Welcome to Spark Engagement!

I love the work I do. What I want most, more than anything else this business could accomplish, is for you to be able to say the same about yours.

Your work is not a small part of your life. Of the five areas that make up our wellbeing, Gallup describes career as the foundation the others rest on, and most of us already know it from our own lives. A good day at work follows you home, and so does a bad one, landing on the people closest to you.

The people with the most influence over that work experience are managers and leaders. They shape almost everything about what it's like to work somewhere: engagement, wellbeing, trust, team culture, and whether the organization succeeds. That's where I decided to put my effort, and it's why Spark Engagement exists.

Some of the leaders I work with are already good at what they do and want to understand why, so they can do on purpose what they have been doing by instinct. Others are newer to leading people and are building the skill now. Either way we start in the same place, because most leaders were never taught the two things that matter most: how to lead from what they do best, and what their people need to be engaged.

Discovering my own spark through CliftonStrengths coaching is what opened the door for me. Naming what came naturally let me see my abilities clearly and think about what I could do with them. That spark grew, and once I could see what I had, using it well became the point. I started leading on purpose instead of by accident, and I began seeing the same possibility in the leaders around me. That's the work now: the self-awareness and emotional intelligence underneath, and the practical people leadership skills on top.

Work and life are not separate. People bring all of it through the door in the morning, and the leaders who understand that get the best of what their teams have to give.

So whatever brought you here, your own next step, your team, or a sense that there's more available to you than you've been able to name, I'd love to hear about it.