From the course: A Strengths-Based Approach to Managing Your Team
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Uncovering a team member's super strength
From the course: A Strengths-Based Approach to Managing Your Team
Uncovering a team member's super strength
- A Greek poet once said, "The fox knows many things, "but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Most managers act like foxes. They try to create a coaching conversation for each and every issue that comes up. It's no wonder they find this approach exhausting. Instead, we'll explore a hedgehog-like approach by uncovering each team member super strength so they can play to it. Begin by doing an assessment of their work. So you probably have a general sense of what your employees are best at. In this first step, you're just going to put that down a paper. Block out some time to answer the following questions for each of your team members. What projects in the past year have they excelled at? What behaviors should they continue? What stories can you think of that demonstrate this team member's strengths in action? You don't have to write a novel if that's not your style, just jot down some bullets with your initial…
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