Harry Williams, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, discusses how ambition, clarity, consistency and risk-taking guide his leadership in this Leading With Strengths interview.
 
Guided by his top CliftonStrengths — Achiever®, Learner®, Responsibility®, Focus® and Self-Assurance® — Williams has taken his career from the world of higher education to nonprofits. Learn how having the right focus can shape the direction of a business and why listening, learning and leading with strengths changes everything. 

The world needs great leaders who know their strengths and use them to create lasting impact. Leading With Strengths, Gallup’s global leadership study, explores how the world’s most influential leaders use their strengths to change the world. 

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Marlene Tromp, President of the University of Vermont, shares how she leads with courage, fairness and curiosity in this Leading With Strengths interview.

Guided by her top CliftonStrengths — Learner®, Achiever®, Strategic®, Ideation® and Input® — Tromp believes leadership begins with understanding. “We make better decisions when we listen,” she says. Discover how one of higher education’s best leaders turns conviction into connection and why listening, learning and leading with strengths changes everything.

The world needs great leaders who know their strengths and use them to create lasting impact. Leading With Strengths, Gallup’s global leadership study, explores how the world’s most influential leaders use their strengths to change the world.

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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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Kendra Tucker, CEO of Truckstop, discusses how she leads with purpose-driven courage in this Leading With Strengths interview. 

Guided by her top CliftonStrengths — Communication®, Competition®, Achiever®, Significance® and Command® — Tucker views progressive growth as an essential element of winning and believes she can be a positive presence in the world. Hear how Tucker, who has known her strengths since she was 16, has seen them mature and manifest — and why listening, learning and leading with strengths changes everything. 

The world needs great leaders who know their strengths and use them to create lasting impact. Leading With Strengths, Gallup’s global leadership study, explores how the world’s most influential leaders use their strengths to change the world. 

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