Strengths-Based Management Thriving Through Strengths

This is the summary of some key points from my reading of the two strengths books.

This is to talk about thriving and leading through your strengths, which I believe it’s the best principle to be successful.

•  Dread going to work •  Have more negative than positive

interactions with your colleagues •  Treat your customers poorly •  Tell your friends what a miserable

company you work for •  Achieve less on a daily basis •  Have fewer positive and creative

moments

Have you ever run into these situations?

•  Dread going to work •  Have more negative than positive

interactions with your colleagues •  Treat your customers poorly •  Tell your friends what a miserable

company you work for •  Achieve less on a daily basis •  Have fewer positive and creative

moments

These happen once you are not in your strength zone.

Research results

10 mil people worldwide survey about employee engagement at work   Only 1/3 strongly agree with the statement: “At work, I

have the opportunity to do what I do best everyone”   But that 1/3 are 6 times as likely to be engaged in their

jobs and more than 3 times as likely to report having an excellent quality of life in general

Research result

How best am I able to thrive at work?

I believe we are born with the wish to be useful and able to

contribute. If we don’t live in our strengths zone, it’s harder for us to contribute. Or we can’t contribute

the best that we are able to.

34 Talent Themes Identified

Remember, it’s hard to change talents, after 3.

•  So, find yours. Buy the book and take the assessment accompanied with the book. And work on the suggested actions to build up your strengths.

•  Also, manage your weaknesses o  Aware of what you are less talented o  Set up mechanism, tool to support or

get help from others

Okay, now turn to leadership topic. Do you lead anyone?

“If you focus on people’s weaknesses, they lose confidence.”

Talents grouped into leadership strengths

•  Does IT people like us need leadership skill?

•  What are our strengths, in general, for IT people?

•  How to lead effectively then?   Understand your strengths   Identify members’ strength zone and focus

their contribution on using their strengths   Surrounding or having the team with different

strengths

What have I learned as an ITer?

know Most people

what they are good at.

think they

And yet, a person can perform only

from strengths.

They are usually wrong…

Go get it!

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