Certified Strengths Trainer - Jim Seybert » Retreats/Consulting

Hiking Yosemite’s Half Dome

Jim Seybert — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:47:07 +0000

My dream job is driving a shuttle bus in Yosemite.

Quick post with virtually nothing to do with maximizing your strengths other than giving you a glimpse at something that nourishes me just as much as facilitating SimplyStrengths and StrengthsEssentials workshops.

My dream job – seriously – is driving a tour bus in Yosemite National Park and [...]

SimplyStrengths Basic Training – April 7th

Jim Seybert — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:37:35 +0000

Whether you are an experienced strengths user, or a recent convert to the movement this 1 HOUR session will teach you something new.

I promise real value for your time. This is not an extended sales pitch – although many do ask for information on our SimplyStrengths Immersion Workshops.

There are two sessions offered. Both are done LIVE. [...]

Avoiding Strengths Drift

Jim Seybert — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:22:13 +0000

Counter Intelligence by Jim Seybert – February 2010

It looks like I am finally going to make good on my promise to get a Class B driver’s license, so I can join the transportation team at my church and volunteer to drive the bus. My schedule allows the flexibility and I love to drive, so it’s a [...]

SimplyStrengths® Intro Webcast

Jim Seybert — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:23:19 +0000

A lot of people are talking about strengths these days.

Search STRENGTHS on Twitter.

Type STRENGTHS into the search bar on Amazon.

You can:

Find your strengths,

Discover your strengths,

Play to your strengths,

Lead with strengths,

Put your strengths to work,

Live your strengths, and

Teach all these to your kids.

And that’s cool – [...]

Sculpture and the art of asking questions

Jim Seybert — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:31:46 +0000

Peter Druker is credited with saying that one of his greatest skills as a consultant was his ability to ask good questions.

Scott Ginsberg is famous for at least two things and one of them is a great opening line he uses, “Let me ask you this.”

I just completed a 45 minute call with a long-time client [...]

Free advice?

Jim Seybert — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:30:20 +0000

I’d like to improve conversion rates on my web site.

SEO is actually pretty good – in some key word combos I show above the fold on Google.

Traffic is decent – between 10 and 30 unique visitors on an average day. Some days less. And I’m OK with that because what I do is fairly narrow.

The dilemma is the [...]

Facebook, Twitter and MySpace Growth

Jim Seybert — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:24:59 +0000

Inside Facebook is reporting a milestone reached by the social network in May 2009 – that’s when the number of unique US users on Facebook exceeded unique US users on MySpace. The margin was small, but to paraphrase Aristotle, “a win is a win.”

The Internet measuring site comSCORE pegged Facebook’s unique US users at 70.28 million [...]

Separating Wheat from Chaff

Jim Seybert — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:09:10 +0000

Some of my most rewarding assignments come from successful organizations who ask me to help them prioritize their activities so they can focus energy on important things.

The first phase is usually a Strategy Audit where I get an outsider’s perspective on all the stuff they’re doing.

My job is to help the leaders see things differently, with [...]

Brand Consistency – 3 (The dilemma)

Jim Seybert — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:16:28 +0000

My Facebook screen asked What’s on your mind?

My LinkedIn profile asked What are you working on?

The answer is Where do I go from here?

My personal strategy audit indicates I have done a good job establishing my credentials as someone others can rely on to ask probing questions that help companies move past their roadblocks and do [...]

Testing a new Video tool

Jim Seybert — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:00:15 +0000

I am experimenting with an online tool that allows users to produce animated shorts and post them to a number of sites, including YouTube.

The online tool is xtranormal.com. They are in beta presently and there’s no charge to play around. When they launch, beta users will get preferred pricing for a short period of time. That’s [...]