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Developing My strengths and managing My weaknesses

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.(Marilyn Vos Savant, writer)

WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT your strengths are, you need to go on to use them and develop them if you want to have more energy in your work, feel more motivated and achieve an even higher level of performance. As a leader, you will undoubtedly invest time thinking about how you can continuously improve your leadership effectiveness. Focusing on developing your strengths and managing only those significant weaknesses that are critical for your role is a fast way to improving your effectiveness.

As you go on to identify strengths to develop, you may be curious about whether these are ...

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