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Here are a few of our favorite resources, listed in the following categories:

Strengths Resources

Leadership Resources

Team Resources

Our Favorite Coaches

Coaching Resources

STRENGTHS RESOURCES

§ Our favorite book for accessing the StrengthsFinder is StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath, available at www.strengthsfinder.com

§ VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire site:  www.authentichappiness.org, to take the free VIA Signature Strengths instrument, and some other interesting instruments about, yes, happiness!

§ Marcus Buckingham’s site:  www.marcusbuckingham.com, for information about his books and speaking engagements.

LEADERSHIP RESOURCES

Top-notch writers, teachers, and leaders – Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner – have created a Leadership Model that we’ve used for years with our clients, The Leadership Challenge.  It’s a set of practices leaders use to transform values into actions, visions into realities, obstacles into innovations, separateness into solidarity, and risks into rewards.  The Leadership Challenge is about how leaders mobilize others to want to get extraordinary things done.  It meshes well with playing to other’s strengths!  www.leadershipchallenge.com And our sincere thanks to Barry Posner for endorsing Play to Your Strengths.  We are honored!

 

Development Dimensions International, www.ddi.com, is an excellent resource specializing in designing and implementing selection systems that enable you to hire better people faster and identifying and developing exceptional leadership talent critical to creating a high-performance workforce.  Our sincere thanks to Dr. William C. Byham cofounder, chairman, and CEO of DDI, for endorsing Play to Your Strengths.  We are incredibly grateful. 

 

The Center for Creative Leadership is also one of our favorite leadership resources.  They offer great workshops and very practical and useful short books.  Andrea is also certified in their suite of 360 assessments.  www.ccl.org

 
 

 

 

TEAM RESOURCES

We are forever indebted to the work of Bruce W. Tuckman, creator of the renowned “Tuckman Model” of team development.  Here’s a bit about his work … http://www.infed.org/thinkers/tuckman.htm

 

Dr. Peter Senge’s vision of a learning organization as a group of people who are continually enhancing their capabilities to create what they want to create, has been deeply influential in the field of leadership development.  You can read about him at …. 

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/senge.htm

 

Grove Consultants International, www.Grove.com for information on the fascinating Drexler-Sibbet model of team development.  You may also want to check out their wonderful resources for personal and team learning – all with their unique graphic style!

OUR FAVORITE COACHES

§ Carol Leavitt – Andrea’s favorite leadership / executive coach.  www.yourleadershipatwork.com

§ Andrea Sigetich – Carol’s favorite leadership / executive coach.  www.sagecoach.com

§ Beryl Rullman – Founder of www.survivorcoaching.com for cancer survivors who are ready to make the best of their life the best of their life.  A great resource for the cancers survivors in your life!  (Beryl is also married to Andrea, so we do claim bias!)

§ Marcia Dorfman – Discover your strengths, and expand your capacity as a leader in your career and in your life.  With Marcia Dorfman as your executive, leadership, or life coach, let yourself learn to lead with heart and live in balance.  http://www.oneononecoaching.com/

§ Cindy Clemens – Life Coach.  Imagine having a partner to help access your inner wisdom, create structure and accountability for taking action, and celebrate your successes as you create the life you have always dreamed of living.  http://www.cindyclemens.com/

§ Bruce Kawahara and Michele Roden Spruill – Business and executive coaches dedicated to improving the performance of people in business.  Not for the meek of heart, Bruce and Michele are excellent coaches who challenge clients to focus, awaken their passion, and station excellence in performance.  www.bluopal.com

§ Bill Pullen – Straightforward, insightful, and holding a high bar for his clients, Bill’s high impact/high listening style of coaching is great for leaders, executives and teams.  Check out his site at www.pullenassociates.com.

COACHING RESOURCES

The International Coach Federation is a non-profit membership organization formed by professionals worldwide who practice business and personal coaching.  The ICF exists to Build, Support and Preserve the integrity of the coaching profession through programs and standards supported by the individual membership, including accreditation and an industry wide Code of Professional Standards.  THE resource for coaching information.  www.coachfederation.org.

 

The Coaches Training Institute is our favorite coach training school, bar none!  Both Carol and Andrea trained with CTI.  They offer great training – and their coaches are the best in the business!  www.thecoaches.com.  Check out the first course of their training curriculum, Fundamentals!

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