From the course: Managing Your Career: Mid-Career
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Play to your strengths
From the course: Managing Your Career: Mid-Career
Play to your strengths
- Are you in a position that drains you of your energy and doesn't seem to use your natural talents? If so, how can you find a way to use your natural strengths in your current position? Research and positive psychology shows you should cultivate your natural talents or strengths in order to enhance your work. You'll need strategies to maximize your talents in your current role, and learn how to deal with the tasks that don't require these talents. I've provided a Work Analysis Exercise that will help you with these strategies. To maximize your talents, you can follow three strategies: The first step, is to shift your mindset to focus on your strengths. Often in the work environment, you're told to focus on developing your weaknesses but you should actually develop your talents. These are the things you enjoy doing so your performance will be even stronger. Your second step, is to identify the critical projects that will help you get the promotion. You'll then want to analyze the…
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