THE STRENGTHSPATH: January 2016

Friday, January 29, 2016

I'm a big believer in assessments as an aid to help individuals discover their dream career and organizations find dream employees. Experimenting will always be a useful part of the process!

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Assessing Assessments - Part 2

Assessing Assessments Part 2 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Assessing Assessments

Strengthsfinder Introduction - Assessing Assessments from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Introduction to Strengthsfinder - Part 1

Strengthsfinder Introduction 1 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Monday, January 25, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 10

Strengths Based Goal Setting Part 10 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Friday, January 22, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 9

Strengths Based Goal Setting Part 9 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 8

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 8 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

"Genshai" - SUCCESSPATH Word Series

Genshai is an ancient Hindi word meaning "never treat anyone, including yourself, in a way that makes the person feel small". It means interacting in a way that lifts other people up to their highest self. It means reaching out to those who may feel small and giving them a path to discover, develop and deliver their best self. This could mean offering a specific sincere compliment, holding a door for someone or offering a homeless person warm eye contact along with money. Or it could mean taking that homeless person by the hand and offering the first step on the path of discovering the greatness inside.

Friday, January 15, 2016

Approach - How You Do What You Do

Approach - How You Do What You Do from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 6

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 6 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 5

Strengths Based Goal Setting 5 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 4

Strengths Based Goal Setting 4 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Strengths Based Goal Setting

Strengths Based Goal Setting 3 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 2

Strengths Based Goal Setting Part 2 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting

STRENGTHS BASED GOAL SETTING from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Workshop

Setting up goals...directions and destinations for the year should be a process that interacts with strengths discovery, development, demonstration and delivery. If you are a manager of people, even a parent, goal setting should involve deploying the strengths of others more than correcting a weakness.

Make a list of your key strengths (Bring Your "A-Game"):

Accomplishments - Make a list of your past successes. Try for 100 (For most people this is extremely challenging).

Added Value - Select 10 accomplishments where you have added value to another individual, team, business unit or organization. Identify the specific contribution(s).

Aptitudes - Are you Word Smart? Number Smart? Picture Smart? Mechanically Smart? Music Smart? People Smart? Body Smart? Which aptitudes did you use?

Activities - What are the activities and tasks you love doing and are naturally good at? Which talent/passion activities made the value added accomplishments happen.

Approaches - How do you do the things you do well. Gallup's Strengthsfinder 2.0 Assessment is a great place to find some answers.

Aim - Set a single goal based on your findings in the above exercise.

How We Choose Careers - Part 2

How We Choose Careers 2 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Friday, January 1, 2016

SUCCESSPATH Introduction

SUCCESSPATH Introduction from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

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COACHING, CLASS, AND COLLABORATOR COMMENTS

The Purpose of this letter is to describe the benefits I enjoyed from my coaching experience with Dale Cobb. I had a very specific issue, which I needed help getting over the hump with. Our conversations were very helpful in keeping me on track and getting me to the finish line. I believe that Dale is a keen observer of the human condition and has the ability to reflect back an individuals thoughts and goals as one strives for success. I found the services offered by Dale to be timely and effective. In the future, I am sure I will be presented with challenges that require outside assistance. When that time comes, I will not hesitate to call on Dale for his fresh bright and insightful guidance.

Joe Sexton, Managing Partner, CFR Executive Search, Chicago, Illinois

“Working with Dale has always been rewarding. Dale has always been on the leading edge developing new ways of marketing his products and services. Always willing to try new approaches and follow through... Always convincing.”

Fred Friday, Junk King Franchise Owner, Chattanooga, Tennessee

"Dale has always impressed me with his integrity, marketing insights, compassion and follow through. He thinks outside the box, asks the questions that others fail to ask and has a real heart for training others to be the best they can be. You can count on Dale."

Tim Turner, Owner Turner Strategic, Atlanta, Georgia

“Dale is always the most prepared person in the room. He has the ability to listen and clarify the issue at hand. He is a creative, caring leader. He has always been a joy to work with.”

Beverly Sherman, Owner Creative Connections, Lansing, Michigan

“I would like to take the opportunity to offer my recommendation for Dale Cobb. He has the remarkable ability to clearly listen to a problem, understand the issues and suggest a course of action that satisfies the needs of me and my clients. I cannot tell you how many times his advice was precisely what I needed to close a deal or carefully resolve a difficult situation. He is resourceful and creative in his teaching style. Over all he helped me to be more efficient and successful in my career.”

Michael Ward, Houston, Texas

“Dale gives attention to detail and runs one of the best team meetings I’ve ever seen. He has the keen ability to make complex things seems simple enough that anyone could understand them.”

Elwyn Henderson, Owner-Partner Mosaic Images, Gilmer, Texas

“Thank you for all your time and encouragement. With your advice and direction, I was able to get a decent job offer. They even complimented my resume.”

Ben Davidson, Visalia, CA

Dale Cobb Bio

As a strengths strategist and and performance coach, Dale helps individuals and organizations maximize their effectiveness. He is the founder of SUCCESSPATH Career Development where he helps clients discover, develop and deliver their unique strengths in the workplace. Dale graduated from The Coaches Training Institute in 1999, has been certified as a "StandOut" trainer by the Marcus Buckingham Company and a "Strengths Performance Coach" by the Gallup organization. He lives on the Pismo Coast with his wife Susy.

