strengths
I believe that knowing who you are and how you function is one of the wisest things you can do for yourself. If you are managing people it also helps to know their strengths and the things that make them tick. We do a lot of testing at WRC to get to know one another, the people that lead us, and the people we lead.
I was reviewing the Strength Finders for myself this morning. My top five are Relator, Command, Ideation, Strategic, and Achiever. I don’t know whether that’s a good combination or what, but I do know it pretty much describes me. For instance as a Relator, I like deep friendships, it is very hard for me to deal with surface relationships and that makes me appear sometimes to be aloof. That part I need to work on. The Command in me says “you don’t mind forcing your opinion.” good and bad, have to work on presentation. Ideation, sometimes I can run ahead of people and on the other hand can get disappointed if you don’t like my idea. Strategic, “you can see more repercussions than others. Achiever, “you do not require much motivation from others.”
Anyway, that is me. Do you know who you are? Honestly? How others see you? How you see and relate to others? I encourage you to use a lot of tools. Here is some we have used, all can be found on line: Leading from Your Strengths. Strength Finder, Uniquely You. There are others. If you are honest with the test and with yourself most will give you an honest measure. If you try to think too much and choose the one that makes you look good in your own mind, you will screw up the results. “Know thyself,” some smart guy said that years ago. Still applies.
