by Sam Radford on July 15, 2009
Some days are just really, really tough. We can’t escape them. They come to us all. For me, yesterday was one of those days.
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll be aware that my IT job has been made redundant. Well yesterday was just a moment where it felt like all the walls [...]
by Sam Radford on April 24, 2009
We looked yesterday at the various indicators of whether or not we are operating in an area of strength or weakness. This is only the first step though. We need to move beyond this to reorienting our jobs around our strengths.
If you are like 80% of the population, your work environment will not be giving [...]
by Sam Radford on April 6, 2009
It is vital that we dedicate the majority of our time to focussing on our areas of natural talent and strength. A successful life is not built upon a foundation of our areas of weakness.
We must avoid the trap of dedicating all of our time to trying to improve our weaknesses. We may make small [...]
by Sam Radford on April 1, 2009
Strengths Based Leadership kicks off with a great quote right at the start of the opening chapter:
“If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you’ll never be great at anything. Whilst our society encourages us to be well rounded, this approach inadvertently breeds mediocrity.”
Why settle for average when we have the capacity [...]