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Strengths first, everything else second

A strength is an activity that strengthens you. A weakness is an activity that weakens you.

Strengths and weaknesses are antecedents to performance. The person most qualified to identify your strengths is you. You know better than anyone else does, what intrigues you and what engages you.

A first things first statement of Marcus Buckingham, global researcher and thought leader. Most performance management systems, appraisals and processes are remedial. They try to identify where you're flawed and then try to fix you. Professional self-managed teams use strengths based coaching to develop themselves. A practise in attunement with the evolutionary purpose of their organisation.

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