StrengthsFinder – Nathan Magnuson

Should I Focus on My Strengths or My Weaknesses?

January 8, 2018 Leadership Personal Effectiveness

If you have goal to grow as a leader, you’re on the right track. If you have a plan of how to get there, you’re doing even better. But where have you put your focus? Many leaders choose to focus their development energy on areas they think (or have been…

Building a Strengths-Based Leadership Development Program

This is the third post of a three-part series on the leadership merits of Gallup’s StrengthsFinder 2.0 strengths assessment. In the first post, I shared the practical benefits of the assessment itself. Then last week, I explained how the each person tends toward one of four leadership styles and how…

Use Strengths to Understand Your Leadership Style

April 15, 2013 Engagement Human Resources Organizational Effectiveness Personal Effectiveness Strategic Thinking

Recently I wrote about the benefits of taking Gallup’s StrengthsFinder 2.0 strengths assessment. Nearly 9 million individuals have used the assessment to identify their Top 5 signature strength themes. That means there are many leaders out there who have yet to discover the incredible benefit of clarifying and leveraging their strengths. What…

Who Cares About Your Strengths?

April 8, 2013 Human Resources Organizational Effectiveness Personal Effectiveness

“Well it’s good to talk with you today, Nathan. Why don’t you tell me a little bit about your strengths.” Now replace my name with yours. How would you respond? When was the last time someone asked you to identify your strengths? Was it in an interview or an application? Were you…