By David Zinger on Mar 24, 2008 in Employee Engagement, Engagement, Leadership, Management, Monday Morning Percolator, Strength Based Leadership, Strengths, Techniques | 2 Comments
Are you using your strengths in the service of results and your organization every day?
Have you taken a strength inventory? Quick, what were your strengths?
Chances are you have not even taken this baby step in workplace strength development. And if you did, chances are that you got a list that is sitting in some binder [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 16, 2007 in Leadership, Management, Strength Based Leadership, Strengths, Video | 0 Comments
Here is the first of what will be a series of videos on Leadership Zingers.
These videos will be 1 to 3 minutes long and offer you quick tips or perspectives on leadership. The primary focus will be on the topics of strength based leadership and employee engagement.
Watch for more videos on this site and better videos as [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 5, 2007 in David Zinger, Strength Based Leadership, Strengths | 0 Comments
Employee Engagement Monday Morning Percolator #32
This is part 2 of a 5 part series on leadership strength development through the application of StrengthsFinder 2.0.
Click here to read the first article in the series.
Here is the schedule outlining my strength focus:
Maximizer (Week 1)
Strategic (Week 2)
Positivity (Week 3)
Ideation (Week 4)
Empathy (Week 5)
The process of working on your [...]
By David Zinger on Jul 18, 2007 in Strengths | 0 Comments
Mike Morrison wrote The Other Side of the Card - A book about where your authentic leadership story begins. Click here to read a brief review of the book I wrote on my employee engagement blog.
He also writes an excellent informative and interesting newsletter. I just received it this week and asked Mike if I [...]
By David Zinger on Jul 17, 2007 in Strengths | 1 Comment
How are your strengths perceived?
How do you perceive other people’s strengths?
Watch the short video below and as you watch the video also watch your attitude about the character in the video. How do you see him? Does judgement cloud your vision? Are you blown away by him at the end?
The video may take a short [...]
By David Zinger on Jun 12, 2007 in David Zinger, Strengths | 1 Comment
Here is some good news if you want to have a strong summer and be ready to put your strengths to work this fall.
Marcus Buckingham is having a summer of development. He will be hosting 6 - 1/2 hour free teleconferences on putting your strengths to work.
If you can’t make the sessions live you can [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 7, 2007 in Leadership, Strengths | 0 Comments
Here is a short quotation from page 9 of Marcus Buckingham’s, Go Put Your Strengths to Work:
While there are many good levers for engaging people and driving performance — levers such as selecting for talent, setting clear expectations, praising where praise is due, and defining the team’s mission — the master lever is [...]
By David Zinger on Feb 28, 2007 in Strengths | 3 Comments
I just completed my first read of Marcus Buckingham’s Go Put Your Strengths to Work and Tom Rath’s StrengthsFinder 2.0. If you are devoted to your own “strength training” I highly recommend these two books and the online site tied into each book.
I have spend more time on the sites than with the books. [...]
