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Lead and Grow, Strengths-first

What if the greatest asset you have is who you already are?

 

I help top teams and high achievers build cultures and careers that feel less like a grind and more like a calling. Strengths1st builds upon what's already great about you and your team instead of trying to fix what's "wrong".

Bryant Raymond

is trusted by leaders at Fortune 500 companies

All testimonials are real, verbatim feedback received from participants of Bryant's past coaching programs on Strengths and LinkedIn profile optimization from 2020-2024

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Are you doing all the "right" things and still hitting a wall?

For high achievers, it feels like this: 

You’ve taken all the assessments, you know your strengths, but you’re still not seeing a clear path forward. Your career feels less like a calling and more like a grind.

For top teams, it looks like this:

You’ve invested in your people, but the engagement and results just aren't there. You're doing all the "right" things to build culture, but it's not translating into tangible impact.

Honestly, I get it.

As a former consultant at Deloitte and strategist at LinkedIn, I saw countless talented people and teams grapple with this very thing. They had the insight and the self-awareness but lacked a practical way to turn that into actual results.

That’s the gap my proprietary Strengths1st™ Method is designed to close.

The first step is to discover what DRIVEs you.

 

FREE 3-MIN QUIZ: The Strength1st Method begins with the Catalyst Quiz. Let's start with discovering what DRIVEs you!

Trusted by leaders and high achievers at global Fortune 500 companies like LinkedIn and Oracle

  I've spent the last 15 years making the corporate world a better place to work, a place where careers thrive and teams excel.

 

My path started in management consulting at Deloitte. It led me to an MBA at UT Austin and then a half-decade spent at LinkedIn, learning from the best in the business.

I took what I learned—the wins, the struggles, the hard-earned lessons—to build a more fulfilling path forward. Now, I help both ambitious professionals and dedicated leaders unlock their full potential.

My Strengths1st™ Method provides the keys to guide your career in a way that's uniquely yours.

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Using my decade of experience as a Strengths Coach and my doctoral research as a guide, I developed my proprietary Strengths1st™ Method. 

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As a certified coach in these industry-leading strengths frameworks, I have developed a proprietary approach that leverages these frameworks with the Strengths1st™ Method to bridge what I call in my doctoral research the "assessment-action gap"

FREE 3-MIN QUIZ: Begin with the Catalyst Quiz. Discover what DRIVEs you!

 After coaching over 1,000 of my colleagues at LinkedIn, I am bringing the methods and tools into the age of Artificial Intelligence through the Strengths1st™ Compass

I’ve channeled everything I’ve learned, from coaching thousands to pursuing my doctorate, into a new way of working, built on 3 beliefs.

  • We lead with our strengths

  • Our identity drives our performance, which drives our career

  • AI must become our partner for creating a more fulfilling path forward

 

 Strengths1st is the manifestation of my life's mission:

To advance authentic potential through Strengths

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Customer Strategy

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University of Illinois

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I bring a decade of experience as a practitioner, not just a theorist.

My career has spanned management consulting at Deloitte and a decade of coaching thousands at LinkedIn and beyond. With an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and my ongoing EdD research at Illinois, my work is about turning proven theory into real-world action.

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The First Key to Action: Strengthen Your LinkedIn Profile

Beyond coaching my colleagues at LinkedIn, I have coached over 2,500 high-achievers across diverse backgrounds on optimizing their LinkedIn profiles. I found something powerful. The LinkedIn profile isn’t just a version of your resume online. It's a living document that serves as the perfect canvas for your Strengths-first story.

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It's the first place anyone looks to learn about you professionally, even within your own company. Because of this, mastering your profile is a quick win. It immediately elevates your professional brand, opens up new opportunities, and gives you a tangible way to see your strengths in action. It's the perfect entry point to unlocking everything else.

What is your Strengths-first path?

Courses

Unlock your full potential with a self-guided journey. Our strategic roadmap gives you the tools to take control of your career and create a path forward on your own terms.

The Strengths1st Roadmap

A comprehensive, self-paced course that guides you through the entire Strengths1st Method.

The Strengths1st + LinkedIn Profile Accelerator

A focused, tactical course designed to help you translate your unique strengths into a compelling professional narrative.

Coaching

Accelerate your career with a personalized plan. Whether it's one-on-one or in a group, my programs help high-achievers and leaders turn Strengths insights into tangible, real-world results.

For Teams

A targeted program to elevate your team's performance by applying the Strengths1st Method to specific challenges.

For Individuals

Designed for ambitious professionals ready to move beyond the "Old Career Playbook."

Consulting

Build a strengths-first culture within your organization. We'll partner to execute a holistic, data-driven talent strategy that drives retention and engagement through hands-on workshops and team coaching.

The Strengths1st Team Transformation Program

Our most immersive offering, this multi-month engagement goes beyond a single workshop to embed Strengths1st into your team's DNA.

High Impact 1:1 Coaching

Reserved for long-term clients, this offers deep, ongoing partnership

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Your talent is your most valuable resource. Is your organization investing in it most effectively?

 

In my career at Deloitte and LinkedIn, I saw that the corporate blueprint for success wasn’t always the path to fulfillment. It often felt like a ‘fix your weaknesses’ model, a recipe for burnout that drove me to pursue my EdD at the University of Illinois. That's when I developed a system to build a culture where everyone operates from their strengths. It’s what DRIVES me, and it's what I love helping others achieve.

 

Strengths is a proven pathway towards a more effective investment in your people.

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From this point of view, to avoid your strengths and to focus on your weaknesses isn't a sign of diligent humility. It is almost irresponsible. By contrast, the most responsible, the most challenging, and, in the sense of being true to yourself, the most honorable thing to do is face up to the strength potential inherent in your talents and then find ways to realize it.

- Dr. Don Clifton, the founder of Strengths-based development

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