Human Strengths & Weaknesses and Change For The Better
This is the 8th blog in a 10-blog series about Habits, doing New Things, and Change.
When we request Changes, make sure those Changes align with people's strengths.
While New Things can be the bridge between Bad Habits and Good Habits, sometimes it doesn't make sense to cause other people to do New Things.
In general, we do not want to cause Change that makes a person work in an area where they are not strong.
That may sound trite.
"Of course we would not, in general, ask people to do New Things or make other Changes if the Change caused the person to work at things they were weak at."
The challenge is:
How do we truly know another person's weaknesses and strengths?
More basic:
How does a person truly know his/her own strengths and weaknesses?
And, more important:
Often, for many different reasons, people refuse to share their personal 'secrets'.
As mentioned in a
prior blog, there are assessments to help us better understand our
human strengths.
Marcus Buckingham advises we, in business, will achieve much more if we help people gain full advantage from their areas of strength while reducing, where possible, the amount of time they spend trying to fix their weaknesses or work at things that do not align with their strengths.
So, aligning Changes with people's strengths is something we can consider when we request Changes For The Better.
The next blog in this series will cover another practical tool - P=2S+O© - a tool designed to help people make Changes For The Better.