisions. ...
Does your team need the strength of Consistency? It’s placed in the leadership domain of the executing strengths. We know that consistency ranks 26 out of the 34 talent themes in frequency. Gallup defines Consistency as people who are especially talented in...
Belief People who have the strength of Belief possess strong core values and are often considered “traditional.” Those with the Belief strength can be very spiritual or religious, family-oriented, and typically have a strong sense of ethics and integrity with...
The arranger is a conductor The Arranger is like the conductor of a symphony. They can manage and organize all of the people and variables in a project. They are flexible and, many times, make great multi-taskers. Arrangers can look at a complex situation, a complex...
Strengths in teaching It is the end of another academic year, a time for reflection. What went well? What engaged and energised the students? What do I need to adapt, abandon, create? Why do I reflect on how energised students are? This is because it is a sign that...
My oldest left for university last year. Although the mother hen in me feared that I would be nostalgic for long gone times and spend my nights shedding tears in silence, I was pleasantly surprised to see how well I actually coped. However, as time wore on, I began to...
VIA Character Strengths and understanding our qualities At the Beach Center on Disability and Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities on Disability at the University of Kansas with support from the VIA Institute on Character, we have been working on a...