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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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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Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Intellection | Input | Strategic | Learner | Context

James B. Milliken is chancellor of The University of Texas System, where he also holds the Lee Hage and Joseph D. Jamail Regents Chair in Higher Education Leadership.  

Milliken is a national leader in public higher education with more than 30 years of experience. As chancellor, he oversees one of the largest public university systems in the United States, comprised of 14 academic and health institutions, including seven medical schools and five Carnegie R1 research universities.

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Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Activator | Ideation | Futuristic | Self-Assurance | Input

Ellyn Shook is Accenture’s chief leadership and human resources officer, responsible for helping the 742,000 people of Accenture succeed professionally and personally. Her global team of HR leaders is reimagining leadership and talent practices to create the most truly human work environment in the digital age, fueling Accenture’s ability to live its purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. 

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Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Achiever | Analytical | Input | Learner | Intellection     

Omar Sultan Al Olama is a driving force behind the UAE's groundbreaking initiatives in technology and innovation. At the forefront of shaping policies that propel his country into a digital future, Al Olama’s leadership informs everything from AI innovation to revolutionizing remote work opportunities. Learn how Al Olama’s vision for a digitally empowered society intersects with his CliftonStrengths. 

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Futuristic | Ideation | Strategic | Woo | Input   

Description: As an author, speaker, Harvard professor and entrepreneur, Arthur Brooks explores leadership, happiness and living well in the modern era. He has published 13 books, including Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier with co-author Oprah Winfrey, and writes the popular “How to Build a Life” column in The Atlantic. Arthur has dedicated his career to promoting human happiness and raising wellbeing within private companies, universities, public agencies, and community organizations. 

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DeMoine Adams, CEO of TeamMates Mentoring, has made it his life’s work to elevate and develop the next generation of young people. Drawing on his experiences in the NFL, Adams brings a coach’s mentality and the principles of strengths-based leadership to his mission-rich organization. As a dedicated servant leader, Adams works tirelessly to help his organization’s mentees embrace their strengths and become highly effective leaders. 

CliftonStrengths Top 5: Futuristic | Significance | Individualization | Relator | Strategic 

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President & CEO at Nebraska’s Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Chanda Chacon, has dedicated her career to pediatric healthcare, ensuring that patients receive safe, high-quality, family-centered care while strengthening organizations and fostering programs of excellence.Chanda brings two decades of experience and a commitment and passion to improve the life of every child that needs help.

Her CliftonStrengths Top 5: Achiever | Arranger | Communication | Positivity | Woo

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Being named as one of the 100 most influential women in German business is, without a doubt, a major career milestone. For Janina Kugel, it’s one in a long string of achievements that showcases her natural talents and Strengths. Janina, once a longtime CHRO at Siemens and now a board member, senior advisor and author, has built a brand for herself characterized by thoughtful leadership and modern approaches to process re-engineering, people development, and organizational design.

CliftonStrengths Top 5: Strategic | Input | Communication | Arranger | Relator

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In this episode, we have the privilege of welcoming Dr. Robert E. Johnson, the President of Western New England University. His unyielding belief in higher education as a public good and as a path for transforming individual lives has led him to dedicate his 30-year career to preparing students to adapt and succeed in a dynamic future—one where jobs as we know them may no longer exist, career mobility is the norm, and individuals are responsible for continuously adding and creating new value.

Robert’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Futuristic, Connectedness, Maximizer, Ideation and Achiever.

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In this episode, we have the honor of welcoming a hero, Jeremy Fewtrell. He is the Deputy Commissioner Field Operations of Fire and Rescue New South Wales. He is a recipient of the Australian Fire Service Medal, the highest honor afforded to Australian firefighters, and has responsibility for all New South Wales’ fire stations and community safety work.

Through the 2019-2020 bushfire season and the major flooding events of recent years Jeremy has played a critical role leading the response to these disasters.

Jeremy’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Learner, Arranger, Responsibility, Achiever and Connectedness.

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In this episode, we have the honor of welcoming Roy Spence, Cofounder and Chairman of GSD&M. Roy has played a pivotal role in shaping the identities of some of the world's most iconic brands. His work in helping organizations articulate their purpose, values, and impact has set a new standard for meaningful engagement and connection.

Roy’s most passionate endeavor is the Make It Movement of which he is the founder and CEO. His endeavor is to make 2023 the Year of Purpose where together we as Americans stand together on the “One Thing” we all agree on: every parent wants their kids to be successful.

Roy’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Strategic, Arranger, Maximizer, Relator and Responsibility.

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