Get Involved
Strengths Resources is a collaborative project. So we’d love you to be involved! We’re looking for contributions from coaches to help build the collection of resources, under these main sections:
- Strengths Community – Strengths groups online and across the globe.
- Strengths Products – Gallup licensed products for books and Strengths merchandise.
- Strengthening your Coaching Business – Help for new and experienced coaches to develop their business.
- Strengths Coaching – Tips to help improve Strengths coaching conversations.
Why get involved? Every contribution will be credited. So by letting others in the coaching community know about your groups, products or services, you’ll not only be helping other coaches you will benefit from increased engagement, audience and connection for yourself.
Strengths Community
You may belong to several groups online or in person to talk about Strengths and coaching aspects. As a new coach, it can be quite difficult to find the best groups, and overwhelming to know which groups to join. So we’d like to help coaches, new and old, with this by providing a directory of Strengths groups. Each group will have its own page on the site with basic information and links to join, get in touch etc.
Do you manage a Strengths-based group that you would like us to feature on Strengths Resources?
If so, we’d love to hear from you. The best way to do this is to either contact us or better still, book a time in Richard’s calendar to have an initial conversation.
We are looking for groups or communities that are reasonably active with a wide variety of contributors and voices. Where the conversations are more of a discussion than the promotion of a single organization or person. Any products for sale using CliftonStrengths® are approved by Gallup.
Information to provide
- Name of the group
- About the group:
- Who is the group for and what does the group offer?
- When did it start, how many members are there and is there any relevant history?
- Approximate size of group?
- Does the group cover a specific geographical area or is it purely online?
- What is the main language used within the group?
- Events:
- Are there any events / activities, and where can people hear about forthcoming events.
- Do you run any courses and is there a link where people can find out more?
- Who is the main contact person for people to find out more:
- Name & email address
- Main Image for the group – size ideally 960x501px. We can include a few other images in the body of your page.
- Links:
- Facebook link to group
- LinkedIn link to group
- Other links?
- Is there anything else about the group that would be helpful for a coach thinking of joining?
- Finally, a short bio about yourself so coaches can get to know you.
Strengths Products
Are you a Gallup Licensed Partner for your book or merchandise? We want to hear from you to promote your products to the global coaching community. We can showcase your product(s) and provide a link to your website or shop. If you have an affiliate link with a small return, this will help us to cover the running costs for the Strengths Resources website.
If you’re interested in us featuring your product(s), please either contact us or better still, book a time in Richard’s calendar to have an initial conversation.
Information to provide
- Name of the product
- Type of product: book / mug / T shirt / badge / labels / poster / software application etc
- About the product:
- What it is, and are there any variations – colors / size etc.
- Is it a standard product or is it personalized with the names?
- Are there any people who would appreciate this more than others?
- Can you share a testimonial?
- Description:
- A paragraph or two describing the product or book. Please don’t copy the text from your website as this will affect the SEO for both your website and ours. Make the text unique.
- Delivery regions:
- Can the product be shipped worldwide or are there limitations?
- Are there any options for customers outside of your region?
- Who is the main contact person for people to find out more?
- Name & email address
- Main Image for the product – size ideally 960x501px. We can include a few other images in the body of your page.
- Links:
- Can you offer an affiliate link to the product on your website? Please contact us to cover your terms for the link.
- Facebook link to the product.
- Other links?
- Is there anything else about the product that would be helpful us or coaches to know?
- Finally, a short bio about yourself so coaches can get to know you.
Strengthening Your Coaching Business
Are you willing to share your experiences of setting up or supporting a coaching business?
As a new coach it can be difficult to get started with a business and know where to get help. Perhaps an established business needs a boost to reach the next level. We would love to hear from experienced coaches who can share their own personal journey of establishing, running and expanding a coaching business to inspire those starting out.
Contributors of featured articles will be able to share their profile about their business or coaching services. We will provide a link to their website or contact information for referrals.
If you are interested in exploring us featuring your business, please either contact us or better still, book a time in Richard’s calendar to have an initial conversation. We’d also suggest having a read of the potential business topics below. It’s not an exhaustive list, but will give you an idea of the topics we would like to include (and if you think of a topic not listed, please still contact us to discuss it!):
- Getting started
- Getting a professional domain name and email address
- Building a website
- Setting up your business – registering & finance
- Business Identity
- Building a personal brand
- Finding your target audience
- Improving your LinkedIn profile
- Coaching Engagements
- Developing sales leads
- Setting out your coaching packages and pricing
- Creating coaching agreements
- Invoicing and online payments
- Personal Development
- Additional coaching qualifications
- Coaching Supervision
- Setting up a Mastermind group
- Finding the right coach – coaches need coaches
- Working for yourself
- Podcasts
- Technical tips for podcasts and online meetings
- How to be a great podcast host
- How to be a great podcast guest
- Workshops and Events
- How to debrief a workshop activity
- Tools for virtual workshops
- Creating an online calendar
Strengths Coaching
The Strengths Coaching section will cover many different coaching topics and suggest resources to help. There will be articles for specific areas such as non-profit, careers, education, students, families, faith, sport etc.
We will be looking at this section as a later phase. In the meantime, if you are a coach specializing in a specific area, we’d still like to hear from you. Please either email contact us or better still, book a time in Richard’s calendar to have an initial conversation.
Find out more
Please contact us if you would like any more information or would like get involved.
Our aim is to provide an informative platform for new and experienced strengths coaches. Any decisions on what to feature on the Strengths Resources website is at the sole discretion of Releasing Strengths.
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We look forward to featuring your group, product or article on Strengths Resources.