No two great leaders are alike. That’s because one aspect of great leadership is striving for excellence through leveraging your signature strengths.
A definition of a strength is a transferable skill that comes naturally to you. You probably don’t remember learning this skill. You could just always do it. People might say to you, “You’re so good at your strength.” And you wonder, “Can’t everyone do this?” I like to refer to your strengths as Signature Strengths, as they are the unique combination of the elements of your best-self, applied in the way only you can use them, becoming as one-of-a-kind as your signature. Perhaps you are good at organizing things, or netting out the real issue, or getting others engaged.
Identifying your Signature Strengths will help you develop excellence. Success comes through leveraging strengths. By applying strengths, people bring their best to the challenge at hand. This displays excellence.
Leader Know How Practice: Apply it to your own leadership
Start a journal for about 30 days. Ask yourself these questions:
1. Where did I add value today?
2. When did my best self show up?
3. What did my best self look like when the best self showed up?
At the end of the month, read over your journal and analyze for themes. The themes are your Signature Strengths. Then write a description of how you add value and what your best self looks like when you leverage your Signature Strengths