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July 20, 2005

Fast Company Article

Marcus Buckingham provides some interesting observations on building ones skills and career in the August issue of Fast Company. He points out that we should focus on our strengths and not our weaknesses which goes against the grain of most organizations that manage by things done wrong. I like idea of enhancing ones strengths, focusing on the successes, managing by things done right, and the glass if half full. The main issue with this theory is not that it isn’t a good idea but it takes much more effort and commitment from the employee and manager. How difficult is it to go into an employee review and preach from the same hymnal used 25 years ago. You need to improve X, enhance your skills in Y, and gain more exposure in Z. In this article, Marcus points out that 41% of people work on their strengths, I wish the percentage was that good but from my experience it is not. How about yours?

Posted by Todd at July 20, 2005 2:45 AM