Career Unstuck

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Charlotte Blair about Career Unstuck, making a difference in workplaces and using your strengths to fulfil your potential.

We also dive deeper into high-performing teams, how mindset impacts your outlook in the workplace and life, and why we should have a coach and a support system.

Charlotte Blair –   Career Unstuck

Charlotte Blair is the founder of The Strengths Partners and the author of the recently released book Career Unstuck. She is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and one of Australia’s most experienced Gallup Accredited Strengths Coaches. She is a leader in the area of talent development and employee engagement

As a seasoned professional who has navigated the corporate world with giants like Canon and Verizon, she has dedicated the past decade to helping individuals, teams, and organisations discover and leverage their strengths. Born in England, she embraced the Australian way of life in 2010, accompanied by her husband and two young boys. 

Charlotte Blair talks about:

• Growing up and shaping dreams in the countryside
  
• Leading a hockey team and joining clubs running for committee member/chairperson/president positions
  
• Started working with horses and various jobs before joining Canon in sales
  
• Progressing her career through asking good questions & learning the impact of her interactions with others
  
• Career Unstuck
  
• Discovering her strengths through Gallup’s Clifton Strengths Assessment and finding it useful in identifying how people think, feel, and behave differently
  
• Writing the book “Career Unstuck” to inspire and help people who are unhappy with their jobs
  
• Limiting beliefs refer to thoughts that hold a person back from achieving their goals
  
• Enabling beliefs frame situations in a more positive light and propel a person forward
  
• Using her strengths like Woo, Activator, and Responsibility to overcome her limiting belief around writing a book as a dyslexic person
  
• Having a coach and support system helped her get unstuck
  
• Wanting to make a difference and bring fun into the workplace
  
• People’s mindsets keep them a little bit stuck where they are
  
• High-performing teams deal with conflict openly and quickly to not affect outcomes
  

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“I want to be able to lead and inspire others to test and learn to dip the toe in and just kind of see what else is possible. Because there are so many different things that you can do.” Charlotte Blair talks about using her strength to inspire others on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“My positivity wants to bring some fun and humor into whatever I’m doing as well. So I want to make the workplace an enjoyable, fun place to go. It’s the reason why I wrote the book because I talked to so many people who don’t love their work. So I think that training and development piece is about how can we help people reach their full potential.” Career Unstuck with Charlotte Blair on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“I think asking the team and having a deeper conversation about how do we communicate, how do we celebrate, how do we connect, and just sort of making sure that everybody does have the opportunity to be able to share in a safe space. And I think that’s where building the foundations of strengths initially and people getting to understand themselves and understanding others is sort of quite critical.” Charlotte Blair talks about integrating strengths in high-performing teams on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:
Charlotte Blair www.thestrengthspartners.com
Charlotte Blair Instagram
Charlotte Blair LinkedIn
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
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NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Book
Career Unstuck