Where There are Peaks, There are Valleys

The idea that people only have strengths and no weaknesses is a prescription for mediocrity. Strong people always have strong weaknesses. You can't address your weakness if you don't admit you have any. No team leader has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

People concerned with what a person cannot do rather than what he can do and who try to avoid weakness rather than make strength effective are weak themselves. They probably see strength in others as a threat to themselves. Many people see a good example as a mirror that reflects their failings. They can learn from this feeling, or they can break the mirror. Sadly many choose the latter.

To achieve results, one has to use all the strengths available. In strengths lies genuine opportunities. To make strengths productive in achieving company goals is the unique purpose of an organization. It can't overcome the weakness with which each of us possesses in abundance. But it can make them irrelevant by doubling down on the strengths. Organizations can accomplish this by using each person's strengths as a building block for sustained overall performance.

Doubling down on your strengths is as much of an attitude as it is a practice. You can improve it with practice. If one forms a habit of asking- "What can this person do?" rather than "What can this person not do"one will soon acquire the attitude of looking for strength and using strength. Strength produces high-quality results. Weakness produces low morale and headaches.