Obey Your Strengths

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12 / When Strengths turn into Weaknesses with Pat Matthews and Lorenzo Gomez Jun 25, 2019

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“When Strengths turn into Weaknesses” Kathy Kersten chats with Active Capital Founder, Pat Matthews and Geekdom Media CEO, Lorenzo Gomez about the tipping point when strengths can become weaknesses. Pat Matthews was a Co-founder of Webmail.us, that grew to $10M in sales and sold to Rackspace in 2007. Pat’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Maximizer, Activator, Command, Individualization, Relator. Lorenzo Gomez III is the Geekdom Media CEO, Co-Host of The Brand Brothers podcast and author of The Cilantro Diaries: Business Lessons from the Most Unlikely Places. Lorenzo’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Context, Restorative, Activator, Positivity, WOO. 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 help 70+ organizations, hundreds of teams and thousands of individuals leverage individual’s strengths to increase performance. Kathy’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Strategic, Input, Learner, Belief, Maximizer. If you would like information on individual, team or organizational coaching, visit kathykersten.com. To discover your own strengths, visit gallupstrengthscenter.com. Instagram: @kathy.kersten Facebook: @obeyyourstrengths

11 / Strengths-based Parenting with Jennifer Soos Jun 18, 2019

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“Strengths-based Parenting.” Kathy Kersten and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Jennifer Soos, talk about using the Strengths language in parenting. This is the second episode in the two episode interview. Jennifer Soos’ Top 5 Strengths are: Intellection, Strategic, Achiever, Learner, and Deliberative. Learn more about Jennifer at jennifersoos.com. 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 help 70+ organizations, hundreds of teams and thousands of individuals leverage individual’s strengths to increase performance. Kathy’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Strategic, Input, Learner, Belief, Maximizer. If you would like information on individual, team or organizational coaching, visit kathykersten.com. To discover your own strengths, visit gallupstrengthscenter.com. Instagram: @kathy.kersten Facebook: @obeyyourstrengths

10 / Strengths-based Marriages with Jennifer Soos Jun 11, 2019

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“Strengths-based Marriages.” Kathy Kersten and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Jennifer Soos, talk about using the Strengths language in marriage, with an emphasis on how to utilize strengths to dissolve conflict. This is the first episode in the two episode interview. Jennifer Soos’ Top 5 Strengths are: Intellection, Strategic, Achiever, Learner, and Deliberative. Learn more about Jennifer Soos at jennifersoos.com. 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 help 70+ organizations, hundreds of teams and thousands of individuals leverage individual’s strengths to increase performance. Kathy’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Strategic, Input, Learner, Belief, Maximizer. If you would like information on individual, team or organizational coaching, visit kathykersten.com. To discover your own strengths, visit gallupstrengthscenter.com. Instagram: @kathy.kersten Facebook: @obeyyourstrengths

09 / Jessica Weaver, CEO of Communities in Schools Jun 04, 2019

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�Energizing employees by focusing on Strengths.� Kathy Kersten interviews one of her long-term clients, Jessica Weaver, CEO of Communities in Schools of San Antonio, about the impact of introducing and embedding the CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) language into their employee culture. Jessica Weaver�s Top 5 Signature Themes are Arranger, Maximizer, Strategic, Connectedness, Individualization. To learn more about Communities in Schools of San Antonio, visit www.cissa.org 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 help 70+ organizations, hundreds of teams and thousands of individuals leverage individual�s strengths to increase performance. Kathy�s Top 5 Signature Themes are Strategic, Input, Learner, Belief, Maximizer. If you would like information on individual, team or organizational coaching, visit kathykersten.com. To discover your own strengths, visit gallupstrengthscenter.com. Instagram: @kathy.kersten Facebook: @obeyyourstrengths

08 / Cindy Lo Founder of Red Velvet Events May 28, 2019

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�Leading by Example & Building a High Performance Culture�: Cindy Y. Lo, Founder of Red Velvet Events, International Speaker and a recent Amazon Best Selling Author (Behind the Red Velvet Curtain: Build and Run the Event Planning Business of Your Dreams.) chats with Kathy Kersten about how her unique strengths helped her start a business and build a high-performance company culture. Cindy�s Top 5 Signature Themes are Focus, Analytical, Command, Restorative, Individualization. www.cindylo.com. 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 help 70+ organizations, hundreds of teams and thousands of individuals leverage individual�s strengths to increase performance. Kathy�s Top 5 Signature Themes are Strategic, Input, Learner, Belief, Maximizer. If you would like information on individual, team or organizational coaching, visit kathykersten.com. To discover your own strengths, visit gallupstrengthscenter.com. Instagram: @kathy.kersten Facebook: @obeyyourstrengths

07 / Gretta Brooks Nov 27, 2018

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Gretta 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.

06 / Ron Soos Nov 20, 2018

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Ron Soos is a learning and development leader for Andeavor, a Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio, Texas. 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.

05 / Tom Hatton Nov 13, 2018

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Hosted by Kathy Kersten,The {Gallup Certified} Strengths Coach for Inspired Teams. Fanning the flame of the Strengths Movement one success story at a time! 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. Obey Your Strengths is produced by Geekdom Media and Gameday Media and is recorded in San Antonio, Texas.

04 / Pravesh Mistry Nov 06, 2018

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03 / Graham Weston Oct 30, 2018

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Kathy Kersten (www.kathykersten.com) interviews Graham Weston, Former Chairman of Rackspace Hosting. As a early adopter in the StrengthsFinder movement, Graham has helped tens of thousands of people discover their strengths. This episode is chock full of strengths wisdom for entrepreneurs, parents and coaches. Graham's Top 5 Signature Themes: Maximizer, Strategic, Ideation, Self-Assurance, Individualization.

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