Coaching practices for Strengths Based Leadership as a Parent

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

  • Where I come alive is in the human glue
  • I keep forcing myself to lead the way I think a leader is supposed to, even when it cuts against my grain, and I can’t actually name what I’m naturally good at
  • I want my child to carry a solid sense of who they are even when I’m not there to remind them
  • I praise my kid constantly
  • My child has gotten so used to being "the difficult one" that they act like it’s just who they are

Practices that may help

  1. Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
    Strengths-based leadership, developed by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie building on Gallup’s decades of manager research, holds that the most effective leaders invest in their own strengths and build teams whose combined strengths cover all four leadership domains — executing, influencing, relationship building, and strategic thinking. Gallup’s correlational research consistently finds that strength-focused teams report higher engagement and performance, though the causal direction is not fully established.
  2. Lead from the relationship building domain — hold the team together
    People strong in relationship building are the glue that holds a team’s cohesion under pressure.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  3. Identify your dominant leadership strengths — and lead from them
    Know which of the four leadership domains you naturally operate from and amplify it rather than trying to be equally strong in all four.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  4. Build the child’s inner wealth narrative over time
    Consistently reflect back who the child is becoming, not just what they’re doing.
    The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
  5. Encourage specific contributions and efforts
    "You set the table without being asked — that helped the whole family" is more powerful than "Good job."
    Positive Discipline (Jane Nelsen)
  6. Use experiential recognition to highlight strengths in the moment
    Catch the child demonstrating a virtue and name the virtue directly.
    The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
  7. Lead from the influencing domain — take charge, speak up, make sure others are heard
    People strong in influencing sell the team’s ideas inside and outside the organization.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  8. Sportscast what you see rather than directing
    Narrate the play without evaluation, question, or instruction.
    Special Time (Lawrence Cohen — Playful Parenting)
  9. Invest more development effort in your strengths than in your weaknesses
    Move from average to excellent in your strength areas rather than from poor to average in your weak ones.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  10. Use family meetings to solve problems together
    When children help solve the problem, they own the solution — and solutions they own, they actually follow.
    Positive Discipline (Jane Nelsen)

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