Lead Through Strengths

If you've been following this series, you'll know we've been spelling the word STRENGTHS with nine core competencies that pop out as the most elusive, interesting, or unconsidered when implementing strengths at work. So far, we've had: 1. S.E.T. (Skills, Experience, and Talents) 2. Troublemaker Talents 3. Regulate by Situation 4. Easy Buttons Now we are midway through as we explore our fifth core concept: “Not an Excuse.”  Avoiding Responsibilities? Once in a while, people want to use their strengths like an excuse. Here are a few examples: “I’m an Activator and I don't like to wait. I only work on things where I don't have to wait.”  “I lead through a bunch of Executing talent themes and I like to get things done. And now you're asking me to do some deep thinking and research, and that sounds boring to me. So I don't want to do it.”  “That just doesn't sound like fun to me. I lead through Positivity and I can't do anything that is just way too serious for too long.”  But in the world of work, this is not how