EFFECTIVE MANAGERS PAY ATTENTION TO STRENGTHS
Why are employees sent to training sessions? Why do they get coaching? What do 'areas of development' in appraisals usually refer to? Exactly, weaknesses and shortcomings! For much too long HR professionals, managers and employees have had an almost obsessive fixation on repairing weaknesses. What does this lead to? Insecurity, frustration, waste of time and feelings of being under-appreciated.
AN EXAMPLE
A CEO of a small company visited a management coach and told him that he seriously thought of quitting his job. The coach, who knew the director as a competent person, asked why. The CEO explained he had lately gotten the idea that a good CEO is always sociable and extraverted. And he wasn’t, no matter how much he tried. The management coach a...
laten we ook hier weer de metafoor van de sport kiezen: een sporter traint soms op wat hij nog niet kan, maar vooral op wat hij wel kan, omdat daar inderdaad de meeste winst zit.
Als ik je reactie lees, krijg ik de indruk dat je veel ervaring hebt met de thematiek. Hoe 'train' jij op wat jij of anderen wel kunnen?
Ik ben heel benieuwd.
Maarten