Internalizing strengths : an overlooked way of overcoming weaknesses in managers / Robert E. Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Robert E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive ability--Psychological aspects.

Executive ability.

Executives--Psychology.

Executives.

Physical Description:

ix, 29 p.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Overlooked way of overcoming weaknesses in managers

Place of Publication:

Greensboro, N.C. : Center for Creative Leadership, c1999.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Because executives tend to be problem solvers, they typically focus on weaknesses when they want to improve their performance. This approach can be helpful but there is another that can be just as effective: recognizing strengths. A senior manager whom the author interviewed said this about a top person: "If he saw his own strengths and internalized them, a lot of his weaknesses would go away." In this report, the author explains why it is critical to recognize strengths in order to improve performance and why it is often difficult to get that notion across to executives. For practicing managers and those who develop them, this report offers sound but often neglected developmental principles for overcoming weaknesses.

Contents:

Front cover

Half title page

Full title page

Copyright page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

How the Failure to Recognize Strengths Affects Executive Performance

Why Talking to Executives About Their Strengths Can Be Difficult

What Can Be Gained from Internalizing One's Strengths

How to Help Executives Use Strengths for Development

Ordering Information

Back cover.

Notes:

Title from title screen.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611001650

9781604917000

1604917008

9781281001658

1281001651

9781932973389

1932973389

OCLC:

468776795