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 ...
Nov 16, 2023•30 min
Kathy Kersten (www.kathykersten.com) interviews Lorenzo Gomez III, Geekdom Media CEO, Co-Host of The Brand Brother Podcast and author of "The Cilantro Diaries: Business Lessons from the Most Unlikely Places". He shares wisdom about using strengths philosophy to increase your professional success. Lorenzo's Top 5: Context, Restorative, Activator, Positivity, WOO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 16, 2023•17 min
CEO of Geekdom Media, Lorenzo Gomez III and Kathy discuss the inspiration behind the Obey Your Strengths podcast. As former colleagues at Rackspace Hosting, they discuss how their strengths had to be "Obeyed" and the follow their strengths on different career journeys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 16, 2023•31 min
On this episode of Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten, hear from Damon Finaldi, CEO of Telecloud, as he shares his top five strengths and how they have helped him in his career. He explains how his futuristic strength allows him to visualize the future, his activator strength helps him to get ideas off the ground, and his significance strength makes him reflect on the meaning of his actions. He also talks about how he shifted roles from sales and marketing to operations manager, and how he b...
Oct 26, 2023•44 min
On this episode of Obey Your Strengths, Kathy Kersten interviews Wendy Brand, the owner of WMB Coaching and Consulting. Wendy talks about her journey to owning her own business, and how her top five strengths of Activator, Arranger, Individualization, Harmony, and Relator have helped her along the way. She also shares her experience of getting up early due to construction on the highway, and how her harmony strength helped her navigate a difficult relationship with a colleague. Wendy emphasizes ...
Oct 19, 2023•39 min
On this inspiring episode of Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten, we dive deep into the world of strengths with Jeff DeVerter, a former colleague from Rackspace who has mastered the art of leveraging his top five strengths. Join Kathy and Jeff as they unravel the secrets behind strategic thinking, ideation, building authentic relationships, individualization, and the relentless pursuit of achievement. Jeff takes us on a journey through his unique approach to problem-solving, explaining how he...
Oct 12, 2023•32 min
Driven towards her mission! This Obey Your Strengths Episode features Carrie Kimbell, CEO of First Tee of Greater San Antonio and her Leadership and Strengths Journey! Carrie’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Woo, Ideation, Positivity, Adaptability, and Achiever. As a head of the non-profit youth development program, Carrie is finding new ways to improve the lives of San Antonio youth on and off the course. Obey Your Strengths with Kathy Kersten is a podcast dedicated to fanning the flame of the Stre...
Oct 05, 2023•39 min
Kathy Kersten interviews Jamie Thompson, the Assistant Dean of Students at Trinity University, about cultivating a strengths-based University Campus, utilizing the CliftonStrengths for Students Assessment. From experimentation to implementation to iteration, Jamie shares the story of Trinity University’s strengths Journey, alongside with her own. 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 ...
Aug 16, 2021•56 min
Ms. Codie Wright is a Best-Selling Author, University Instructor and Gallup Certified Strengths Coach that helps her students in the Sales program utilize emotional intelligence and their strengths to learn how to be successful in sales and to inform their career aspirations. Her Top 5 CliftonStrengths Themes are Achiever, Competition, Focus, Responsibility and Positivity. She shares how she integrated CliftonStrengths into her program at Texas A&M University and a few of her favorite storie...
Aug 09, 2021•36 min
Anthony Coppedge is a leader in Agile Marketing and a strengths evangelist. His Top 5CliftonStrengths Themes are Strategic, Ideation, Activator, Relator and Command. He also has a healthy dose of Communication and Empathy, which is demonstrated in this podcast. In this episode, he shares his own story of personal transformation through self-awareness, as well as, how he helps others through their own transformation. Kathy Kersten is the host of Obey Your Strengths, the podcast dedicated to fanni...
