The world’s best managers learn how to identify and bring out the unique strengths of each team member and then focus the collective strengths of their team towards business goals.
Entrepreneurs often tell me that a strengths-based approach seems soft. It’s not. It takes an investment in time and energy to help team members see, understand and believe in their own strengths. Each time you hold a team member to a high standard and they deliver, it helps them develop confidence and hope for their future. You are building people AND a business.
The very best leaders focus on developing team member strengths, they create an engaging culture, and they develop exceptional performance objectives for the team and for individual employees.
Let’s look at how these three elements tie together:
3 tips for building strengths based teams
1. Strengths
Many of the world’s most successful organizations have used Gallup’s Clifton StrengthsFinder® to measure the talent of their workforce.
