This is to introduce the strength-based principle to maximize your contribution, your success. The same strength-based principle is also effective in leading and managing people as well.
2. This is the summary of some key points from
my reading of the two strengths books.
3. This is to talk about thriving and leading through your strengths,
which I believe it’s the best principle to be successful.
4. • Dread going to work
• Have more negative than positive
interactions with your colleagues
• Treat your customers poorly
• Tell your friends what a miserable
company you work for
• Achieve less on a daily basis
• Have fewer positive and creative
moments
Have you ever run into these situations?
5. • Dread going to work
• Have more negative than positive
interactions with your colleagues
• Treat your customers poorly
• Tell your friends what a miserable
company you work for
• Achieve less on a daily basis
• Have fewer positive and creative
moments
These happen once you are not in your strength zone.
6. Research results
10 mil people worldwide survey about employee
engagement at work
Only 1/3 strongly agree with the statement:“At work, I
have the opportunity to do what I do best everyone”
But that 1/3 are 6 times as likely to be engaged in their
jobs and more than 3 times as likely to report having an
excellent quality of life in general
8. How best am I able to thrive at work?
I believe we are born with the
wish to be useful and able to
contribute. If we don’t live in our
strengths zone, it’s harder for us to
contribute. Or we can’t contribute
the best that we are able to.
11. Remember, it’s hard to change talents, after 3.
• So, find yours. Buy the book and take
the assessment accompanied with
the book.And work on the suggested
actions to build up your strengths.
• Also, manage your weaknesses
o Aware of what you are less talented
o Set up mechanism, tool to support or
get help from others
15. • Does IT people like us need
leadership skill?
• What are our strengths, in general,
for IT people?
• How to lead effectively then?
Understand your strengths
Identify members’ strength zone and focus
their contribution on using their strengths
Surrounding or having the team with different
strengths
What have I learned as an ITer?
16. know
Most people
what they are good at.
think they
And yet, a person
can perform only
from strengths.
They are usually wrong…