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What Are Your Strengths?
October 27, 2010
The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot.
-Nadia Comaneci, Olympic Gymnast
-Nadia Comaneci, Olympic Gymnast
This is the observation of management guru Peter Drucker in his article "Managing Oneself" in The Essential Guide to Leadership (Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press, 2009). Drucker offers this advice on how to understand your strengths as a leader...
"To accurately identify your strengths, use feedback analysis. Every time you make a key decision, write down the outcome you expect. Several months later, compare the actual results with your expected results. Look for patterns in what you are seeing: What results are you skilled at generating? What abilities do you need to enhance in order to get the results you want? What unproductive habits are preventing you from creating the outcomes you desire?
"In identifying opportunities for improvement, don't waste time cultivating skill areas where you have little competence. Instead, concentrate on — and build on — your strengths."
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Displaying All 2 CommentsShishu Vikash Kendra
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Strength origins from the mind . Mind is power.
Trinity Lutheran Church ECC
Clinton Township, MI, United States
I agree whole-heartedly with this article! Our staff went through strengths training called Living Your Strengths through Gallup's faith division. There is also a secular version. It includes an online analysis called the Clifton strengths finder followed by 6 weeks of training. The premise is to build on one's strengths and manage our weakness. Our team has learned to appreciate each other so much more and work together more effectively. It has been a very powerful tool for us, personally and corporately. It is a great tool to accomplish what this article suggests!
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