October 2020
Beginner
162 pages
4h 13m
English
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Identifying Strengths in Others
Up until now in this book, we have looked mainly introspectively. But we do not operate in a bubble. The vast majority of the world’s productivity stems from collaboration and it is a truism that “teams perform best when the team itself has a balanced, complementary set of strengths” (Rath & Conchie 2008). So to achieve high performance, it is just as essential to recognize and leverage the strengths of those around us as it is to grapple with our own. So which are the best strengths, then? Which talents and strengths will take the leader and his team the farthest? Would it be best to have loads of rhetorical wizards in the team to charm and persuade their clients into purchases? Or would a team full ...