14 September Managing Oneself: What to Contribute? (...match...)

[Paul Terlemezian]

We probably "know" our friends better than we "know" ourselves - this may be why "360's" have become so useful.

 

We know which friends to call upon when we need an "ear" or advice or a laugh. We might learn more about ourselves by understanding when our friends call upon us.

 

As a manager we are called upon to help those that work for us be successful. This includes enabling their growth but it also needs to mean "calling upon them" (i.e. assigning them to perform) in areas where they are likely to succeed.

 

So often I hear that training is preceded by an analysis of the qualities of successful people and then we create initiatives to motivate underperformers to emulate those qualities?

 

What would happen if we shifted our focus to helping individuals and managers understand how to make choices that allow us to apply the "underperformers" strengths?