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Jul 24, 2019
Leaders need to stay in their lane too!
One of the things about leadership is that they have the authority to speak into the affairs of others. This can be helpful if they do it judiciously. However, when a leader gets out of their lane and into areas that are the responsibility of others; go around supervisors to give direction; micromanage the work of others or get into areas that are not in their skill set they hurt the organization...
Jan 06, 2019
Three things that can neutralize our strengths
A key non-negotiable in good leadership is that we understand who we are and how we are wired. There are numerous tests and evaluative tools to help us discern these and therefore understand ourselves better. These by themselves, though, are not enough. They are a starting point but not an end point. In fact, if all we do is understand our strengths we may ultimately fail in leadership.
In addition...
Oct 24, 2018
Overestimating our skill and underestimating our weaknesses
Take for instance, an individual who is good at strategy. Because they have skill in determining strategy they can downplay the input of...
Sep 07, 2018
The benefits of acknowledging and embracing your weaknesses
Successful people change in ways that allow them to continue to take advantage of their strengths while compensating for their weaknesses and unsuccessful people don't....beneficial change begins when you can acknowledge and even embrace your weaknesses.
Ray Dalio in Principles
I don't know anyone who does not embracetheir strengths. All of us are good at some things and when we are operating in...
May 25, 2014
Ensuring that our greatest strengths do not become fuel for our greatest weakness
We rightly celebrate our strengths as they are God given and when we live in their lane we are often very effective at what we do. I call it "our lane" or "sweet spot." However, these very strengths can become our greatest weaknesses if not managed well. Every strength casts a shadow and the greater the strength the greater the shadow.
So the very strengths we were given from God can become a...
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So the very strengths we were given from God can become a...
May 25, 2014
Ensuring that our greatest strengths do not become fuel for our greatest weakness
We rightly celebrate our strengths as they are God given and when we live in their lane we are often very effective at what we do. I call it "our lane" or "sweet spot." However, these very strengths can become our greatest weaknesses if not managed well. Every strength casts a shadow and the greater the strength the greater the shadow.
So the very strengths we were given from God can become a...
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So the very strengths we were given from God can become a...
Feb 17, 2013
Managing our strengths and liabilities
Because many individuals have not understood that their greatest assets (strengths) can also be their greatest liabilities, they simply don’t pay the kind of attention to the downside of their strengths that they need to if they are truly going to have significant influence. However, people of deep influence are acutely aware of both their strengths and the liabilities of those strengths. And they...
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