The world needs strong leaders. Leaders who know their unique talents and use them to solve humanity’s toughest challenges.

Leading With Strengths is Gallup’s global study of change-making leaders. Through in-depth interviews, we uncover the decisions, mindsets and strengths that define exceptional leadership across industries and cultures.

Marlene Tromp, Ph.D., is the 28th president of the University of Vermont and a proven leader in public higher education. Her presidency builds on UVM’s tradition of excellence as Vermont’s flagship land-grant research university, with a focus on student success and elevating its high-impact research enterprise.

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The world needs strong leaders. Leaders who know their unique talents and use them to solve humanity’s toughest challenges.

Leading With Strengths is Gallup’s global study of change-making leaders. Through in-depth interviews, we uncover the decisions, mindsets and strengths that define exceptional leadership across industries and cultures.

Juan Carlos Pinzón twice served as Colombia’s ambassador to the U.S., helping commemorate 200 years of diplomatic relations. From 2011 to 2015, he was Colombia’s youngest Minister of Defense, following earlier roles as Chief of Staff to the President, Vice Minister of Defense, and advisor at the World Bank, along with senior positions in banking and finance. Juan Carlos Pinzón is a visiting professor at Princeton University.

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Leading With Strengths is a Gallup study uncovering the unique talents of the world’s most influential leaders.

Amber Williams is a visionary higher education leader and the first Vice Provost for Student Success at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Under her leadership, UTK has scaled a strengths-based model that rallies the entire campus around student potential, helping drive a 10-point jump in four-year graduation and a 5-point boost in retention since 2019 — with retention rates rising to a record-breaking 92%, well above the 75% national average.

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Leading With Strengths is a Gallup study uncovering the unique talents of the world’s most influential leaders.

Allison Boersma is the president and chief executive officer of Riddell and BRG Sports. She brings extensive leadership experience in finance, operations and strategy, with prior roles at Kraft Foods and PwC.

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Leading With Strengths is a Gallup study uncovering the unique talents of the world’s most influential leaders.

Chrissy Taylor serves as the President and CEO of Enterprise Mobility. Taylor is a purpose-driven, third-generation leader with more than 25 years in the business who has evolved the organization and expanded its global reach while staying committed to delivering customer-centric mobility solutions.

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Leslie's Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Empathy®, Connectedness®, Strategic®, Relator®, Developer®

Leslie Motter serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Make-A-Wish America. Leslie is an agile, results-driven C-suite executive with over 30 years of experience in strategy, finance, operations and human resources.

Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Ideation | Strategic | Arranger | Futuristic | Analytical    

Andre M. Perry is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, Director of Brookings' Center for Community Uplift, and a scholar-in-residence at American University. A respected commentator on race, inequality, and education, he authored Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities. Perry regularly contributes to MSNBC and has been featured in major outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN.

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Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Ideation | Futuristic | Strategic | Communication | Restorative    

Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon has devoted his professional life to helping advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist -- a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are and end the day fulfilled by the work they do. A trained ethnographer, Simon is fascinated by the people and organizations that make the greatest and longest-lasting impact. Simon may be best known for his TED Talk on the concept of WHY, which has been viewed over 60 million times, and his video on millennials in the workplace -- which reached 80 million views in its first week and has gone on to receive hundreds of millions of views.

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Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Communication | Competition | Achiever | Significance | Command  

Kendra Tucker joined Truckstop in 2020 as chief revenue officer, leading the sales and customer teams. In 2021, her role expanded to take on operations and strategy as chief operating officer, and in 2022, she was appointed CEO. For more than 15 years, Tucker has led teams across a variety of business models and industries, successfully executing strategic growth and consistent profitability.

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Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Achiever | Competition | Individualization | Context | Deliberative

David is the co-founder and CEO of Macquarie Technology Group, serving since July 16, 1992. He oversees the company's management and strategic direction, engages in regulatory issues, and contributes to cybersecurity advisory for the Australian Government. David holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of NSW, has received recognition as Australian Communications Ambassador, CEO of the Year at the World Communications Awards, and the prestigious Pearcey Medal for his contributions to the Australian ICT industry.  

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