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STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success
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The Fine Line of Weakness
Problems arise when we coddle weakness. Problems arise when we hammer weakness. And there is a very fine line between these two opposite ways of dealing with…
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Your power resides in your strengths: easily said, not easily done...and rampantly ignored.
Your power resides in your strengths. Your power either energizes action or it rests inactive. Your power is the sum total of your talents, the opportunities…
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Does purpose precede drive or does drive precede purpose?
Our roundtable, is working together on Simon Sinek’s ‘ Discover Your Why ’ exercises. T he human condition is fascinating. And some of us are interested in…
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Do You Want To Expand Your Insight Power?
Entrepreneurs have deal-doing insight . Good salespeople have deal-doing Insight , which can be defined as: a natural, deep capacity to understand people and…
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Working In Your Strengths Zone
People feel good when putting their strengths to work. People do not feel good when working outside of their strength zones. People feel particularly bad…
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Some Engineers think about People's Strengths
Ropes like to stretch in the direction of their strength and are less tolerant when forces are applied against their grain.
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How to convert Talents into Strengths...at Work
Opportunities : Give yourself opportunities...keep your mind open to consider changes...understand opportunities often come in problem disguises Ensure you…
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Stop focusing on people’s weaknesses!
Our habit of ‘focusing on weaknesses’ may have started in our family homes when we were infants or toddlers. Or, our habit of ‘focusing on weaknesses’ may…
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Why should we consider people's strengths before we assign tasks?
Overall, the value of focusing on strengths first can be summed up in terms of increased engagement and improved motivation, which lead to increased profit…
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When we want a person to succeed at doing a work-task
When we want a person to succeed at doing a work-task we must consider 3 things: 1. The Task [the thoughts and action steps required for success] 2. The…
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Why we should think about work-tasks before delegating them
When leaders and managers spend time thinking about work-tasks before they delegate them to people they gain advantage over those who choose not to invest…
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Some people are happy performing the routine day-to-day work. Some are not.
Some people are happy performing the routine day-to-day things in life, including routine work. Other people yearn for more variety in their work. The people…
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Leaders' superior skills can be damned annoying
I've never met a leader, including the bad onse, who did not exhibit superior skills in the area of attention to detail. Similarly, leaders exhibit superior…
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That Aversion to the Details
When people are at work, why do they avoid the details? Do they feel they are too busy and do not have time to attend to the details? Do they think the…
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Knowledge becomes power only when it can be harnessed and put to good use...and that takes Skill!
We could write up procedures to teach people how to ride those bicycles. And, most people would struggle learning to ride those bicycles.
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You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...but you can make a doggie treat...& maybe you can make a porcine purse.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Don't try to fit square talent pegs into round tasks. Don't burn up your energy battling weakness after weakness. Play to your…
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Learning from practice makes perfect...perfect use of Talents, that is.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet There's an old saying, "Practice makes perfect". There's a newer saying, "Perfect practice makes perfect". And I say, "Learning…
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There is a very special relationship between Talents/Strengths and motivation/ability to perform Tasks well.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When people believe they are lousy at certain actions they tend to do those actions poorly. Before that poor performance…
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So, your boss has weaknesses...awesome - you have opportunities!
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Many people complain about the boss. That's the norm. Few people realize the boss' weaknesses are prime routes to…
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When you are open-minded differences are strengths; when you are close-minded differences are weaknesses.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet The strongest of leaders seek out differences. They know differences capture all the talents & strengths. Work to build your…
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Personal Values and Strengths are wonderful ingredients…when they are put to good use.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet People can lead extremely happy and fulfilled lives when those two personal things are aligned and put to good use. That use…
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Meshed closely with the Leader’s Personal Values, we find the Leader’s Strengths.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Strengths show themselves when the Leader performs in an excellent way at certain tasks…and the Leader feels good and glows…
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Zero in on your talented people...and construct tasks around them.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet You can take talent to task . and You can bring tasks to talent. Or...you can ignore talents & tasks at your peril. It's all a…
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We didn't see the financial meltdown coming. We didn't see the economic recession coming. We do see some things now...
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Having been through those challenges, and rethinking business, I have a better picture of what we need to do to protect our…
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Be clear about your Interests and state your Vision...then let your people express their Talents around your Vision.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Be clear about your Interests...people need to know what you want...stories help them understand and remember. State your…
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Good Leaders focus their attention and concentrate on the places where Talents meet Tasks.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Good leaders recognize you cannot force round individuals into square roles and you cannot force square individuals into round…
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Do you gain advantage from value embedded in the relationships between the talents and work-tasks?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Talents tend to bounce off tasks. This is especially true when talents first meet tasks...talents often resist new tests. And…
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Entrepreneurs have an innate talent: moving back and forth between narrow and wide focus...identifying opportunities.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet I have talked with many successful entrepreneurs who possess this innate talent . Many of these talented entrepreneurs work in…
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People are happier and do better work when their Talents & Strengths are put to good use.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet People struggle when they lack required talents, they lack opportunity to use their talents, they lack the knowledge required…
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Up-skill the hands that use your finest business tools; make master craftsmanship a top priority.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet 1. Failure isn't caused by lack of talent, it's caused by discouraged thoughts and words. 2. Practice makes perfect. 3. If it's…