What should leaders do if they find their team lacks certain key strengths?

1. What do you see as the key advantages of focusing upon one’s strengths as a leader? What are the drawbacks of this approach?

Choose one of the following additional questions to answer:

• Which of the three approaches to defining and analyzing strengths seems best suited to effective leadership in your opinion?
• A common adage is for leaders to “staff to their weaknesses.” How does that relate to the material in this chapter on strengths?
• Aside from changing group members, what should leaders do if they find their team lacks certain key strengths?
• How does building upon your strengths fit with the idea of “getting out of your comfort zone”?
• Knowing your strengths as the leader is important. How important is it to know the strengths of followers? What strategies might leaders use to gain this information?
• How can people honestly learn what their weaknesses are?