Leadership expert Tracy Hutton shares how focusing on strengths, not weaknesses, can transform your team’s performance and well-being. Drawing from her experience at Deloitte and lululemon, Tracy reveals why strengths based leadership isn’t just a feel-good idea – it’s grounded in neuroscience and proven to drive results. Learn how to overcome negativity bias, build better teams, and rethink feedback and development for lasting impact.

Tune in to this episode as we explore:

(04:24) An unexpected opportunity

(06:27) Personal and professional growth at lululemon

(09:48) Understanding a strengths based approach

(13:22) True strengths are energising activities

(18:53) Clarifying job role verbs

(25:58) Exploring unrealised strengths

(28:25) Reframing perceived weaknesses

(30:14) Following curiosity to support wellbeing

(34:19) Rethinking leadership competency models

(42:58) Maximising strengths without misapplying them

(46:51) Ask employees what went well

(48:32) Embracing positivity and gratitude

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First, Break All the Rules – Book

Rise Above – Book

Work by Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener

Nine Lies About Work – Book

Strengths Finder 2.0 – Book

Buddha's Brain – Book

Hardwiring Happiness – Book

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Dr. Ben Sporer is one of Canada’s foremost experts in human performance. With a career spanning 25 years in the Olympics, professional sports, and as a performance strategist for the Vancouver Whitecaps, Ben has mastered the art of building high-performing teams that deliver over the long haul. Kathy and Ben dig into the critical shift leaders need to make: from chasing outputs to driving meaningful outcomes. They explore how clear objectives, role clarity, and disciplined preparation create the foundation for sustainable success

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(05:30) Rebuilding sports team strategy

(07:51) Defining leadership performance objectives

(13:39) Identifying outputs for success

(15:41) Developing talent in small markets

(19:09) Clear objectives and roles for team success

(26:11) Metric-driven success over time

(28:37) Effective metrics: lead vs lag indicators

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Resync Consulting

Output – Book

Output – Instagram

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Why do so many employee wellness programs fail, and what can leaders do to fix them? Employee benefit and wellness expert Dan Eisner unpacks what leaders can do. With a background in both accounting and HR, Dan shares insights on shifting employee expectations, personalised benefits, and generational divides. From health spending accounts to weight loss drugs and fitness trends, find out what actually drives engagement.

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(01:44) Dan Eisner’s career journey and background

(02:26) What is changing in the world of wellness?

(05:37) Why employees aren't using wellness programs

(07:39) Having a health spending account

(10:44) How to encourage fitness at work

(13:07) Tips to keep your workforce as healthy as possible

(15:42) Modelling behaviour as leaders

(17:30) For Leaders By Leaders Lightning Round

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ZLC Employee Benefits Solutions

Better Benefits Podcast

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