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Coach to CoachStrategic: A Coaching Conversation with Kathy KerstenDive deep into strategic thinking with guest Kathy Kersten. Kathy, known for her deep expertise in CliftonStrengths and team maximization, shares her journey from working at a tech startup to becoming an independent strengths coach. This episode explores the nuances of possessing strategic strength, emphasizing the importance of possibility thinking and the ability to navigate complex challenges with creative solutions. Tune in to hear Brandon and Kathy's engaging conversation that delves into the depths of strategic thinking, the needs and contributions of those with this strength, and real-life applications that can lead to personal and professional growth. ✂️ Addi...2024-06-1222 min
Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten07 / Gretta BrooksGretta Brooks is the Founder and CEO of Salesboost, a training platform that provides on-demand, microlearning to increase the effectiveness of hotel sales teams. (www.salesboost.com). Listen to inspirational interviews with entrepreneurs, leaders and evangelists that have leveraged the power of CliftonStrengths (aka StrengthsFinder) to achieve personal and professional success. To discover your own strengths, visit gallupstrengthscenter.com. If you would like information on individual, team or organizational coaching, visit kathykersten.com. Follow Kathy on Facebook @StrengthsCoach4InspiredTeams and Instagram @kathy.kersten. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-11-1629 min
Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten01 / Lorenzo Gomez, IIIKathy Kersten (www.kathykersten.com) interviews Lorenzo Gomez III, Geekdom Media CEO, Co-Host of The Brand Brother Podcast and author of "The Cilantro Diaries: Business Lessons from the Most Unlikely Places". He shares wisdom about using strengths philosophy to increase your professional success. Lorenzo's Top 5: Context, Restorative, Activator, Positivity, WOO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-11-1616 min
Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten00 / In the BeginningCEO of Geekdom Media, Lorenzo Gomez III and Kathy discuss the inspiration behind the Obey Your Strengths podcast. As former colleagues at Rackspace Hosting, they discuss how their strengths had to be "Obeyed" and the follow their strengths on different career journeys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-11-1631 min
Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten36 / Ideation and Significance: A Discussion with Damon FinaldiOn this episode of Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten, hear from Damon Finaldi, CEO of Telecloud, as he shares his top five strengths and how they have helped him in his career. He explains how his futuristic strength allows him to visualize the future, his activator strength helps him to get ideas off the ground, and his significance strength makes him reflect on the meaning of his actions.He also talks about how he shifted roles from sales and marketing to operations manager, and how he brought in outside help to get the business to a...2023-10-2643 min
Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten35 / Navigating Conflict with Harmony: Wendy Brand's Authentic EnergyOn this episode of Obey Your Strengths, Kathy Kersten interviews Wendy Brand, the owner of WMB Coaching and Consulting. Wendy talks about her journey to owning her own business, and how her top five strengths of Activator, Arranger, Individualization, Harmony, and Relator have helped her along the way. She also shares her experience of getting up early due to construction on the highway, and how her harmony strength helped her navigate a difficult relationship with a colleague. Wendy emphasizes the importance of trust and building relationships, and how she uses her strength of relator to build trust with her...2023-10-1938 minObey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten34 / Harnessing Your Strengths in the Relentless Pursuit of Achievement with Jeff DeVerterOn this inspiring episode of Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten, we dive deep into the world of strengths with Jeff DeVerter, a former colleague from Rackspace who has mastered the art of leveraging his top five strengths. Join Kathy and Jeff as they unravel the secrets behind strategic thinking, ideation, building authentic relationships, individualization, and the relentless pursuit of achievement.Jeff takes us on a journey through his unique approach to problem-solving, explaining how he uses the power of whiteboarding to give shape to his ideas and create meaningful connections between them. Together, Kathy and Jeff...2023-10-1231 minObey Your Strengths with Kathy KerstenSEASON 4 PREMIERE: 33 / Driven Towards Mission with Carrie KimbellDriven towards her mission! This Obey Your Strengths Episode features Carrie Kimbell, CEO of First Tee of Greater San Antonio and her Leadership and Strengths Journey! Carrie’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Woo, Ideation, Positivity, Adaptability, and Achiever. As a head of the non-profit youth development program, Carrie is finding new ways to improve the lives of San Antonio youth on and off the course.Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten is a podcast dedicated to fanning the flame of the Strengths movement one success story at a time. As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach since 2008, Kathy has...2023-10-0537 min
The Family BeaconMinnesota Progressives Push Assisted Suicide | S3 E25 As the Family Beacon returns from a summer break, Grace and Moses discuss MFC’s amazing annual dinner, a new article showing how Minnesota is way off base when it comes to gender issues, and how even during National Suicide Prevention week, progressive politicians in our state are trying to push assisted suicide in advance of the 2024 legislative session. Welcome back to the Family Beacon podcast!
