Do you really, truly believe in your strengths? Or do you focus on your weaknesses instead? Most of the people I work with come to strengths coaching because they are struggling to believe in the power and goodness of their strengths. And that lack of belief holds them back from bringing their special brand of …
Sometimes doing things in reverse can get you better results. This was a lesson that a client taught me recently, when we were discussing the strategies she would use to make wise use of her Genius1 strengths (the things she’s great at and loves doing). Genius strengths goal: wise use If you’ve read some of …
The Zone of Potential is one of the five Zones in The Strengths Deck Matrix (which you can download a free copy of from here). It contains the things that make you say “I enjoy this but I’m not great at it”. People’s first reaction is often “Ah, so this is the stuff I should …
One issue that comes up over and over again, whether I’m coaching one person, or speaking with a group, is the concept of strengths overuse. The usual question is, “If I’m good at something, isn’t it better to use it more?” Sweet or sour? Almost anything in life has a sweet spot – the point …
I love the huge variety of strengths-based approaches that are out there, but many of them get one key thing wrong. They focus on the extremes of super-strengths and worst weaknesses, and make only passing mention (or worse, completely ignore) what sits in the middle of the spectrum. It’s as though they don’t realise that …
