ARE YOU A JACK OF ALL TRADES BUT MASTER OF NONE? | The How To-s of Leadership Skills Of Great Teams

Written By Jason Ho

A leadership dilemma frequently surfaced by the leaders I coach is whether to encourage their people to be all-rounded or to be strengths-focused. An argument often raised is that a focus on strengths is overrated.

What leaders must recognise is that a wide range of talents exists within your team. As a leader, we should prioritise identifying the strengths of our people, and deploying them accordingly. In the long run, pursuing all-roundedness will not pay off. Instead, leaders should aim to manage the weaknesses of their people, but invest the majority of effort in sharpening their strengths to attain world-class standards.

Watch to find out how to identify what your talents are and how should focus and develop those things.

Jason Ho
Jason is SouthEast Asia's 1st Gallup’s StrengthsFinder® Certified & Platinum Coach. He is both founder and principal coach in Strengths School™ (www.StrengthsSchool.com) and has over 7 years of corporate experience in training, development and performance coaching for MNCs, SMEs, schools & non-profit organisations. Jason has over 11,000 hours of experience in Personal development coaching and Management consultancy. He completed the PMC Certification (Practising Management Consultant) - a certification that is awarded by the SBACC (Singapore Business Advisors & Consultants Council) ensuring the high standards for Management Consultancy in Singapore. Jason sits on the NUS Business School panel as a StrengthsFinder® Advisor and assists in running the ‘Emerging Leaders Program’ for high performance business individuals. Jason has successfully led workshops and coaching programs for corporate organization such as DHL, Lee Jeans, Wrangler, Vans, VF Corp, National University of Singapore, NUS business School, Mininstry of Education and various schools and learning institutes. His passion to empower adults and youths alike in strengths is evident through his energy and enthusiasm in leading fun-filled workshops. There is never a dull moment when it come to sharing StrengthsFinder with others as he believes that with the correct mix of humour in a session, the participants get the most learning. As a strengths coach, his top 5 strengths make the coaching journey light and enjoyable but yet deep and meaningful. Clients leave having a heightened level of self-awareness that is empowering and gives new direction in life. At Strengths School™, he pushes the strengths movement in Singapore, HongKong and Asia. He believes that once people discover their StrengthsFinder talents, they become more of who they were made to be, rather than try to be someone that they are not. He is extremely passionate about StrengthsFinder and if you have a chance to talk to him about it, you would experience first hand how extreme that passion is.
https://www.coachjasonho.com
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