GALLUP® Called to Coach

Dean Jones, Senior Learning Expert at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Dean brought his insights to the topic of virtual learning and the challenges inherent in conducting an effective CliftonStrengths Workshop specifically via the Zoom tool. He shared the importance of knowing the technology component and of helping participants get that component right; how to facilitate effect...

Dean Jones, Senior Learning Expert at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Dean brought his insights to the topic of virtual learning and the challenges inherent in conducting an effective CliftonStrengths Workshop specifically via the Zoom tool. He shared how you can navigate the technology component of virtual learning and key points to consider in order to deliver valuable, engagi...

Sofia Kluch, Director of Gallup's Data Science Program, and Adam Hickman, Gallup's Content Manager, were our guests on a recent Called to Coach. Sofia and Adam shared their perspectives as full-time employees and full-time parents on the challenges employees, managers and coaches currently face in working remotely -- including topics such as videoconferencing, flex scheduling, productivity and the...

Mohamed Younis, Gallup Poll Editor in Chief, and Adam Hickman, Gallup Content Manager, were our guests on a recent Called to Coach. Mohamed and Adam discussed the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing to workplaces, and how Gallup's wealth of research and data can help organizations, coaches, managers and employees navigate those challenges -- including keeping remote workers engaged and fi...

Al Winseman, Learning and Development Senior Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Al shared about Gallup's approach to performance management. That approach involves investing in people as individuals, including the fifth of 5 Coaching Conversations managers should have with their employees -- the Progress Review. This conversation is more formal; it's on the calendar,...

Al Winseman, Learning and Development Senior Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Al shared about Gallup's approach to performance management. That approach involves investing in people as individuals, including the fourth of 5 Coaching Conversations managers should have with their employees -- Developmental Coaching. This conversation is event- or project-based, and it...

Greg Kirsch, Senior Vice President of Learning and Development at Intouch Group -- and a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and a trained Engagement Champion -- was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Greg shared the discoveries he's made along the CliftonStrengths journey that he and his organization have been on since 2008, including getting organizational leadership to adopt CliftonStrengths a...

Andrea Gonzalez, a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, and a Success Coach and member of the Business faculty at Torrens University in Australia, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Andrea shared how she has leveraged her experience in coaching over 2,000 students in her role; how she uses her CliftonStrengths to reach excellence in that role; and how she helps students prepare for their care...

Austin Suellentrop, CliftonStrengths Portfolio Manager at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Austin (and Jim) shared how CliftonStrengths is expanding its global reach, including the availability of new resources and tools; improved Help Desk resources; a redesign of action planning tools; webcasts and resources that are available in new languages; and upcoming milestones and impro...

Dr. Adam Hickman, Gallup's Content Manager, and Ryan Wolf, Gallup's Physical Wellbeing Lead, were our guests on a recent Called to Coach. Adam and Ryan shared timely insights on strategies you can use to maintain healthy wellbeing -- including Purpose, Social and Physical Wellbeing -- for yourself and your coworkers as you navigate the challenges of working remotely. View the complete transcript f...

Paul Walters, Workplace Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Paul shared Gallup's approach to performance management, and how managers can be intentional about developing their people every single day and giving them opportunities to learn and grow. In Part 3 of this 5-part series, Paul discussed the third of 5 Coaching Conversations managers should have with their empl...

Paul Walters, Workplace Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Paul shared about Gallup's approach to performance management. That approach involves investing in people as individuals, including the second of 5 Coaching Conversations managers should have with their employees -- the Quick Connect -- in order to build trust, help them connect with their team's and organizat...

Paul Walters, Workplace Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Paul shared about Gallup's approach to performance management. That approach involves investing in people as individuals, including the first of 5 Coaching Conversations managers should have with their employees in order to build trust, help them connect with their team's and organization's mission, and foster...

Dr. Adam Hickman, Gallup's Content Manager, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. Adam brought his expertise to bear on engaging remote workers, a topic in the news because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Adam shared strategies for managers and coaches -- including individualizing to each employee's needs and understanding how they perform best, based on their CliftonStrengths -- that wil...

Jennifer Selke, a psychologist and CliftonStrengths expert with 29 years of experience as a summer camp director, and Brent Taylor, a Marine Corps veteran who left active duty in 2009, were our guests on a recent Called to Coach. Jennifer and Brent shared about their work at a camp for veterans founded by country music artist Zac Brown and how, via CliftonStrengths, the camp's programs are bringin...

Jessica Dawson, a Learning Development Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. In Part 2 of this 4-part series, Jessica brought additional insights about how coaches can move their clients -- and how you can move yourself -- from talent to strength. She shared the benefits of having a personal Board of Directors in addition to a coach; of studying what excellence means for...

Jessica Dawson, a Learning Development Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. In Part 1 of this 4-part series, Jessica gave coaches new insights about "leaning into" their strengths and what that looks like. These include using your past to fuel your future, and discovering the power of your emotions -- and how both can help you maximize the way you deploy your strengths...

Yendor Felgate and Magriet Mouton, founders of the Being Human Group in South Africa, were our guests on a recent Called to Coach. Yendor and Magriet shared their passion for spreading the message of CliftonStrengths across the African continent and changing the ways Africans think about themselves, their workplaces and work roles, diversity and inclusion, leadership development, and more. View th...

Deborah Protter, international educator, mentor of leaders and a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, along with Todd Dawson, State Manager for Goodstart Early Learning in Western Australia, were our guests on a recent Called to Coach. Deborah and Todd talked about their "Power of 2" collaboration that -- through perseverance and "slow and steady" progress -- has brought significant changes in "boss...

Austin Suellentrop, CliftonStrengths Portfolio Manager, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. In this February 2020 Community Update, Austin touched on a difficult life event that got him thinking about the impact one life can have on another -- even though, in some cases, we may not see the impact we're having. He and Jim Collison encouraged coaches to consider how all of their efforts and s...

Jaclynn Robinson, Learning Development Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach -- the fourth in our series on managers and teams. Jaclynn and Jim Collison exchanged ideas about exercises and activities -- including the team grid, the CliftonStrengths Team Activities Guide, and Theme Insight cards, but also some less formal activities -- that teams can use to build collabora...

Jaclynn Robinson, Learning Development Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach -- the third in our series on managers and teams. Jaclynn shared some ideas on how teams can make their workplaces recognition-friendly, with recognition that is meaningful and matters. She also spoke about how conflict in teams can actually foster team growth, evolution and health, and how teams...

Cathy DeWeese, Senior Workplace Consultant at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. In Part 2 of our series on Teamwork, Cathy spoke about the manager's role in fostering teamwork, including how managers can move from boss to coach. In addition, she provided insights on the 5 traits of great managers from Gallup's It's the Manager book: Motivation, Workstyle, Initiation, Collaboration...

Adam Hickman, Content Manager at Gallup, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. In Part 1 of this two-part webcast focusing on managers and their teams, Adam talks about teams and the important role that managers play in their teams' engagement. He presents five C's, supported by Gallup data, that are crucial for managers to implement as they seek to foster increased engagement. View the compl...

Austin Suellentrop, CliftonStrengths Portfolio Manager, was our guest on a recent Called to Coach. In this January 2020 Community Update, Austin shared the latest news about purchasing discount codes; Gallup's 2020 Learning Series for Certified Coaches, and how coaches can receive ICF certification for attending the Learning Series live; translations of learning content on Gallup Access; 2020 enha...