Aug 02, 2021•45 min
Natalie King is a Program Manager that leads with Developer, Positivity, Empathy, Arranger and Individualization as her Top 5 CliftonStrengths Themes. As a female in tech, she has learned to embrace and leverage her unique Empathy superpowers in a sea of peers that lead with Strategic Thinking Themes. Our conversation includes a deep dive into Imposter Syndrome, its origins and how to tackle it. Natalie is a shining example of obeying her strengths! Kathy Kersten is the host of Obey Your Strengt...
Jul 26, 2021•45 min
Kathy interviews influential leader, Aliecia Taormina, about her strengths journey and how she has led the transformation of her workplace, LCPtracker, to become a strengths-based culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 29, 2021•45 min
Struggle to drive performance on your team? In this podcast, Kathy describes the 5 different conversations you, the manager, need to have with your direct reports. More information from this content can be found in “It’s The Manager” book, copyright 2019 Gallup Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 15, 2021•21 min
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Mar 02, 2021•49 min
Lanham Napier is the former CEO of Rackspace and author of the book "Billion or Bust!". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 01, 2021•40 min
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Jan 18, 2021•40 min
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Jan 11, 2021•18 min
Kathy Kersten interviews Win Cramer, CEO and re-founder of JLabs Audio. Win is a competitor, he take on the Federal Government and wins. His top 5 strengths are Competition, Achiever, Ideation, Strategic and Self assurance. 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 80+ organizations, hundreds of teams and thousands of individua...
Mar 17, 2020•31 min
Kathy Kersten interviews Mr. Larry Guillory, Chief People and Communications Officer for Kipp Texas. Larry shares his valuable insights regarding his career journey, inspirational leadership and explains how to manage with the 3 C’s: Connect, Coach and Celebrate. Larry’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths Signature Themes are Strategic, Relator, Arranger, Activator and Maximizer. Kathy Kersten is the host of Obey Your Strengths, the podcast dedicated to fanning the flame of the Strengths movement one succes...
Mar 10, 2020•39 min
In honor of International Women's Day, Kathy shares some insights and strategies for increasing your Career Well-Being. 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 80+ organizations, hundreds of teams and thousands of individuals leverage individual’s strengths to increase performance. Kathy’s Top 5 Signature Themes are Strategic...
Mar 03, 2020•18 min
Kathy Kersten interviews Beth Wammack, Partner and recently appointed CEO at GDC Marketing and Ideation in San Antonio, Texas. Beth established a strengths-based culture many years ago. Kathy discusses Beth’s Top 5, her leadership story and the cultural transition that the organization will go through under Beth’s leadership. Beth’s Top 5 are Communication, Woo, Self-Assurance, Activator and Significance. Kathy Kersten is the host of Obey Your Strengths, the podcast dedicated to fanning the flam...
Feb 25, 2020•44 min
Kathy Kersten interviews Mr. Simon Cooper, former president of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Cooper served as president from 2001 to 2010, and under his leadership the luxury hotel company developed The Ritz-Carlton Residences and the exclusive Ritz-Carlton Reserve, and was consistently recognized as the top choice in the industry; it was ranked #1 in the J.D. Power and Associates North America Hotel Guests Satisfaction Index Survey and named The Luxury Institute’s Most Prestigious Luxury Bran...
Feb 18, 2020•53 min
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, Becky Anderson, for being our 3rd Chick with Command! Becky is a leader in External Relations and Development for a public university. She shares stories of how her Top 5 strengths, including Command, have helped her find success in her role as an executive l...
Feb 11, 2020•30 min
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, Elena Villasenor Sullivan, for being our 1st Chick with Command! Elena is a former Litigation attorney and now leads a Compliance team at a large financial institution in San Antonio, Texas. She shares stories of how her Top 5 strengths, including Command, ha...
Feb 04, 2020•30 min
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...
Jan 28, 2020•30 min
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 f...
Jul 09, 2019•48 min
“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 worl...
Jul 02, 2019•43 min
“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 Cilant...
Jun 25, 2019•1 hr 11 min
“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 ...
Jun 18, 2019•37 min
“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 ...
Jun 11, 2019•48 min
