074: Paul Allen: StrengthsFinder: Coaching the Hidden Potential of Individuals and Teams

What would be possible if schools and workplaces focused on cultivating people's strengths? Why is coaching the magic catalyst for unleashing the potential of strengths in individuals and teams? How can organizations move from a global average of 13% on engagement metrics to 70-80% through a strengths-based approach? Tune in to this week's episode of The Team Coaching Zone podcast with special guest Paul Allen--Global Strengths Evangelist with the Gallup organization--to explore these and other important questions. In this episode of the podcast host Krister Lowe and TCZ partner George Johnson explore a range of themes with guest Paul Allen including: 1. Paul's journey from tech entrepreneur and Founder of Ancestry.com to joining the Gallup organization as a Global Strengths Evangelist. 2. Don Clifton and the origins of the strengths-based movement. 3. An introduction to the StrengthsFinder assessment and the 34 strengths. 4. Four strengths domains (Strategic, Execution, Relationship, Influence). 5. Coaching individuals and teams with a strengths-based focus. 6. How to approach weaknesses. 7. Stories of transforming individuals and teams through a strengths-based approach. 8. Reaching 1 billion people and 1 million coaches via StrengthsFinder. 9. Research on strengths and teams. 10. Why a strengths-based approach is needed in the world now. 11. How coaches can incorporate a strengths-based approach into their coaching practice. This is an episode that all team coaches can't afford to miss! Tune in today and begin your journey to helping unleash the power of strengths to transform individuals, teams, organizations and even the world!