Top Five Tips for Leveraging Strengths and Supporting Weaknesses
Top Five Tips for Leveraging Strengths and Supporting Weaknesses
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In leading your team, individuals' strengths and weaknesses will quickly become apparent. A good leader concentrates on individual strengths and utilizing them to the fullest extent possible. But great leaders also focus on the weaknesses and find ways to support those shortcomings toward even more success.
Walt Disney, the visionary who turned a single mouse into an entertainment mega-empire, boiled his success down to a simple premise: "Of all the things I have done, the most vital was coordinating the talents of those who work for me and pointing them at certain goals." Once upon a time, most leaders focused solely on utilizing the strengths of their team members for achieving directives. focus not only on the preeminent attributes of employees, but also on their weaknesses, initiating efforts to both buoy and leverage those shortcomings to achieve greater success.
But the best leaders today realize that in order for real achievements to become a reality they must focus not only on the preeminent attributes of employees, but also on their weaknesses, initiating efforts to both buoy and leverage those shortcomings to achieve greater success.
While there are not many Disney-type fairy tales in the real world, supporting weaknesses and leveraging strengths can take your team to levels of success you might not have previously imagined—perhaps the "happily-ever-after" of ultimately obtaining your vision. As leadership engineer John Maxwell asserts, "Work on the weakness that weakens you, and there is no telling how far you will go."
Take Note
Baseball Hall of Fame player and manager Yogi Berra once said, "You can observe a lot just by watching." As your team takes on different projects and challenges, keep track of how individuals perform, react, overcome or fail with each step. Survey individuals' unique leadership styles, work ethics, skill
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In leading your team, individuals' strengths and weaknesses will quickly become apparent. A good leader concentrates on individual strengths and utilizing them to the fullest extent possible. But great leaders also focus on the weaknesses and find ways to support those shortcomings toward even more success.
Walt Disney, the visionary who turned a single mouse into an entertainment mega-empire, boiled his success down to a simple premise: "Of all the things I have done, the most vital was coordinating the talents of those who work for me and pointing them at certain goals." Once upon a time, most leaders focused solely on utilizing the strengths of their team members for achieving directives. focus not only on the preeminent attributes of employees, but also on their weaknesses, initiating efforts to both buoy and leverage those shortcomings to achieve greater success.
But the best leaders today realize that in order for real achievements to become a reality they must focus not only on the preeminent attributes of employees, but also on their weaknesses, initiating efforts to both buoy and leverage those shortcomings to achieve greater success.
While there are not many Disney-type fairy tales in the real world, supporting weaknesses and leveraging strengths can take your team to levels of success you might not have previously imagined—perhaps the "happily-ever-after" of ultimately obtaining your vision. As leadership engineer John Maxwell asserts, "Work on the weakness that weakens you, and there is no telling how far you will go."
Take Note
Baseball Hall of Fame player and manager Yogi Berra once said, "You can observe a lot just by watching." As your team takes on different projects and challenges, keep track of how individuals perform, react, overcome or fail with each step. Survey individuals' unique leadership styles, work ethics, skill