Strengths Based Leadership

Strong teams embrace diversity.

The most engaged teams look at individuals through the lens of their natural strengths, not at physical characteristics.

Members of strong teams are as committed to their personal lives as they are to their work.

Members of high - performing teams are consistently able to put what's best for the organization ahead of their own egos.

While competition for resources and divergent points of view exist, the best teams are able to keep the larger goal in view.

Strong teams prioritize what's best for the organization and then move forward.

Instead of becoming isolated during tough times, strong teams actually gain strength and develop cohesion.

What distinguishes strong teams from dysfunctional ones is that debate doesn't cause them to fragment.

Contrary to popular belief, the most successful teams are not the ones in which team members always agree with one another.

Conflict doesn't destroy strong teams because strong teams focus on results.

The ultimate test of a leader is not what you are able to do in the here and now; but instead what continues to grow long after you’re gone.

“I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.”

Leaders stay true to who they are, and then make sure they have the right people around them.

When hope is absent, people lose confidence, disengage, and often feel helpless.

Hope gives followers something to look forward to, and it helps them see a way through chaos and complexity.

Our need for stability and security plays into nearly every decision we make.

As a leader, your followers also need to know that your core values are stable.

Trust allows people to skip most of the formality and immediately get to what is most important.

Trust increases speed and efficiency in the workplace.

If you want to lead, it is critical to know what the people around you need and expect from you.

“A leader is someone who can get things done through other people.”

Leaders are only as strong as the connections they make with each person in their constituency, whether they have one follower or one million.

The most effective leaders rally a broader group of people toward an organization's goals, mission and objectives.

Leaders with great strategic thinking strengths are the ones who keep us all focused on what "could be".

Leaders with great strategic thinking strengths are the ones who keep us all focused on what "could be".

Those who lead through relationship-building are the essential glue that holds the team together.

When you need someone to take charge, speak up, and make sure your group is heard, look to someone with the strength to influence.

Those who lead by influencing help their team reach a much broader audience.

Leaders with strength to execute have the ability to "catch" an idea and make it reality.

Leaders with dominant strength in the "executing" domain know how to make things happen.

What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths, and can call on the right strength at the right time.

A leader needs to know his strengths as a carpenter knows his tools, or a physician knows the instruments at his disposal.

Serious problems occur when people try to lead while having no clue about their natural strengths.

All too often, leaders are blind to the obvious when it comes to something of critical importance to them; their own personality.

If you look at great historical leaders such as Winston Churchill or Mahatma Gandhi, you might notice more differences than similarities,

Serious problems occur when we think we need to be exactly like the leaders we admire.

Without an awareness of your strengths, it’s almost impossible for you to lead effectively.

Those who strive to be competent in all areas become the least effective leaders overall.

People follow leaders for very specific reasons, namely, trust, compassion, stability and hope.

The most effective leaders understand their followers' needs.

Top performing teams have strengths in four specific domains, namely: Executing, Influencing, Relation-ship-building and Strategic Thinking.

The most effective leaders surround themselves with the right people and then maximize their team.

When leaders focus on and invest in their employees' strengths, the odds of each person being engaged goes up eightfold!

When an organization's leadership focuses on the strengths of its employees, the odds soar to almost 3 in 4 (73%).

When an organization's leadership fails to focus on individuals' strengths, the odds of an employee being engaged are a dismal 1 in 11 (9%).

The most effective leaders are always investing in strengths.

Even though you may not notice it in the moment, the most effective leaders forever alter the course of your life.