3 tips for building on a person's strengths
Everybody is an artist, everybody is creative, everybody has something special to give to the world. So how can you find a person’s talents? Here are three sets of questions you can use to help them to find their strengths, set specific goals and achieve success.
* You can focus on the person’s strengths.
Everybody can find activities in which they quickly reach 7/10. The challenge is to find a niche in which they consistently deliver at least 9/10. So how can you help a person to identify their ‘A’ talent? One approach is to focus on three themes. a) Their strengths - ‘What’ they do best. b) Their successful style - ‘How’ they work best. c) They can then combine their strengths and successful style to clarify their special contribution. You can help a person to clarify their talents by asking questions such as:
“What are the activities in which you deliver ‘As’, rather than ‘Bs’ or ‘Cs’? When do you feel in your element – you feel at ease at yet also excel? When do you quickly see the destination - the picture of perfection? When do you go ‘A, B…then jump to……Z’? Where do you quickly see patterns? When do you flow, focus, finish and, as a by-product, find fulfilment? How do you work best? Looking back on your life, describe what for you have been satisfying ‘projects’. Can you see any patterns? How can you combine your strengths and successful style to clarify your special contribution?”
After establishing a person’s strengths, move onto the next step.
* You can focus on the person’s specific goals.
Everybody can set specific goals. So how can you help a person to clarify their picture of perfection? If they feel it would be useful, you can focus on three themes. a) They can set specific goals. b) They can, if appropriate, find potential sponsors. (A sponsor is somebody who may hire them for doing what they do best.) c) They can clarify their strategy for achieving their specific goals. You can help them to take these steps by asking questions such as:
“What is your picture of success? Imagine you are looking back at your life when you are 80. What will be the three things you will have done that will mean your life has been successful? What is your picture of perfection? If you want to get paid for doing what you love, how can you find potential sponsors? What are the key challenges they face? How can you use your strengths to help them to achieve success? Once you have found potential sponsors, how can you make clear contracts with them? Returning to your long-term picture of perfection, what are the three key things you can do to give yourself the greatest chance of success?”
After establishing a person’s specific goals, move onto the next step.
* You can focus on the person’s success.
Everybody can work hard to achieve their picture of success. Peak performers, for example, develop good habits and do the right things in the right way every day. Overcoming setbacks along the way, they work hard until they reach their goals. Sometimes they also add that ‘touch of class’. Here are three steps the person may wish to consider on their own journey. a) They can do superb work. b) They can find solutions to challenges. c) They can achieve their picture of success. How to help them to chart their route toward their goals? You can ask questions such as:
“How can you do superb work? How can you follow the daily disciplines? How can you satisfy your sponsors? How can you encourage yourself along the journey? How can you anticipate and manage any setbacks? How can you find creative solutions to challenges? How can you stay proactive? How can you keep tackling issues that are in the green, amber and red zones? How can you be a good finisher? How can you do everything possible to achieve your picture of perfection? How can you then add that touch of class? How can you keep improving? How can you find the next satisfying project?”
There are many ways to help somebody to develop their talents. You can find many more practical approaches in the book Strengths Coaching in 90 minutes, which can be found at:
Everybody can find activities in which they quickly reach 7/10. The challenge is to find a niche in which they consistently deliver at least 9/10. So how can you help a person to identify their ‘A’ talent? One approach is to focus on three themes. a) Their strengths - ‘What’ they do best. b) Their successful style - ‘How’ they work best. c) They can then combine their strengths and successful style to clarify their special contribution. You can help a person to clarify their talents by asking questions such as:
“What are the activities in which you deliver ‘As’, rather than ‘Bs’ or ‘Cs’? When do you feel in your element – you feel at ease at yet also excel? When do you quickly see the destination - the picture of perfection? When do you go ‘A, B…then jump to……Z’? Where do you quickly see patterns? When do you flow, focus, finish and, as a by-product, find fulfilment? How do you work best? Looking back on your life, describe what for you have been satisfying ‘projects’. Can you see any patterns? How can you combine your strengths and successful style to clarify your special contribution?”
After establishing a person’s strengths, move onto the next step.
* You can focus on the person’s specific goals.
Everybody can set specific goals. So how can you help a person to clarify their picture of perfection? If they feel it would be useful, you can focus on three themes. a) They can set specific goals. b) They can, if appropriate, find potential sponsors. (A sponsor is somebody who may hire them for doing what they do best.) c) They can clarify their strategy for achieving their specific goals. You can help them to take these steps by asking questions such as:
“What is your picture of success? Imagine you are looking back at your life when you are 80. What will be the three things you will have done that will mean your life has been successful? What is your picture of perfection? If you want to get paid for doing what you love, how can you find potential sponsors? What are the key challenges they face? How can you use your strengths to help them to achieve success? Once you have found potential sponsors, how can you make clear contracts with them? Returning to your long-term picture of perfection, what are the three key things you can do to give yourself the greatest chance of success?”
After establishing a person’s specific goals, move onto the next step.
* You can focus on the person’s success.
Everybody can work hard to achieve their picture of success. Peak performers, for example, develop good habits and do the right things in the right way every day. Overcoming setbacks along the way, they work hard until they reach their goals. Sometimes they also add that ‘touch of class’. Here are three steps the person may wish to consider on their own journey. a) They can do superb work. b) They can find solutions to challenges. c) They can achieve their picture of success. How to help them to chart their route toward their goals? You can ask questions such as:
“How can you do superb work? How can you follow the daily disciplines? How can you satisfy your sponsors? How can you encourage yourself along the journey? How can you anticipate and manage any setbacks? How can you find creative solutions to challenges? How can you stay proactive? How can you keep tackling issues that are in the green, amber and red zones? How can you be a good finisher? How can you do everything possible to achieve your picture of perfection? How can you then add that touch of class? How can you keep improving? How can you find the next satisfying project?”
There are many ways to help somebody to develop their talents. You can find many more practical approaches in the book Strengths Coaching in 90 minutes, which can be found at:
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