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Leadership Strengths: Finding Your Highest and Best Use

December 21, 2017

By Kristen Harris In real estate, there’s a concept called “highest and best use.” When appraising a piece of vacant land or property, under this concept the value must be based on the most reasonable, probable, and legal use that is physically possible appropriately supported and financially feasible. For example, if a property is currently an industrial site but would have more value when redeveloped with residential buildings, that higher use is how the property value is determined. (With apologies to real estate experts–I know there are many factors that

Be Your Best: Using Strengths at Work

November 30, 2017

By Kristen Harris At Portfolio Creative we welcome every new hire for our internal team with a copy of the book StrengthsFinder 2.0. We ask them to take the assessment and share their results. Why? Because StrengthsFinder is one of the key tools we use to better understand ourselves and each other. StrengthsFinder is built on the philosophy that we each have inherent strengths. They’re part of our DNA, we can’t change them, it’s just who we are. The result of a lifetime of research, Don Clifton identified thirty-four unique

Opportunity

February 10, 2009

Marcus Buckingham, author of NOW Discover Your Strengths (for my money the best “know yourself” book and system out there), recently wrote a blog post about opportunity. Specifically, the idea that difficult times are also times of opportunity. Before you say that’s crazy talk, hear him out.

Full article is here, key points below…

If you have a job you may not be able to control the economy, or maybe even

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