Stop Leading From Competence. Start Leading From Strength
It always amazes me how leaders who've taken every assessment can still be running with the wrong insight. They can tell you their top 5, the introvert/extrovert and what is their dominant color, yet something is still missing. Sure they are good at their job, competent in all the necessary ways and work well with others — but when I ask them if they are energized, there’s a lingering silence. That’s the insight!
Here’s the deal — your strengths are not what you’re “good at.” Instead I want you to think of them as the talents you have that give you the most energy and keep you engaged. As Marcus Buckingham is known to say “a strength is an activity that strengthens you. It draws you in, it makes time fly by while you’re doing it, and it makes you feel strong.” We can have high competency in lots of things and still find those things draining.
