Episode 31 Points of Leadership: Leading with Strengths

Quote: "We all have strengths and weaknesses. The best advice is to embrace, focus on, and nurture our strengths" - Dr. Charles Glassman

Points of Leadership is all about equipping leaders in maximizing their leadership for the people they lead.

God created humans in such a way that each one has a unique DNA. We see God's greatness when it comes to identical twins who share 100% of their genes. They are typically of the same gender and very difficult to tell them apart. Fraternal twins on the other hand, share 50% of their genes and can be a mix of genders and look more like siblings. Yet each twin (identical or fraternal) have unique strengths in how they are wired for life. This is just many of the reasons why God is God! None like Him or ever will be! He is God all by Himself!

Dr. Don Clifton is the founder of strengths-based psychology and the grandfather of what is known as positive psychology. Clifton was counter-culture as he saw beyond the traditional field of psychology that focused on interventions as a way of helping people. Clifton saw a way of building up people through enabling conditions of life. This launched the strengths based science that sought to connect the naturally recurring patterns of people's thoughts, feelings or behaviors. He noted that these were "strengths" that made each person unique. These "strengths" when known and applied empowers people to thrive in all areas and contexts of life.

In this episode, we dive into what leading with strengths is all about. We take a quick look at the law of leverage from the 16 laws of communication. In this episode, Dr. Feyi Obamehinti, and Mrs. Kristin Jaeck- CEO of ReWorking Strategies, LLC- a values based system thinking company in Connecticut discuss why leading with strengths is important, what to do with those weaknesses and how to identify professional and personal growth. As always, these leadership principles are for any leader in any industry that desires to take care of those they lead well. Pull up a chair, call a friend and take a listen with any industry leader in your life.

Bio: Dr. Feyi Obamehinti is a wife, mother, an ordained minister of the gospel, Bible Teacher, speaker, life educator, author, co-founder of nonprofits Oasis Connection Ministries and Oasis Focus Inc,. co-host of Oasis Connection TV, Oasis of Hope Podcast, host of Points of Leadership Podcast, and encourager extraordinaire of the Wellness Project. To learn more, visit:
www.oasisconnection.org
www.oasisfocusinc.org
www.wellness-project.org
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Bio: Mrs. Kristin Jaeck brings nearly three decades of experience working with organizations across multiple industries in the areas of stakeholder engagement (internal and external), leadership development, organizational analysis and restructuring, change management, and strategic planning.  To learn more visit: www.reworkingstrategiesllc.com