Sally Bibb is an award-winning business author, keynote speaker and founding director of Engaging Minds, a strengths consultancy. She leads strengths-based organisational change work in Europe, USA and Asia, and has a track record of achieving transformational results for her clients.
Sally’s strengths work is driven by personal experience and her own ‘light bulb’ moment. Working for BT International in her twenties she was promoted from a job she loved to a role that was totally wrong for her. She felt like a ‘square peg’ in a ’round hole’. Ten years later, hearing two inspirational speakers at a conference on ‘Positive Psychology and Business’, something ‘clicked’; she realised that at BT, she’d been placed in a role that did not play to her strengths. So began Sally’s extensive study and research into Positive Psychology and strengths versus competencies. Now, her mission is to turn organisations into successful, inspiring places where people love their work and thrive.
Sally’s 2016 book Strengths-based Recruitment and Development for organisations, explains how and why strengths-based talent management is having an astonishing impact on performance in organisations like the UK NHS and top companies like Saga, Gap, Starbucks and SABMiller. By shifting the focus from what people can do (competency-based recruitment) to what they are naturally good at and enjoy doing, these companies have reported results which include a 50% drop in staff turnover, 20% increase in productivity and a 12% increase in customer satisfaction within a matter of months.
Sally’s 2017 book The Strengths Book for everyone, is a practical guide that enables us all to discover our strengths and apply them to be happier and more fulfilled at work and in life.
Sally is a sought-after keynote speaker. She has an engaging, conversational style and tells stories that touch people and leave them feeling empowered to discover their strengths and raise their game. Hearing Sally will plant fresh, exciting ideas about strengths in your mind, and the desire to try them, either for your organisation or for yourself, in your heart.
See Sally talk about strengths and The Strengths Book in this video extract from an interview for Inside The Writer’s Bubble.
See Sally talk about strengths and The Strengths Book in this video extract from an interview for Inside The Writer’s Bubble.
“Whether you are just embarking on your career, already managing a large established team or looking for support with your family and work-life balance, The Strengths Book is a ‘must read’ on your journey of personal development and long-term happiness.”
David Cox — CFO. UBM Americas
“Sally Bibb provides practical and real-life examples from organizations, both large and small, who have successfully implemented the [strengths] approach. Superbly practical and accessible, this book takes you step by step through what you need to do to adopt this new approach, which is easy to implement and will significantly improve your bottom line. A ‘must read’ for business leaders, HR professionals and academics alike.”
David Buckley — Chairman, SIN Capital International Limited, and former CEO, Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited
“For an HR professional, this is a ‘must read’. The strengths approach challenges the way many of us have thought about and done talent development and management for years. In this book, Sally Bibb puts that challenge to us in a compelling, practical and evidence-based way.”
Kristina T S Vestbø — Vice President, People and Organization, Technology, Projects and Drilling, Statoil
“Sally gave a wonderfully inspirational talk at our 25th anniversary event in Madrid. She even gave it in Spanish in order to prove her point about strengths. We were quite wowed by her preparation and dedication, and very pleased to see that everyone in the audience both enjoyed it and learnt something!”
Jeanne Bracken — General Manager & Publisher, LID Editorial Spain
“We chose Sally’s workshop Discover Your Strengths and Thrive for our Network launch event. We wanted to help women be more positive about their abilities and more confident to put themselves forward for new roles and responsibilities in the workplace. Sally has an engaging, warm and open style when presenting and when supporting individuals during the group work sessions.The energy during the session was palpable, and all participants were really engaged. They found The Strengths Book intuitive and will use it as a useful resource for continued self development.”
Claire Harrison — Head of Western Radar, NATS (National Air Traffic Control Service)
