
Human Capital Leadership Developing Your Strengths to Create a Positive Change, with Josefine Campbell
Jan 7, 2026
Josefine Campbell, a distinguished executive coach and educator, shares insights on strengths-based leadership and its impact on organizations. She discusses how a strengths mindset can enhance efficiency and foster positive change within teams. Josefine draws parallels between Japanese jiu-jitsu and leadership, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness. The conversation also covers the benefits of talent assessments, aligning roles with strengths, and creating momentum through small wins, while encouraging regular self-reflection for sustained growth.
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Strengths Enable Efficient Impact
- Leaning into strengths lets people contribute more efficiently and create positive impact in their surroundings.
- Josefine Campbell connects inner awareness from martial arts to leadership for better use of personal strengths.
Martial Arts Shaped Her Coaching
- Josefine shares she was a quadruple Danish champion in Japanese jiu-jitsu and used its practices in leadership coaching.
- She translated dojo habits like inner awareness and control into methods for executive presence and decision making.
Weakness-Focused Growth Is Inefficient
- Focusing solely on fixing weaknesses is inefficient because deep weaknesses rarely become major strengths.
- Better ROI comes from making weaknesses competent while investing growth time in natural strengths.

