I remember a time when walking down the grey walls of my corporate
life it was hard to not get caught up in the mediocrity. It is hard for
everyone. Often I fail to remember that we are all just people who are
either working or trying our best to do what we can to make this life
better.I was forwarded this article by a colleague of mine
who pays attention to such things about leadership and what those who
are great do to remain great. -Sanakufrom the Harvard Business Reviewby Marcus BuckinghamAverage
managers treat all their employees the same. Great managers discover
each individual's unique talents and bring these to the surface so
everyone wins. An excerpt from Harvard Business Review.The
focus-on-strengths approach might create in the employee a modicum of
overconfidence, but great managers mitigate this by emphasizing the
size and the difficulty of the employee's goals. They know that their
primary objective is to create in each employee a specific state of
mind: one that includes a realistic assessment of the difficulty of the
obstacle ahead but an unrealistically optimistic belief in her ability
to overcome it.