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"Five Hidden Ways to Make the Most of Your Strengths" by Bob Kaplan, 10-19-2006

Bob Kaplan recently wrote a column for Leadership Excellence based on his novel insights about the role of strengths and how they can run out of control. 

Bob Kaplan recently wrote a column for Leadership Excellence based on his novel insights about the role of strengths and how they can run out of control. The article elaborates on practical tips like the following to help you round out your leadership repertoire and increase your leadership effectiveness.

Five Hidden Ways to Make the Most of Your Strengths

  1. Avoid the gravitational pull of negative feedback and give positive feedback its due.
  2. Calibrate your sense of your strengths: chances are you underestimate yourself.
  3. Check with others to see if you go overboard with any of your strength—use them too much, at the wrong time, or with too much intensity.
  4. Get beyond the “more is better” mentality with the Goldilocks principle: too hot, too cold, and just right.
  5. For anything you may do too much of, determine if there is an opposite but complementary thing you do too little off. Think yin-yang.

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