THE STRENGTHS OR WEAKNESSES QUESTION

As a coach, you have undoubted thought about this question many times: “Should I play to my strengths, focus there and not worry about my weaknesses? Or should I focus on my weaknesses to strengthen them?”

When you get this question, how do you respond? If you have a strength-based approach, does that mean that by focusing on people’s resources means that you don’t direct them to strengthen their weakness? If you focus on your own or another’s weaknesses, how much do you do so? Do you think that a person can develop expertise or mastery in his or her weaknesses?

The strength—weakness conversation is not only a common one, but it is indeed an interesting one with numerous sides and issues. And your answer to this question will determine some of the projects and outcomes that you take on. It will determine the degree that you will operate as a change agent.