Strength Based Leadership

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Strength Based Leadership January 25, 2014 Strength Based Leadership According to Rath and Conchie (2008) organizations want leaders who can get things done. In order for a leader to be able to get things done one must be aware of their own strengths and weakness so they can capitalize on their weakness. This essay will explore the results of the Gallop Strengths Finder Assessment taken online by the author; it will also explore my strengths and plans to grow these strengths. After taking the Strengths Finder assessment, I was informed my strengths are developer, empathy, positivity, belief and connectedness. After getting my results I reviewed my report and I went back to the book Strengths based Leadership by Rath and Conchie for further insight. As I read and explored the definitions of my strengths I was not surprised by some of my strengths but at the same time was a little in shock that I was not more rounded. I learned that I am strongly based in relationship building which as a psychiatric nurse and as an educator this is not shocking. I need to be aware that my strengths can also be my down fall, my strength of belief can set me up to have judgments and be set in stone with my beliefs. I need to be aware and try to be more flexible, this not easy due to my strong military background. My other strengths can also be both strengths and weakness as a developer I tend to look for the potential in others and mentor them, yet according to Rath & Conchie (2008) I may spread myself to thin trying to help everyone, as I have been told at work I have a hard time saying no. I enjoy teaching new employees and new nurses and to see the light go off that “aha” moment. My last two strengths positivity and empathy go hand in hand. I have always been referred to as the optimist and “Suzy sunshine”; I describe myself as an optimist always looking for the
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