Amplifying Your Strengths in the New Era of Coaching (aka Welcoming Our Robot Overlords)

Just as the CliftonStrengths assessment was a revolutionary tool for understanding human talent, a new category of technology has emerged that is reshaping every industry: AI. For a community dedicated to a proven, human-centric framework, the rise of AI can seem like a disruptive force. However, the central question isn’t whether AI will replace coaches, but how can AI serve the coach? This session explores that question, reframing AI not as a competitor to the coaching profession, but as a powerful set of tools that can be strategically integrated to enhance it.  

Key Takeaways

• Streamline Your Business Engine using AI
• Enhance Your Coaching Craft with AI
• How can AI become Your “Second Brain”

Strengths Knowledge Level: Novice-Average

AI is often dismissed as a shortcut, as if using it somehow cheats the learning process. But for many learners, especially those who are neurodiverse or think outside traditional molds, AI isn’t a workaround. It’s a lifeline.

This session explores how AI can act as a cognitive support system, scaffolding areas of struggle, amplifying natural strengths, and offering a way to think, reflect, and create that meets the mind where it actually is. When paired with the StrengthsFinder framework, AI becomes more than a tool; it becomes a path to equity, agency, and personalized learning at scale.

Expect to challenge assumptions, explore real use cases, and walk away with tangible ways to bring strength-based, tech-enabled learning to life.

Key Takeaways

• AI is not a shortcut, it’s cognitive scaffolding that supports thinking, not replaces it

• Equity means meeting the mind, not the median, and AI helps bridge that gap

• StrengthsFinder + AI is a powerful pairing for unlocking diverse cognitive potential

• Reframing “cheating” reveals deeper bias in who is allowed support

• Attendees will leave with a “Thinking Copilot Starter Kit” of prompts, tools, and reflection strategies they can use right away

Strengths Knowledge Level: Novice

Leverage your unique CliftonStrengths to make more informed and confident decisions. You’ll learn to identify your decision-making style, understand how your strengths influence your choices, and develop a framework for making decisions that align with your values and aspirations.

Key Takeaways

• Leverage your CliftonStrengths
• Know how to use your strengths to make decisions

Strengths Knowledge Level: Novice

Stop judging → Start connecting → Use strengths as the lens

Key Takeaways

• Stop using age as an excuse or barrier
• Find the human connection – we’re more alike than different
• Use individual strengths to understand behavior instead of generational assumptions
• The arc: Stop judging → Start connecting → Use strengths as the lens

Strengths Knowledge Level: Novice

Presenters will highlight the value of Strengths (and other actionable tools) utilized within a nonprofit organization to cultivate intentional talent management, promote individual leadership development, and achieve strong staff retention rates. This session will provide strategies to build and retain top talent, showcasing real-world examples that highlight the importance of this work beyond the executive-level.

Key Takeaways

• Actionable tools for the practical application of Strengths in talent management and leadership development
• Demonstration of how to maximize the value of investment in Strengths
• Succession development is a key part of talent management; not just executive-level work

Strengths Knowledge Level: Average-Expert

Key Takeaways

• Understand the differences between wellness and well-being 
• Understand how harness your Strengths to create personal goals
• Learn about self-anchoring and how to assess areas of your life that need extra attention 

Strengths Knowledge Level: Average

Most leadership pipelines focus on fixing gaps but what if we started by amplifying strengths instead? In this session, you’ll learn how to use strengths (and specifically Gallup Strengths) not just as a coaching tool, but as a foundation for designing leadership development programs. She’ll share lessons from a school-based leadership pipeline she built, which is rooted in data and tailored pathways that has led to more effective, engaged, and diverse leaders. Walk away with practical strategies to rethink how you identify, develop, and support talent at every level.

Key Takeaways

• Strengths aren’t just for coaching—they’re a powerful design tool for building leadership development pathways that are tailored, inclusive, and sustainable

• Traditional pipelines reward performance over potential—a strengths-based approach helps you spot and grow emerging leaders who might otherwise be overlooked (but with enough structure to mitigate bias!)

• Using Gallup Strengths in program design leads to clearer development plans, better role fit, and stronger engagement across your leadership bench

• Leadership pathways should be personalized, not prescriptive—design roles and stretch assignments aligned to an individual’s unique strengths profile.

  **You don’t need to overhaul everything to start—**small shifts in how you assess, support, and structure growth opportunities can lead to outsized impact.

Strengths Knowledge Level: Average

How We Think and How We Can Think Better

Cognitive biases are mental shortcuts designed to help us survive. They show up when we process and interpret information, and they can shape the decisions and judgments we make every day, in both life and work.
In this interactive session, we’ll explore common cognitive biases, what makes us vulnerable to them, and how they influence our thinking and behavior. We’ll then dive into how our CliftonStrengths can both amplify and help us reduce these biases.

Key Takeaways

• Cognitive biases and how they influence our thinking
• What makes us vulnerable to biases
• When our strengths help us reduce bias
• When our strengths might be leading us astray
• Practical techniques to reduce cognitive biases

Strengths Knowledge Level: Novice

Work Around Your Brain to Create Psychological Safety

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Strengths Knowledge Level: Any Level