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‌Leveraging Your and Your Team’s Strengths to Better Serve Your Clients

‌Leveraging Your and Your Team’s Strengths to Better Serve Your Clients

Dominique Toews and Drake Van Zante are Private Wealth Advisors, or Financial Advisors, with TVZ Wealth Advisors, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. We sat down with Domi and Drake to learn about how they use the Clifton Strengths program in their work. Domi’s Top-5 Strengths: Relator Positivity Activator Belief Arranger Drake Top-5 Strengths: Relator Individualization Strategic Learner Analytical What do you two do for work? We are Private Wealth Advisors, also referred to as Financial Advisors. What does your organization do? We are a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. We help...

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Helping Individuals and Organizations Understand and Grow in Their Unique Strengths with Ryan Crittenden

Helping Individuals and Organizations Understand and Grow in Their Unique Strengths with Ryan Crittenden

Ryan Crittenden is the Founder and CEO of XL Coaching and Development, a strengths-based coaching company aimed at helping individuals and organizations understand and grow in their strengths. Ryan’s Top-5 Strengths: Futuristic Maximizer Responsibility Strategic Belief What do you two do for work? I’m the Founder and CEO of XL Coaching and Development. What does your company do? XL Coaching and Development is a strengths-based coaching company aimed at helping individuals and organizations understand and grow in their strengths. How do you use Clifton Strengths in your organization and how has it helped you, your team, or your clients grow?...

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‌Envisioning a Day When Everyone Who Serves Our Country Has Identified Their Natural Talents with Mike Ritz

‌Envisioning a Day When Everyone Who Serves Our Country Has Identified Their Natural Talents with Mike Ritz

Mike Ritz is the Executive Director at Gallup, a company that changes the world through extraordinary analytics and advice on everything important facing humankind. At Gallup, Mike launched and leads a groundbreaking strengths-based development initiative for over 4 million federal government and military employees. His vision is to empower those who serve our country by identifying and cultivating their natural talents, fostering a culture where everyone strives to bring out the best in each other. Mike’s Top-5 Strengths Communication  Activator  Futuristic  Strategic  Maximizer How Mike Uses CliftonStrengths Gallup, the creator of CliftonStrengths, is a fully strengths-based organization. All 1,000+ employees'...

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Revolutionizing Organizational Cultures in Minnesota (while wearing red lipstick, of course!) with Alissa Daire Nelson

Revolutionizing Organizational Cultures in Minnesota (while wearing red lipstick, of course!) with Alissa Daire Nelson

“My 100-year vision is that Minnesota is the place that the rest of the country looks to see how business is done.” -Alissa Daire Nelson Alissa Daire Nelson is founder and Chief Strengths Officer of Daire 2 Succeed, whose mission is to revolutionize organizational cultures by focusing on well-being and diverse strengths with data-driven strategies and tools delivering tangible and sustainable growth. She's an accomplished Business and Leadership Coach, Trainer, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcaster, and Author. Alissa’s rich background includes serving in healthcare for over a decade, as a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a Registered Nurse (RN). She is also the...

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Unique by Design: Petra Krebbs on the Art of Not Blending In

Unique by Design: Petra Krebbs on the Art of Not Blending In

“My whole passion and mission is to help people live engaged, equipped, and elevated lives.”  -Petra Krebbs Petra Krebbs is a Strengths Strategist™, Leadership and Team Developer, Trainer, Consultant, and Executive Coach. Her mission and passion is to ignite the power of people and teams. Petra’s professional career spans 20+ years in training, sales, leadership, and development and, as a consultant, she is certified by Gallup® in the expertise of CliftonStrengths® to help individuals and teams align their goals with what they naturally do best. Petra is also part of a select team certified to speak & train on behalf...

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