Haley Samuelson Coaching

10/12/2026

Yes! 🙌

I had a client who meant a great deal to me pass away unexpectedly several years after we began working together. We had discussed difficult things and huge opportunities. At the end of his sessions, he would often say “Haley, you embolden me!” The word choice always made me smile. What an incredible privilege to embolden others through our leadership, friends. ✨

A reminder for Monday:

Leadership has almost nothing to do with you; and everything to do with them.✨

The best leaders I have known have been nearly completely other-focused. ✨

Great leaders help people leave the room feeling more courageous and capable than when they entered. Keep going.

09/22/2026

Yes! 🙌

There’s a direct correlation between the work of Strengths and greater team performance. ✨

When building a strengths-based team, the combination of strengths matters. But what team members know about each other’s strengths may matter even more.

In a study of more than 11,000 teams across six industries, Gallup found that strengths awareness had twice the influence on team performance as the team’s strengths composition.

Rather than focusing on assembling the “right” combination of strengths, help team members understand and value the strengths of the people already on the team. That shared awareness gives team members a common language for recognizing differences, valuing what others contribute and working together more productively.

Explore the new research: https://on.gallup.com/46CJH3R

09/16/2026

I’m facilitating a retreat this week in one of my very favorite spots! We’re talking about strategy, change, and Strengths with a few other insights woven in. I always leave these spaces feeling like I received just as much as I offered. ✨

08/26/2026

Yes! 🙌 ❤️🫶🏼

A woman who knew the power of knowing exactly who you are.

“Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.”

Vale, Dolly Parton. 🤍 🎶

08/05/2026

This is such insightful information! When we are experiencing burnout or overwhelm; our first instinct or most natural approach may not actually be the most generative way to address the issue. This is a helpful article on this important topic. ✨

Is your response to burnout effective, or is it instinctive?

Employees with dominant Relationship Building themes tend to respond to burnout by thinking about how their coworkers would feel in the same situation. But Gallup data show that this response is associated with a 35% increase in burnout symptoms, not a decrease. These employees experience a 43% reduction in burnout symptoms when they reflect instead on how they have approached similar situations before.

The same principle applies across all four CliftonStrengths domains. People with dominant themes in the Executing, Influencing and Strategic Thinking domains also turn to coping strategies that align with their natural patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. While those instinctive responses do help reduce burnout, other strategies are more effective than the default.

Learn how to manage burnout based on your dominant strengths: https://on.gallup.com/4xqILv3

07/13/2026

This is a fascinating body of research that says so much about why generative collaboration can be difficult —even when we are giving our best effort to the work at hand.

The language of Strengths helps us understand so much about what it means to effectively partner with others. ✨

07/08/2026

This is an interesting read; particularly for those who may have an absence of Strengths in the Strategic Thinking Domain. I am often asked for guidance on how to use other gifts to demonstrate strategic contributions in the workplace. This article offers some helpful suggestions. ✨

To get ahead in the business world, it’s not enough to think strategically. You also have to effectively communicate those ideas. There are several ways to do this, including elevating the conversation to focus on the big picture and broader context, being forward-looking in your comments, anticip...

07/08/2026

My office this morning while I’m on the go! ❤️