WorkStrengths works with companies to unleash the power of engaged employees and great leadership. We train individuals to leverage strengths to maximize effectiveness, uncover competitive advantages, develop professional capabilities, and navigate complex business environments. Our approach creates positive and indelible change in individuals, the teams they lead, and the companies they work for.

JENNIFER H. SELKE, PhD

Dr. Jennifer Selke is dedicated to helping people find jobs they love that best utilize their strengths and to helping companies engage workers for maximum impact and value. Since 2003, she has used Gallup’s strengths-based management model to successfully manage one of the nation's largest summer camp programs at the University of California at Berkeley, where she employed approximately 150 high school and college students each summer. Jennifer’s expertise on the millennial generation including its culture, trends, the latest research focusing on this group and its future implications for employee engagement, motivation, retention, and workplace adaptations.  In 2019, Dr. Selke retired from U.C. Berkeley and moved to Atlanta for the opportunity to work with Zac Brown's Camp Southern Ground, where she brings her expertise in strengths and program development to support military veteran's transition to civilian life and to enhance post-traumatic growth. 

Jennifer holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP #2858) and was on the faculty in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California at Berkeley for 13 years. Her services involve direct coaching programs and workshops geared toward helping recent college graduates and high potential employees excel in the workplace. With a background in training large groups (200+) of summer camp staff, Jennifer excels in providing dynamic, learner-centered, and experiential workshops for both large and small groups.  

She has worked with a wide range of companies and organizations both large and small. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Inc; eBay, Inc; the Archdiocese of New Orleans; the United States Air Force; Standard & Poor's; the American Osteopathic Association; the San Francisco Zoo; South by Southwest; Novartis; Stanford University; Northeastern Illinois University; the Consumer Electronics Show; the National Association of Broadcasters; and New Media Expo.  

Developing high-potential individuals to become the next generation of thought leaders is not only Jennifer’s mission but her passion.

StrengthsFinder® Top Strengths
Learner | Maximizer | Relator | Self-Assurance | Individualization
Achiever | Activator | Focus

Sample Lecture (video link) 
How to Leverage Your Strengths Advertising Week New York 2016

 
Betsy Flanagan

BETSY FLANAGAN, MBA

Betsy is passionate about helping companies and individuals leverage their strengths to achieve their leadership potential, develop professional capabilities, maximize effectiveness, and navigate complex business environments. Her approach creates positive and indelible changes in individuals, the teams they lead, and the companies they work for. She is results-oriented and pragmatic, drawing on her experience in executive positions within large corporations and top-tier venture-funded startups.

Betsy is a powerful and engaging speaker, having presented at CES, SXSWi, iStrategy, NMX, and other leading technology conferences. She teaches Power and Influence: Women and Leadership at UC Berkeley Extension and Negotiating Skills for Women: Stepping into Your Personal Power at Stanford Continuing Studies. 

Betsy received an AB cum laude in anthropology from Harvard University and an MBA from University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business; she is a ICF Certified Executive Coach, a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and certified Master NLP Practitioner. 

Based in San Francisco, she works with clients across diverse industries including financial services, healthcare, higher education, news media, and technology.

StrengthsFinder® Top Strengths
Ideation | Futuristic | Learner | Empathy | Individualization