In this episode I speak with Richard Sterry, a major contributor to the Strengths coaching community with a mission to empower others to make a lasting difference. We discuss how to use your Strengths to shape and run your business, his incredible Cascade tool and the benefits of finding your Strengths twin!

Richard Sterry is a trustworthy contributor to the global strengths movement by equipping coaches with practical resources to make a lasting difference in people's lives. He is the founder of Releasing Strengths which is a Gallup Licensed Partner where he is the person behind the popular Cascade strengths reports and the Strengths Twins initiative. Thousands of coaches in over 60 countries benefit from his tools and resources.

Richard lives in the UK and spent most of his early career in IT management. Focusing more on the people, he became a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach in 2015. He is now a major contributor to the Strengths Coaching Community.

His top 5 themes are Individualization, Learner, Relator, Maximizer and Harmony.

This episode is also a must-listen for those with Harmony in their top Strengths - Richard riffs on his definition of Harmony and how to really utilise this Strength to its full advantage.

Key episode highlights include:

• When business is quiet, don't discount the value of building relationships.
• Feed your strengths so that they energise you and fill up your cup - especially when going through a big change in your life.
• If you're working solely in your own business, there's no way you can do everything. Work out what you're good at and what you want to do, and let somebody else do the rest.
• When someone is deflated and burnt out, there's no point going in on an emotional high and expecting people to be with you. It's about sharing their pain, sharing the feelings of how tough it really is. And just help them little step by little step of finding ways forward.
• How can you get those moments for deep thinking? How can you build that into your day or your week?
• Inspired energy is about being true to yourself and fueling that fire within, so then you can make a positive and practical difference to other people.

To connect further with Richard and the awesome tools and resources he provides, you can find him at Releasing Strengths (where you can find all about Cascade) and Strengths Twins, and connect with him further over on LinkedIn and Facebook.

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