If you've been a teacher in the past two decades, you'd know that when you conduct a lesson in the past, your students (or most of them) would pay attention in class. Sadly, quite the opposite is happening today. In this digital age, distractions are endless for students, and it...
Strengths Development: Do You Know Why And How?
Has anyone ever told you that you can develop any strength you want, as long as you put in enough time for it? After all, practice makes perfect, and putting in effort into something will turn that something perfect over time. Right? Time is something we emphasize a lot in...
Ideation Is Not My Strength. HELP!
Expression Of Ideas Is Your Strength My wife told me she does not have the strength of ideation. That she is not an ideas person. “No ideation. No strength in ideas”, she said. That made me raise my eyebrows. I asked her, “Why not?” And she told me 3 reasons:...
Achiever Talent Theme: CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder)
A guide to understanding Achievers Understand your CliftonStengths (StrengthsFinder) Talent Themes over the next few weeks. We are going to deconstruct each talent theme and give you insights into what each of these talent themes is about. This week, we will be looking at the talent theme of Achiever. You...
Adaptability – Why It Is A Good Habit Not To Plan
There are two kinds of people in the world: The kind that has the next 10 years of their lives planned out, and the kind that has about the next 10 minutes planned. I don’t know about you, but I fall in the latter. Because change is the only constant,...
Activator Talent Theme: Gallup CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder)
A Guide to Understanding Activators Understand your CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) Talent Themes over the next few weeks. We are going to deconstruct each talent theme and give you insights into what each of these talent themes are about. This week, we will be looking at the talent theme of Activator. You...