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Leadership in Action: In Focus - Feedback and Development - The Negatives of Focusing Only on the Positive
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Leadership in Action: In Focus - Feedback and Development - The Negatives of Focusing Only on the Positive

by Jean Brittain Leslie, Sylvester Taylor
February 2005
Intermediate to advanced
2 pages
10m
English
Center for Creative Leadership
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CAUTIONARY TALE

We agree that it is important for managers to appreciate their strengths and understand how to leverage those strengths. If they don't, they could waste time and effort attempting to get better at leadership skills they have already mastered. They could fail to leverage core skills that would help them be more successful. But CCL's data suggest that if managers pay attention only to their strengths, their leadership development efforts may not address what their organizations need most. This in turn could be harmful not only to individual managers but to entire organizations.

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