STRENGTHSPATH QUOTES

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know it when you find it. Your time is limited; so don't waste it living someone else's life... Have the courage to follow your own heart and intuition. They somehow already know what they already want to become. Everything else is secondary.

~Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple Computers

Maintaining focus is the key to success. You should understand your circle of competence, the thing that you're good at, and spend your time and energy there.
~Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft

If there is any difference between you and me, it may simple be that I get up every day and have a chance to do what I love to do, every day. If you want to learn anything from me, this is the best advice I can give you.
~Warren Buffet, Investor

Voice lies at the nexus of talent (your natural gifts and strengths), passion (those things that naturally energize, excite, motivate, and inspire you), need (including what the world needs enough to pay you for), and conscience (that still, small voice within that assures you of what is right and that prompts you to actually do it)... There is a deep, innate, almost inexpressible yearning within each one of us to find our voice in life.
~Stephen R. Covey

The Hedgehog Concept is an operating model that reflects understanding of three intersecting circles: what you can be the best in the world at, what you are deeply passionate about, and what best drives your economic or resource engine.
~Jim Collins, From Good to Great

It's essential for today's employers to recognize and cultivate their employees' talents and gifts if they want to retain them and remain viable in the marketplace.

~Tony Robbins, Life Coach

"Marty Rodriguez Century 21 Real Estate is built around one concept: everybody only does what he or she does best. Each employee makes the most of a single focused attribute.
In my office, each person specializes in one aspect of the transaction. The mantra is, Do what you do best. I list, sell, and negotiate. My buyer's agents only sell. Our head escrow coordinator closes more escrows in one year than most people close in an entire career."

Marty Rodriguez, #1 Century 21 Realtor

"I love what I do and can't imagine anything that I would enjoy more. The last vacation I took was about 20 years ago. I was miserable."

Dolly Lenz, #1 Realtor in U.S.

I've learned to draw and read a little bit, but I'm really still a very one-sided person and I don't know a great deal. I have limited intelligence and I use it in a particular direction.
~Richard Feynman, Nuclear Scientist, Nobel Prize Winner

Most people reach adulthood with no idea what their strengths might be; yet, they are painfully aware of their failings.
~Marcus Buckinham, Author, The Truth About You

Success is achieved by the development of strengths, not by the elimination of weaknesses. Name any successful person. Does this person have weaknesses? You bet!
~Marilyn Vos Savant, Guiness Book Highest IQ Scorer (228)

You can't coach height.
~Basketball Saying

God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well.
~The Apostle Paul, From Romans 12

Your ability unveils your destiny.

~Max Lucado, Author, Cure for the Common Life

...I was never a businessman... I mean I can add and subtract but I hate to read sheets of numbers. I like to write stories.
~Stan Lee, Marvel Comics, Creator of Super Heroes

If you have twelve crayons in your box, use your creativity and resourcefulness to make the best picture you can with these. Don't spend time worrying that someone else has forty-eight or sixty-four crayons. As you are, you are basically adequate to life.
~Laurence G. Boldt, Author, Zen and the Art of Making a Living

Picasso is weak on Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein is weak on impressionist painting. I can assure you they did not become successful people in their fields by trying to counter-balance their weakness.
~Bernard Haldane, Pioneer in Career Planning

If Benjamin Franklin would have tried to be a general and George Washington would have tried to be an inventor, we'd probably still be living in an English Colony with electricity.
~Tim Timmons, Author and Speaker

If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself, you won't get noticed, and that increasingly means you won't get paid much either.

~Michael Goldhaber, From Wired Magazine

Talent, I love that word! So different from employees.

So different from personnel. So different from human resources. Talent! Just uttering the word per se makes you puff up and feel good about yourself!

...I love it because of the...images ...that it immediately brings to mind. Yo-Yo Ma playing the cello.Pavarotti at full volume. Gene Hackman or Nicole Kidman in complete command of a scene. Derek Jeter turning a double play. Michelle Kwan doing a triple axel.

Michael Jordan "parting the waters"...and making that famous last shot that won the Chicago Bulls their

sixth championship during his reign with the team.

~Tom Peters

Everyone has some natural talent oraptitude in one or more areas. If you can identify those areas you not only will be happier and perform more successfully

in that role, but you will become betterpaid for that. Our free market system pays for performance at some point. When you have a natural aptitude coupled with desire experience, the result is productivity plus.

~Dave Ramsey

I'm a lousy guitar player and an even lousier piano player. Had I not got Edge close by who was an extraordinarily gifted complex musician, I would be hopeless. Had I not got Larry and Adam, these melodies would not be grounded. But it's still very difficult for me to have to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships.

~Bono, U2 Lead Singer

FIND YOUR EDGE AT WORK!

Friday, January 29, 2016

Assessing Assessments - Part 3

Finding Your Dream Career-Dream Employee May Take Some Experimenting

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Assessing Assessments - Part 2

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Assessing Assessments

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Introduction to Strengthsfinder - Part 1

Monday, January 25, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 10

Friday, January 22, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 9

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 8

"Genshai" - SUCCESSPATH Word Series

Friday, January 15, 2016

Approach - How You Do What You Do

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 6

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 5

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 4

Strengths Based Goal Setting

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 2

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Strengths Based Goal Setting

How We Choose Careers - Part 2

Friday, January 1, 2016

SUCCESSPATH Introduction

COACHING, CLASS, AND COLLABORATOR COMMENTS