“Can I give you some feedback?” Most people have a churn in their stomach when we hear this, and the first internal response that we have is “Oh no, what have I done wrong?” Giving proper feedback is extremely powerful, but given wrongly, feedback can be ineffective or even have a negative impact. We… Continue reading Giving Strengths-Based Feedback
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Theme Insights – Focus
Activities that require concentration energises those who are high in Focus. If you are high in Focus, you probably enjoy periods of intense concentration, even if it is for brief periods of time. People with high focus can be quickly drained if they are required to manage multiple activities at the same time –… Continue reading Theme Insights – Focus
Building Trust through Truthfulness
I recently came across this article “How to be a Truth-Teller in the Trenches of Leadership” by Scott Cochrane. And although the article was in the context of leadership, I believe that telling the truth is crucial building trust in any relationship. Extracting and paraphrasing from Scott’s article, there are three times when the ability to… Continue reading Building Trust through Truthfulness
Theme Insights – Futuristic
People high in futuristic are often driven by their vision of the future. What are some ways that we can leverage on this Talent Theme? Here is the description of the Futuristic Talent Theme from the Gallup Business Journal: “Wouldn’t it be great if . . .” You are the kind of person who loves… Continue reading Theme Insights – Futuristic
Theme Insights – Analytical
People with high Analytical Talents are able to manage large amounts of information and easily distill the mass of information into something succinct. Here is the description of the Analytical Talent Theme from the Gallup Business Journal: Your Analytical theme challenges other people: “Prove it. Show me why what you are claiming is true.” In… Continue reading Theme Insights – Analytical
Roles of Talent, Purpose and Passion
In StrengthsFinder we speak a lot about talents, and we often say that you can’t be anyone you want, but you can be more of who you already are. We also know that StrengthsFinder is mainly a developmental tool and not a selection tool. While people may find that there may be some correlation of… Continue reading Roles of Talent, Purpose and Passion
Serving with Strengths
Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. – Leo Buscaglia Last Sunday, we had our very first meet-up session on “Serving with Strengths”. It is a gathering of like-minded individuals who would like make an impact on the community with our Strengths. In Feb… Continue reading Serving with Strengths
Being Intentional with Strengths
We need to be intentional with our lives. In the words of Nigel Marsh in his TedTalk “How to make work-life balance work” if you do not design your life, someone else will design it for you, and you may not like how it is designed. In this other short youtube video, I think the person… Continue reading Being Intentional with Strengths
Seeing Strengths Instead of Weaknesses
Some people are hesitant about the Strengths Movement because they think that weaknesses is ignored, or that a person’s strength (or lack thereof) becomes an excuse to not get certain things done. Well, it is important to remember that strengths-based methodology does not ignore weakness, and neither does it try to fix weakness. Instead, it… Continue reading Seeing Strengths Instead of Weaknesses
Theme Insights – Ideation
People with high Ideation are excited by ideas, and also generate many of them very quickly. Here’s the description of Ideation from the Gallup Business Journal: “You are fascinated by ideas. What is an idea? An idea is a concept, the best explanation of the most events. You are delighted when you discover beneath the… Continue reading Theme Insights – Ideation