"Emotions Drive People, and People Drive Performance"
"Emotions Drive People, and People Drive Performance"
Knowing your strengths and weaknesses can help you understand who you are and how you function.Taking the time to identify them can be a powerful tool and can be done through self-assessment as well as by asking for feedback from trusted others.
Closing the gap between your strengths and weaknesses is the key to career progression. Without being able to analyze your skill set it is difficult to develop and grow professionally.”
Your strengths are the skills you can leverage and use to push yourself further to achieve your goals. Your biggest personal strengths are usually something that come naturally to you. Knowing what you excel in can help you grow and aim higher.
Maybe you’re good at keeping calm during tense and stressful situations or you’re very good at building relationships with people you meet. Whatever your strengths are you should take some time to figure them out and use that knowledge to your advantage.
Your weaknesses are by no means necessarily your downfall. They are areas you need to improve on and by knowing them you can work to develop them further.
Knowing your weaknesses can also help you understand what may be holding you back and allow you to find ways to work around them. “In order to advance your career, you cannot stay stagnant. Having a strong self-awareness and ability to highlight your areas of weakness enables you to proactively work on these, such as taking courses, seeking additional exposure to a task you are less comfortable with, or working with a coach to address a weakness.This process of self-assessment will ultimately strengthen your skill set so that you can overcome any limitations.”
“It is important to understand (if you are in a leadership role) your weaknesses as it means you know what skill set you need to hire in your team to ensure all bases are covered,”
When working in a management position, knowing your strengths and weaknesses will help you hire the right skills and build a diverse team that can help you, and your organization, to achieve your goals.