Tools
We talk about leaders needing “tools” to make them effective. We need to stop talking about these tools as things outside the scope of people’s existing strengths - skills, knowledge, qualities, and connections. There is no end to the ways we can use our strengths; to look outside ourselves as if we were deficient is to forget this.
April 30th, 2006 05:35
I think your point is very true and well made. Each unique person has strengths that when used as tools make them a unique leader. To look outside oneself is a byproduct of a consumerist mentality. Maybe I can buy myself some of that good communication style. Or maybe there’s a pill to refine that specific skill.