Jim Seybert – Certified Strengths Trainer

Helping people maximize their strengths

Entries for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

SimplyStrengths® Intro Webcast

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 – because I’m a certified strength trainer and help people [...]

Not everyone wants to lead

Companies and organizations have leaders, managers, administrators and a bunch of folks who are very skilled at the tactical sand and gravel of achieving the goals and meeting the mission.
There is an over-emphasis on the ideal of being a leader. Yes, they are out front, they set the pace and cast the vision. Without a [...]

The Crazy Ones

You’ve most likely seen this.
I have the page bookmarked.
Every time I need a lift or a pep talk, this does the trick.
Richard Dreyfus narrates. Can you name all the crazy ones?
More importantly – are YOU crazy enough to change the world?

Twitter & Facebook – Observation 1-10

I’ve begun to think strategically about my social networking accounts and how to use each one most effectively.
People are most effective when they focus on their strengths. The social network tools also have unique strengths and it makes sense for me to develop a strategy to maximizes their effectiveness.
This is going to be a gradual [...]

Twitter and Facebook – The Basics

Here’s a very easy to understand and practical guide to getting started with Facebook and Twitter.
My daughter Noelle is Advertising Coordinator for Experts Exchange, an Internet problem-solving service for the tech industry. Part of her responsibility is to assess the value of social network marketing for the company and she wrote this overview as part [...]

Yes, But will it kill weeds?

Christian Yard Signs – really no comment necessary.

Leadership debits & credits

Tim Addington writes about leadership primarily as it’s practiced in church and ministry settings, but his lessons transcend that focus and are also valuable for commercial organizations. His post today is particularly good, and he lands the post with a tricky little reference to a popular TV campaign. See if you can catch it.

The future of golf

According to Wikipedia, the game of golf dates back to the year 1297 (not a typo). The fundamentals haven’t changed much. It’s still about hitting a ball (numerous times) with a stick until it (the ball) finally falls into a hole.
You’d think that something as venerable as golf would transcend the need for change, but [...]

Leadership Re:Vision – promotion update

The publicist at Tyndale emailed a link to this great review from Christian Book Previews.
Leadership RE:vision by Jim Seybert is iconoclastic, radical, revolutionary, and, in more than one instance, illogical and dangerous. Seybert’s advice purposely flies in the face of traditional training in the areas of leadership, management, organization, and planning.
I was especially excited [...]

The death of voice mail

It’s not necessarily a “new rule” but it is a significant change in the way people communicate.
My job is to “help companies think differently” so consider the way you leave messages for people.
This NYT piece presents arguments for the impending death of voice mail. And I have to agree. I’d much rather receive a TXT, [...]