It takes practice and confidence to be good at asking questions, but practitioners should always try and find better ways of having conversations Photo: Krasimira Nevenova/Fotolia This article ...

A social worker with more than 20 years of experience reflects on how a strengths-based approach empowered a mother overwhelmed by despair to gain confidence and move forward Photo by Lumos ...

CliftonStrengths is a free tool that CU Boulder is using to provide university community members with the knowledge, skills, and experiences to foster strengths-based conversations leading to ...

Source: Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay One word can penetrate a soul. One question can change a conversation. One healthy action can improve a relationship. In a time of intense ...

When I ask large audiences of practitioners and helpers: Who believes that they are “strengths-based” in their work? Most hands shoot up. But, there is little consistency in what each person means by ...

Employees who focus on their strengths to achieve well-being are better engaged with co-workers and are more likely to be committed to and proud of the institution. Engaged and healthy students are ...

When I became an instructional coach, I focused almost exclusively on closing the big gaps in a teacher’s practices. I thought we needed to start with the areas of greatest need. In addition, deficits ...