Maximizing potential
in you and your team.
Building an engaged workforce is
more challenging than ever.
People are disengaged.
85% of the global workforce doesn’t feel actively engaged.
*Gallup
Turnover is rampant.
75% of the reasons for employee turnover can be prevented.
*Work Institute’s 2017 Retention Report
Employees demand a healthy work environment.
58% of employees have quit work due to negative office politics.
*Randstad
StrengthsWise Services
Strengths Workshops
Executive Coaching
Individual transition and development coaching
Performance coaching
Board of Director onboarding and team development
Q12 Engagement Survey administration and consulting
Executive Retreat and Team Development off-site opportunities
Keynote speaker
Faith-based and non-profit Strengths training
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Want to know your team better?
As a certified Gallup Strengths Coach, I empower others to succeed by helping them understand what they do best and encouraging them to lean into their strengths. As a result of our work together, your team will appreciate each other’s strengths and feel appreciated in return.
“Helping people get into roles in which they can most fully use their inherent talents and strengths is the ongoing work of great managers. Learning about individual differences through experience and assessment can help the manager position people efficiently within and across roles and remove barriers to high performance.”
— Gallup
According to Gallup, strengths and engagement work leads to:
Employees feel more confident, self-aware and productive when focusing on strengths rather than weaknesses. In turn, this leads to higher employee engagement, increased performance and significantly lower attrition rates.
— Gallup
Jennifer Ford
As the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of StrengthsWise, I bring over 35 years of successful sales and leadership at multiple companies, including IBM and The Gallup Organization. At Gallup I found her passion for workplace engagement and Strengths development, leading the Gallup team at Best Buy to maximize the talent in individuals and teams, build a strong culture and link engagement efforts to measurable business outcomes.
I am an active leader of Hosanna in Minnesota, where I served as President of the Vision Board and leader of the Transition Team for pastoral succession, 2006-2016. Combining my interests in economic development and poverty solutions, I was also Executive Director of World Encounter, a micro-finance mission in rural India and Tanzania.
I earned my degree in Economics from St. Olaf College, with advanced studies at Cambridge University. I have an MMA from Carlson Business School, advanced certifications from Gallup, and IBM Sales Executive Leadership at Boston University.
I’ve been married to Jim Ford for 35 years, and we have two grown sons. As consummate world adventure travelers, Jim and I have visited 50 countries and plan to visit 50 more. I love to read, play piano, paddle board, bike ride, hike, ski and skydive.
I look forward to working with you!
Maximizer | Activator | Achiever | Command | Futuristic
“What happens if we invest in developing our people and they leave us?”