At WorkStrengths, we help individuals, small businesses, and large organizations unlock the full potential of finding work they love and being engaged at work. Our training programs enable participants to harness their strengths, maximizing effectiveness, uncovering competitive advantages, and enhancing professional skills. By navigating complex business landscapes with confidence, our approach fosters lasting, positive change in individuals, their teams, and the organizations they serve.
JENNIFER H. SELKE, PhD
CliftonStrengths®
(Formerly StrengthsFinder®)
Learner®
Maximizer®
Relator®
Self-Assurance®
Individualization®
Achiever®
Activator®
Focus®
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 university summer day camp programs. While at the University of California, Berkeley for 27 summers, she employed approximately 150 high school and college students each summer. Jennifer’s expertise in each new generation of workers helps her coach and teach in cross-generational workplaces. In 2019, Dr. Selke retired from U.C. Berkeley and moved to Atlanta to work with Zac Brown's Camp Southern Ground, where she brings her expertise in CliftonStrengths® and program development to support military service members’ transition to civilian life and enhance their wellbeing and posttraumatic growth.
Jennifer holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP #2858) and was on the faculty as a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of California at Berkeley from 2005-2019. 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 high school and college students, Jennifer excels in providing dynamic, learner-centered, and experiential workshops for both large and small groups.
Dr. Selke's work has made a significant impact on a diverse range of individuals and organizations, including Salesforce, the American Osteopathic Association, the U.S. Department of State, Cisco Systems, Inc., eBay, Inc., the Aspen Institute, the Archdiocese of New Orleans, the San Francisco Zoo, the Project Management Institute (PMI), South by Southwest (SXSW), GE Appliances, Haier, Novartis, Stanford University, Northeastern Illinois University, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), and the New Media Expo.
Jennifer's mission and passion are developing high-potential individuals to become the next generation of thought leaders.
BETSY FLANAGAN, MBA
CliftonStrengths®
(Formerly StrengthsFinder®)
Ideation®
Futuristic®
Learner®
Empathy®
Individualization®
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.
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