Strengths Focus Quotes

Emphasize strengths, don't fix weaknesses.

People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.

Know your strengths and take advantage of them.

Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

If a child is poor in math but good at tennis, most people would hire a math tutor. I would rather hire a tennis coach.

An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation.

When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.

Too many companies waste time trying to eliminate their employees' weaknesses when, in fact, they should concentrate on developing their strengths.

If I'm having a challenging moment, I jump for joy. Literally. After a minute, I feel better, and after a few minutes, I'm really happy. Everything else just drops off. It gets me out of my head and into my body, and it makes me feel present. Everyone has challenges. But if you know your strengths and expand on them, you’re going to radiate.

I know from experience that it is crucial that I use my strengths.

You can concede to an opponent something he hasn't earned. It's one thing to underestimate an opponent. But maybe the worst thing is to overestimate. You always play your strengths. But that doesn't mean you become predictable.

A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather than on their strengths.

People should be hired "as is" and their managers then help them to develop their individual strengths while completing tasks for which they have the greatest aptitude and in which they have the greatest interest.

Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude.

The Four Keys of Great Managers: When selecting someone, they select for talent ... not simply experience, intelligence or determination. When setting expectations, they define the right outcomes ... not the right steps. When motivating someone, they focus on strengths ... not on weaknesses. and When developing someone, they help him find the right fit ... not simply the next rung on the ladder.

There are "four keys" to becoming an excellent manager: finding the right fit for employees, focusing on strengths of employees, defining the right results, and hiring for talent - not just knowledge and skills.

When you cast somebody, you write to their strengths.