GALLUP® Called to Coach

Jane Miller, Chief Operating Officer at Gallup, and Austin Suellentrop, CliftonStrengths Portfolio Manager at Gallup, addressed your concerns of the past two months as Gallup Strengths Center has migrated to Gallup Access on a recent Called to Coach Community Update. Jane and Austin spoke of Gallup's commitment to coaches and the steps Gallup is taking to listen to you; to learn from the challenges faced to date; and to improve Gallup Access accordingly -- including significantly lowering call wait times. Austin also addressed some improvements that have been made to Gallup Access over the past weeks and the December movement of digital kits into Access. He shared how Gallup will be improving the coaches' feedback process and previewed the January Learning Series and changes that will be coming in 2020 -- and the role coaches' feedback is playing in those changes.Everybody needs a coach. By becoming a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, you can empower others to succeed. We are teaching and training people all over the world to answer this call. You too can become a coach and learn how to use a strengths-based approach to improve employee engagement and performance and transform your workplace culture. To learn more or discover information about becoming a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, visit Gallup Access: http://on.gallup.com/1i5OXhq.Gallup's Called to Coach is a live webcast that targets current and prospective coaches to interact with Gallup experts and independent strengths coaches who have found success in strengths-based development.

Priscilla Gonzalez-Santos, HR Manager at Edesia Nutrition, and Marcus Jannitto, a Strengths Coach with Leadership Rhode Island were our guests on a recent Called to Coach. Priscilla and Marcus spoke passionately about how -- over a relatively short period -- CliftonStrengths has become the 25th language (24 spoken + strengths) at Edesia's manufacturing facility in Rhode Island (United States), and how the "gift" of CliftonStrengths is reaching such a diverse group of employees and is moving them and the company's mission to feed hungry people forward.Everybody needs a coach. By becoming a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, you can empower others to succeed. We are teaching and training people all over the world to answer this call. You too can become a coach and learn how to use a strengths-based approach to improve employee engagement and performance and transform your workplace culture. To learn more or discover information about becoming a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, visit Gallup Access: http://on.gallup.com/1i5OXhq.Gallup's Called to Coach is a live webcast that targets current and prospective coaches to interact with Gallup experts and independent strengths coaches who have found success in strengths-based development.

Dean Jones, Global Client Learning Strategy at Gallup, discusses what it means to be strengths-based, including coaching employees with few talents, importance of managers, and implementing a strength-based management approach in organizations.

To learn more about becoming a Certified Strengths Coach at the Gallup Strengths Center: http://on.gallup.com/1i5OXhq.Gallup's Called to Coach is a live Webcast that targets current and prospective coaches to interact with Gallup experts and independent strengths coaches who have found success in strengths-based development.On a recent Called to Coach, we spoke with Kristin Barry, Portfolio Director for Talent-Based Hiring at Gallup, about Gallup's talent-based hiring (or selection) assessments and the CliftonStrengths assessment, including their history, the differences between them, and why Gallup doesn't recommend using CliftonStrengths as a hiring tool. Kristin discussed how Gallup's selection assessments are designed to measure talent intensity relative to the best in a specific role, while CliftonStrengths is an aid to understanding a person and to developing them in their career. She also fielded some great questions from the chat room.

To learn more about becoming a Certified Strengths Coach at the Gallup Strengths Center: http://on.gallup.com/1i5OXhq.Gallup's Called to Coach is a live Webcast that targets current and prospective coaches to interact with Gallup experts and independent strengths coaches who have found success in strengths-based development.Discover key insights on remote workers' needs, and how to manage and coach them effectively to greater engagement, in this Gallup Research for Coaches webcast.

Graeme Evans, Head of Executive Services at St. Philip's Christian College in Newcastle, Australia, spoke about his strengths journey and how St. Philip's has sought to integrate CliftonStrengths holistically into the school's curriculum, and the cultural change this has brought. He talked about the importance of believing in strengths and finding touchpoints at which strengths can be integrated, and the variety of ways in which St. Philip's has accomplished this. He also spoke of the difference Gallup's Q12 tool is making in the engagement of the school's employees.https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/267095/believing-strengths-faith-based-school-approach.aspxTo learn more about becoming a Certified Strengths Coach at the Gallup Strengths Center: http://on.gallup.com/1i5OXhq.Gallup's Called to Coach is a live Webcast that targets current and prospective coaches to interact with Gallup experts and independent strengths coaches who have found success in strengths-based development.

Celine Sugay, positive psychologist and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, talked about how CliftonStrengths helped her focus her life's purpose and how she is using her Includer talent to bring coaches into the growing CliftonStrengths coaching community in the Philippines. Coach Celine is profoundly committed to building a deep and strong army of CliftonStrengths coaches throughout her country.Full show notes and transcripts at https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/266921/committed-community-coach-vision-philippines.aspxTo learn more about becoming a Certified Strengths Coach at the Gallup Strengths Center: http://on.gallup.com/1i5OXhq.Gallup's Called to Coach is a live Webcast that targets current and prospective coaches to interact with Gallup experts and independent strengths coaches who have found success in strengths-based development.

To learn more about becoming a Certified Strengths Coach at the Gallup Strengths Center: http://on.gallup.com/1i5OXhq.Gallup's Called to Coach is a live Webcast that targets current and prospective coaches to interact with Gallup experts and independent strengths coaches who have found success in strengths-based development.On a recent Called to Coach, we spoke with Austin Suellentrop, CliftonStrengths Portfolio Manager, and Emily Ternus, Performance Team Lead TPA at Gallup, about the imminent changes coming to Gallup Strengths Center and The Coaching Blog, in an important Community Update. Austin and Emily shared the benefits and features of the new gallup.com/access and gallup.com/cliftonstrengths sites that will fully launch on September 21 (and the sunsetting of gallupstrengthscenter.com) and gave a live demo of what the new site will look like and site functionality. (NOTE: This is one Called to Coach episode that would be more beneficial for you to view on YouTube.)

To learn more about becoming a Certified Strengths Coach at the Gallup Strengths Center: http://on.gallup.com/1i5OXhq.Gallup's Called to Coach is a live Webcast that targets current and prospective coaches to interact with Gallup experts and independent strengths coaches who have found success in strengths-based development.On a recent Called to Coach, we spoke with Dr. Sangeeta Badal, Gallup's Principal Scientist, Entrepreneurship & Job Creation, about some exciting new research on entrepreneurship that Gallup will be conducting in the late summer and fall and winter of 2019-2020. Dr. Badal detailed how coaches can get involved in this research that involves Gallup's Builder Profile 10, or BP10, assessment -- the deadline for participation has now been extended to September 16, 2019. Our guest host was Todd Johnson, Gallup's Senior Global Channel Leader, Entrepreneurship & Job Creation.

Pia Nazareno-Acevedo from the Philippines. a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach talks about the sacred conversations that a coach engages in, and the importance that a coach knows has a firm grasp on their own CliftonStrengths before coaching others and coaches out of the "overflow" of their strengths. Coach Pia also shared her excitement about the inroads CliftonStrengths and CliftonStrengths coaching is making in her country.Full show notes and transcripts at https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/266324/sacred-conversations-coaching-others-via-knowing-yourself.aspxTo learn more about becoming a Certified Strengths Coach at the Gallup Strengths Center: http://on.gallup.com/1i5OXhq.Gallup's Called to Coach is a live Webcast that targets current and prospective coaches to interact with Gallup experts and independent strengths coaches who have found success in strengths-based development.