Kathy Kersten's piece, discussed on this week's episode: https://alphanews.org/kersten-minnesotas-trans-refuge-law-ignores-the-science/2023-09-1536 min
The Culture Coach#006: Obey Your Strengths for Authentic Energy with Kathy KerstenSend us a textSuch a FUN conversation with Strengths Coach, Kathy KerstenHere are a few of my takeaways from the show:1. StrengthFinders is a Positive Psychology Assessment. Organizations can use it as a common language to understand your talent. Add it to your tool kit to describe what’s right with people.2. Understanding someone’s Top 5 Strengths can give you insight into how someone makes decisions, gets things done, builds relationships, and negotiates the world around them.3. 29 Million people have taken the StrengthsFinder assessment4. If you obey...2023-03-1045 min
Cloud TalkEpisode 114: Exercising Your Strengths in TechJoin Jeff DeVerter and strengths coach Kathy Kersten to discuss how to leverage your strengths to advance your career even in unfamiliar corporate territories.
All of the resources mentioned in this episode can be found here: https://www.rackspace.com/solve/115.
CliftonStrengths #Strengths #Talents #Leader2022-04-1932 minObey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten32 / Cultivating a Strengths-Based University Campus with Jamie ThompsonKathy Kersten interviews Jamie Thompson, the Assistant Dean of Students at Trinity University, about cultivating a strengths-based University Campus, utilizing the CliftonStrengths for Students Assessment. From experimentation to implementation to iteration, Jamie shares the story of Trinity University’s strengths Journey, alongside with her own. Kathy Kersten is the host of Obey Your Strengths, the podcast dedicated to fanning the flame of the Strengths movement one success story at a time. As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach since 2008, Kathy has helped 100+ organizations, hundreds of teams and thousands of individuals leverage individual’s strengths to incr...2021-08-1654 minObey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten31 / Integrating Strengths into a Higher Ed Program with Codie WrightMs. Codie Wright is a Best-Selling Author, University Instructor and Gallup Certified Strengths Coach that helps her students in the Sales program utilize emotional intelligence and their strengths to learn how to be successful in sales and to inform their career aspirations. Her Top 5 CliftonStrengths Themes are Achiever, Competition, Focus, Responsibility and Positivity. She shares how she integrated CliftonStrengths into her program at Texas A&M University and a few of her favorite stories of how students have leveraged their strengths. Her book is “Launchers: Don’t Just Take a Job, Launch Your Career!” and can be found on Amazon...2021-08-0934 minObey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten30 / Self-Awareness as a Springboard for Transformation with Agile Leader, Anthony CoppedgeAnthony Coppedge is a leader in Agile Marketing and a strengths evangelist. His Top 5CliftonStrengths Themes are Strategic, Ideation, Activator, Relator and Command. He also has a healthy dose of Communication and Empathy, which is demonstrated in this podcast. In this episode, he shares his own story of personal transformation through self-awareness, as well as, how he helps others through their own transformation.Kathy Kersten is the host of Obey Your Strengths, the podcast dedicated to fanning the flame of the Strengths movement one success story at a time. As a Gallup Certified Strengths...2021-08-0244 min
The Bubble Lounge (Highland Park & University Park Texas)How to have the perfect Girls Night Out with Kersten RettigIn honor of National Girlfriend’s Day this Sunday, we invited our friend, Kersten Rettig to join us. Kersten is a food writer and is the voice behind the Kersten Eats Blog and is also a writer for People Newspapers. She brings a wealth of knowledge about all of the best restaurants in Dallas and she even shares what restaurants are soon to open. We had so much fun talking about how important our friendships are and how we can celebrate this special day. Please join us for lots of tips to have the p...2021-07-2930 min