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Unlocking Our Strengths with Gallup’s Executive Director of Education

Zach Michonski | March 9, 2016

“The most successful people all have one thing in common; and that is that they focused on their strengths, as opposed to their weaknesses.”

At EF’s Global Student Leaders Summit in Davos, Switzerland, we caught up with Gallup’s Executive Director of Education, Brandon Busteed. After leading a professional development workshop at the Summit, titled From Wrong to Strong: A Paradigm Shift for America’s Schools, Busteed discussed how focusing education on personal strengths helps cultivate student engagement, foster a better learning environment and ultimately influence the success we earn both in the classroom and in our careers.

After you watch Unlocking Our Strengths, listen to a recording of Brandon Busteed’s workshop, From Wrong to Strong: A Paradigm Shift for America’s Schools, and hear more about Gallup’s research and development on strengths-based education today.

From Wrong to Strong: A Paradigm Shift for America’s Schools

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