Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten

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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“Hardwired for Authentic Leadership and Excellence in Execution.” Kathy Kersten speaks with Mark Roenigk, an influential change agent that has helped lead some of the world’s best technology companies grow from small enterprises to hyperscale in just a matter of years. Mark’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Achiever, Responsibility, Arranger, Relator, Individualization.

As a head of hardware engineering, Mark is responsible for the building, scaling and innovation of infrastructure at one of the world’s leading tech companies. Previously, Mark was the COO at Rackspace, where he managed the global infrastructure and associated services such as data center engineering, operations, hardware design, networking, infrastructure services, supply chain, procurement, facilities, physical & cyber security and enterprise IT. Mark began his career as an engineer at Compaq before moving into management, and has held senior leadership roles at Microsoft, Intuit, Sirius XM, and eBay/PayPal.

Mark has been a strong supporter of charities dedicated to enriching the lives of children with disabilities. He is on the Board of Directors of Taelor’s House Foundation, Morgan’s Wonderland and supports the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, Special Olympics and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He previously served as technology advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and is the current chairman and president of the Open Compute Foundation. Mark holds a BBA degree in management from Texas A&M University.

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 helped 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

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Kathy interviews Mike McDerment, Co-Founder/CEO of FreshBooks and author of Breaking the Time Barrier. From his unique strengths perspective, Mike shares stories and inspiration from his startup journey, the leadership challenges of running a successful tech company, and building with an award winning employee culture. Mike’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Focus, Responsibility, Restorative, Ideation, Input.

Resources: Mike shares insights from Michael E. Gerber’s book, “The E Myth,” as a resource for small businesses. “Breaking the Time Barrier” by Mike McDerment and Donald Cowper can be downloaded for free at freshbooks.com/breakingthetimebarrier.

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

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Hey There, Strengths Fans! I’m popping in your ear buds to bring you a 3 part mini-series highlighting one of my favorite strengths themes and a few female leaders who have it in their Top 5. We’re talking to Chicks with Command.

Thank you, Dr. Alison Wiesenthal, for being our 1st Chick with Command! Alison is a medical doctor who provides palliative care at Brooks Army Medical Center. She shares stories of how her Top 5 strengths, including Command, have helped her find success in her role as a medical doctor.

DISCLAIMER: “The views expressed are those of the speaker and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US Army, Department of Defense or the US Government.”

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 helped 80+ 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.

Instagram: @kathy.kersten
Facebook: @obeyyourstrengths

This podcast is produced by Geekdom Media and Gameday Media in San Antonio, Texas.

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