LP Gas, August 2010
Focus on strengths Instead of working on weaknesses employees should develop their talents W e have all been told at one time or another that you can do anything you want if you put your mind to it At times we manage our people with this approach as well For example we often encourage employees to work on their weaknesses in order to make them better more well rounded employees However a recent study of workplace performance suggests this may be poor advice The Gallup organization has spent 40 years studying hundreds of thousands C O L U M N I S T C A R L HUGHES of individuals and their performance The results of this broad and exhaustive study suggest that many of us in the workplace are unhappy unproductive and waste energy simply because we are in roles that do not best fi t our talents According to practitioners of strength based psychology each of us has natural innate talents that are quite distinct The important fi ndings of this study are that those who understand and focus on their talents tend to be the best performers Those who do not focus on what they are good at tend to be less effective frustrated in their roles and have poor job satisfaction Therefore instead of working to develop our weaknesses each of us should focus on what we are naturally good at Gallup has distilled the most likely natural talents into 34 general categories Each of us generally has four or fi ve strong talents with one or two being most dominant Some examples of the talent categories are Achiever You measure every day by what you get done You are driven to get something done all of the time Matters Business Continued on page 34 Order Online www raymurray com Inquiries info@ raymurray com PH 800 628 5044 On Call Technical Support Staff Highly Trained Customer Service Team Over 19000 skus items in stock Same Day Shipping Three Locations Lee MA Make RMI Your Source for BULK PLANT EQUIPMENT in 2010 www LPGasmagazine com August 2010 LPGas 33
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