Balancing Your Strengths and Weaknesses
I have posted many times before about my attempt at discovering my strengths and weaknesses. The older I get the more I realize things I’m not good at doing. This discovery process has led me to what I believe is the perfect combination on a team:
If we can partner people highly skilled at creating ideas…
…With people highly skilled at implementing them…
We can accomplish anything together.
It’s rare to find one person equally good at both. Not always is the same person who creates the idea the right one to accomplish it. I’m an idea generator, but I’m not always a great idea implementer. I love big visions, but I miss details. I love to see big dreams realized, so I often push people too hard with new ideas, rather than helping them complete the last idea. While I don’t believe I’m wrong for being an idea generator, it would be wrong for me not to recognize where my strengths end and my weakness begins. I know I must surround myself with people skilled at making and implementing systems and plans to accomplish them.
Great idea creators sometimes need to be willing to hand off the implementation to someone skilled in doing so. Otherwise, some of the best ideas never see the light of day.
Consider these questions:
Which are you? Have you tried to be both in your organization?
Do you need to partner with others, give them freedom to stretch you, and allow progress to move forward?
What weakness do you need to balance with someone else’s strength?
Be willing to admit your weaknesses and surround yourself with lots of people wired opposite of you!
