Fear Your Strengths – Robert E. Kaplan
Leaders are often encouraged to focus on their strengths. But what happens when a strength is overused? In Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem, leadership consultants Robert E. Kaplan and Robert B. Kaiser argue that the very qualities that make leaders successful can, when taken too far, become serious weaknesses.
Drawing on their research and many years of experience coaching executives, the authors explain how strengths can be overplayed. A leader who is decisive and forceful may become domineering and stop listening to others, while a leader who is supportive and collaborative may avoid tough decisions. Similarly, a focus on strategy can come at the expense of execution, and vice versa. Over time, these imbalances can harm the leader’s effectiveness and the performance of their team.
The authors present a framework built around complementary pairs of leadership behaviors, such as forceful and enabling leadership, and strategic and operational leadership. Effective leaders, they argue, are versatile, able to draw on both sides of each pair as situations require, rather than relying too heavily on one.
The book offers practical tools for recognizing when you are overdoing a strength, understanding why it happens, and developing greater balance and versatility. Case studies of real leaders illustrate the challenges and how they can be overcome.
Insightful and practical, Fear Your Strengths is a valuable read for executives, managers, coaches and HR professionals who want to develop more balanced and effective leadership.
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