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The Complete New Manager
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The Complete New Manager

by John Zenger
May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
5h 16m
English
McGraw-Hill
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34 Fix Fatal Flaws

Magnifying strengths to the fullest has been one of the main messages so far. In the process, we may have implied that weaknesses should never be the focus of a personal development plan. However, in many cases, focusing on weaknesses is absolutely what needs to be done.

As we have already observed, people challenged to improve their leadership effectiveness have an amazingly similar plan for improvement.

1. Assess areas of strength and weakness. Since being really good or even moderately good at something means you don’t have to worry about it, immediately scrutinize your low scores.

2. Decide which weakness is most significant, usually because it has the lowest score.

3. Develop a plan of action to address the weakness.

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ISBN: 9780071744478