Playing Our Strengths

Have you ever witnessed someone’s behavior and thought “what motivated that person to respond like that?” We often look at others’ behaviors through our own lenses of experiences and motivations and then project those viewpoints onto what just happened. But as a good leader, it’s important to understand that individuals have different motivators that can show up in all types of behaviors. And these motivators are linked to our Strengths. In today’s podcast, we invite you to grab your top ten strengths and play along with us as we explore how our Strengths come into play when we are presented with a challenge or task. You’ll see how Pamela and I look at the same challenge with completely different lenses that will direct our behaviors. How will you view each challenge? Will your Strengths lead you to think of completely different routes than what we chose? We bet they will! At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journey's. Resources: Today we mention one of Tara’s Strengths mentors, Simon Hurry and if you love Strengths, we highly recommend checking out his podcast Talent2Titan and Talent2Titan website is full of incredible strengths content. CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measure more motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected] Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!  Email [email protected] or DM us on LinkedIn.