My Approach to Strengths-Based Coaching
Turn your talents into strengths you can consistently rely on.
Strengths-based coaching that helps you apply what comes naturally with intention, so decisions are clearer, actions are focused, and progress moves you toward outcomes that matter.
When we work together, the approach is tailored, practical, and oriented toward steady, sustainable progress.
What to Expect
A collaborative partnership focused on your needs
Insight directly connected to action
Clear next steps and simple ways to track progress
An approach shaped by your context, timing, and goals
If this approach resonates, the next step is to explore how we might work together.
Why Strengths-Based Coaching Works
Talents become strengths through intentional use. Applying what comes naturally, on purpose and over time, builds capability you can consistently rely on.
Research from Gallup shows that people who understand and regularly use their strengths tend to:
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Feel more confident and engaged
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Perform more effectively
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Experience lower levels of stress
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Make steadier progress toward goals
My coaching approach is informed by my training and certification as a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, translating research-backed concepts into practical, everyday application.
When we work together, strengths awareness is applied in ways that support:
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Clearer decisions
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More focused effort
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Progress toward outcomes that matter to you
Rather than pursuing dramatic change, the work emphasizes small, well-aligned shifts that build momentum over time.
Curious what this kind of work looks like in practice? Discover the impact clients are having across roles, organizations, and communities.
What We Work On Together
When we work together, coaching stays focused on moving you toward outcomes that matter to you. Reflection is always connected to action, and insight is translated into practical next steps.
Together, we focus on:
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Clarifying what you do best and where those talents show up in everyday life
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Applying your talents across work, home, and community contexts
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Expanding possibilities beyond default expectations or external pressure
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Structuring goals and projects into manageable actions
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Identifying who else should be involved in achieving desired outcomes
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Making decisions with greater clarity and confidence
Sessions are shaped by your priorities and timing. You leave with clear plans, concrete action items, and simple ways to track progress, so momentum continues between conversations.
How Coaching Works in Practice
Grounded in real experience
When we work together, coaching draws on what is actually happening in your life and work. Sessions are anchored in real decisions, current challenges, and past successes rather than hypotheticals.
Insight through partnership
Through focused dialogue and reflection, insight is generated collaboratively rather than prescribed. Together, we examine patterns, question assumptions, and explore options in ways that build clarity and momentum. The approach adapts to your context, timing, and what will be most useful next.
Action-oriented sessions
Each session is designed to move you forward. You leave with:
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Clear takeaways
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Practical plans and concrete action items
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Simple ways to track progress over time
Reflection is always connected to action, so progress continues between conversations.
The Coaching Partnership
Coaching is a collaborative partnership built on trust, respect, and shared focus. When we work together, you remain the expert on your life, goals, and decisions. My role is to bring structure, perspective, and tools that support clarity, progress, and follow-through.
What defines the partnership:
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A shared commitment to outcomes that matter to you
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Clear agreements about focus, priorities, and how we’ll work together
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Confidentiality and respect for boundaries
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A balance of support and thoughtful challenge
Sessions are shaped by your needs and timing, not a preset agenda. The partnership adapts as your goals, context, and circumstances evolve, so the coaching remains relevant and useful over time.
This approach creates space for honest reflection, focused thinking, and meaningful action, while ensuring ownership and agency stay with you.
Tools That Support the Work
When we work together, coaching is supported by thoughtfully chosen tools that deepen insight and make the process more efficient and engaging.
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Online platforms support accessible, focused sessions
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Storytelling and story listening surface insight from lived experience
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Select self-assessments, including narrative-based tools, provide shared language and reflection points
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AI tools are incorporated thoughtfully to save time, streamline reflection, and help you leverage technology as a practical support for thinking, planning, and follow-through
These tools are used in service of clarity, action, and progress, not as ends in themselves.
Who This Approach Serves Well
This strengths-based coaching approach works best for people who are open to reflection and interested in using their talents more intentionally.
It tends to be a good fit for:
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Jobseekers clarifying direction, strengths, and next steps
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Leaders navigating change, growth, or expanded responsibility
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Professionals who want to make thoughtful choices rather than default ones
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Individuals who value partnership, structure, and practical follow-through, especially when momentum feels hard to sustain
This work is especially effective for those who believe progress is possible and are willing to engage actively in the process. Coaching works best as a collaborative effort, grounded in curiosity, honesty, and forward momentum.
Work With Me
If you are curious how your talents could be used more intentionally to support clarity, progress, and outcomes that matter to you, this is the kind of work we would do together.
When we work together, coaching is tailored, collaborative, and focused on forward movement. The emphasis is not on dramatic change, but on steady, well-aligned progress that you can sustain over time.
