The CliftonStrengths® Podcast How to Manage Better Using Your Strengths
Sep 12, 2022
Mike McDonald, Gallup senior workplace consultant who helps organizations lead better, shares practical ways managers can use strengths. He talks about leading through change, making strengths a team habit, monthly and weekly practices, and turning strengths into accountable performance tools. Short, actionable ideas for keeping strengths front and center and expanding development beyond the role.
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Authenticity And Leading Through Change
- Good managers are authentic and clear about who they are and who they are not.
- Managing well now requires leading through change and viewing transitions as growth opportunities.
Give Your Strengths To The Team
- Use your strengths to benefit the team by 'giving your strengths away' rather than keeping them to yourself.
- Identify core contributions from your top strengths and commoditize them so the team gains practical value.
Ask Two Monthly Questions
- Monthly, ask what you learned about your team that you didn't know before.
- Then ask how that learning changes the way you lead moving forward.