“My 100-year vision is that Minnesota is the place that the rest of the country looks to see how business is done.” -Alissa Daire Nelson

Alissa Daire Nelson is founder and Chief Strengths Officer of Daire 2 Succeed, whose mission is to revolutionize organizational cultures by focusing on well-being and diverse strengths with data-driven strategies and tools delivering tangible and sustainable growth. She's an accomplished Business and Leadership Coach, Trainer, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcaster, and Author. Alissa’s rich background includes serving in healthcare for over a decade, as a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a Registered Nurse (RN). She is also the head coach of Minneapolis Washburn's High School Gymnastics team. More than anything else, she's an exceedingly proud wife and mother of two, who loves helping others discover how to own their perfect lopsidedness and find their perfect success.

Alissa’s Top 5: Futuristic, Woo, Positivity, Activator, Strategic

In this episode, we discuss:

• When Alissa first took the CliftonStrengths Assessment and where she was at that point in her life and career
• Alissa’s initial reaction to her Top 5 and how it took some time for her to see them as strengths to build upon instead of weaknesses
• How Daire 2 Succeed came to be and Alissa’s ideal client
• The vision Alissa has for making an impact on the healthcare industry in Minnesota
• Alissa’s biggest challenge as she works to take her business to the next level

Although Alissa is now a successful Business and Leadership Coach, her background in healthcare as a Registered Dietitian and a Registered Nurse serves as the inspiration for where she plans to take Daire 2 Succeed next. She is passionate about changing the healthcare industry by addressing the toxicity and burnout that healthcare workers face. Alissa has big plans to change the culture of healthcare and the culture of business in her home state of Minnesota, and we can’t wait to see what she will accomplish. Thanks for chatting with us, Alissa!

Connect with Alissa:

• LinkedIn
• Daire 2 Succeed

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“My whole passion and mission is to help people live engaged, equipped, and elevated lives.”  -Petra Krebbs

Petra Krebbs is a Strengths Strategist™, Leadership and Team Developer, Trainer, Consultant, and Executive Coach. Her mission and passion is to ignite the power of people and teams. Petra’s professional career spans 20+ years in training, sales, leadership, and development and, as a consultant, she is certified by Gallup® in the expertise of CliftonStrengths® to help individuals and teams align their goals with what they naturally do best. Petra is also part of a select team certified to speak & train on behalf of Jon Gordon, international best-selling author of The Energy Bus, Power of Positive Leadership, Power of a Positive Team, and many more. 

Petra’s Top 5: Positivity, Strategic, Learner, Input, Includer

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Petra first got connected with the CliftonStrengths Assessment and her professional journey to becoming a Strengths Strategist
• What Petra does with her coaching business and how she utilizes CliftonStrengths today
• The story of how Petra started working as a speaker and trainer under Best-Selling author Jon Gordon
• Petra’s personal experience of becoming comfortable in her own skin and how she helps her clients do the same

Through her work, Petra helps others to level up and truly live their strengths. She has experienced firsthand, and seen with many of her clients, that when you stop trying to blend in and start leaning into what you are naturally good at, everything else falls into place. Thank you, Petra, for bringing us your positivity and sharing more about how you are helping others shift their focus from what is wrong, to what is strong!

Connect with Petra:

• LinkedIn
• Petra Krebbs Strengths Strategist
• petra@petrakrebbs.com

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“I’m big on not just discovering your strengths, but investing in them.” -Charlotte Blair

Charlotte Blair is an Author and PCC and Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. As the Founder and Partner at The Strengths Partners, she helps managers develop their people through strengths-based team development. After a successful career in IT sales, Charlotte transitioned her career into leadership development 9 years ago. She has been a Gallup Accredited Coach and ICF Coach for over 6 years and is one of Australia's most experienced coaches and facilitators using Gallup CliftonStrengths Assessment. Charlotte is also a Learning Republic Revolutionary using 'Issues Based' coaching and Leadership development to get a better return on investment for Learning programs to create lasting impact. Her first book, “Career Unstuck”, was published in October 2023.

Charlotte’s Top 5: Activator, Woo, Command Arranger, Positivity

In this episode, we discuss:

• What Strengths Partners is and what led Charlotte to start the business
• Charlotte’s new book, “Career Unstuck” and the steps she took to write and publish it
• How Charlotte helps her corporate clients achieve their goals while helping individuals find a role that is a good fit for them
• What led to Charlotte making the shift into coaching and how she uses her strengths to her advantage in her coaching business
• Charlotte’s goals for 2024

When working with her corporate clients, Charlotte has to find the balance between achieving the goals set at the organizational level and helping the individual employees she is working with discover and invest in their strengths. She has found that helping employees job craft and become more engaged in their roles allows them to operate at full capacity. We enjoyed talking with Charlotte about how she makes an impact at the individual and organizational levels with her work. Thanks for joining us all the way from Australia, Charlotte!

Connect with Charlotte:

• LinkedIn
• Book: www.careerunstuck.com.au 
• Charlotte’s business working with teams and managers: www.thestrengthspartners.com
• For coaching and mentoring other coaches: www.charlotteblair.com

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