the
strengths
paradox
JULIE RENNECKER, PHD
EVER WONDER WHY YOUR TEAM OF
SUPER-TALENTED PEOPLE UNDERPERFORM?
Case Study:
SafeCo Executive Team
Four brilliant execs, each with an impressive track record. Yet in meetings, their strengths collided. Big ideas withered. Conflicts simmered. Energy waned.
This team wasn't failing for lack of talent. They were failing because their greatest strengths had become their biggest liabilities.
OUR STRENGTHS ARE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
We celebrate courage, creativity, and decisiveness in our leaders. Push any strength too far, though, or apply it at the wrong time, and a “strength” becomes a performance risk!
Strengths-based leadership works. Companies that embrace strengths-based leadership experience greater productivity, profitability, and employee engagement, retention, and well-being.
At the same time, unmanaged strengths can derail teams and spark conflict.
THE BOOK
The Strengths Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Strengths-Based Leadership shows leaders, founders, and business owners how to...
Harness the power of strengths-based leadership
Reduce energy-draining work for yourself and your team
Spot when strengths slip into “overdrive”
Channel the energy of conflict into collaboration
Build a culture that drives performance and promotes well-being
Real Leaders. Real Teams.
Real Results.
IN THIS BOOK, YOU'LL MEET
A business owner who avoided a serious hiring mistake
A scale-up CEO who used strengths to reassign an underperforming Director, to everyone’s relief
A hospital that dramatically decreased nurse turnover
A tech writer on the verge of career change who flourished after redesigning her role
At a time when burnout is rising, engagement is falling, and AI is accelerating everything except our ability to adapt, we need a smarter way to work, one that values performance and people, effectiveness and empathy.
EVIDENCE-BASED.
FIELD TESTED.
PRACTICAL METHODS AND TOOLS YOU CAN USE IMMEDIATELY.
Grounded in positive psychology and years of hands-on experience, The Strengths Paradox helps leaders tap into the best of their team, without burning them out.
FULL OF REAL-WORLD STORIES AND PRACTICAL TOOLS, THE BOOK SHOWS YOU HOW TO:
Increase productivity, engagement, and creativity
Improve retention, well-being, and resilience
Channel the energy of conflict into collaboration
Decrease burnout, absenteeism, and employee turnover
What might you accomplish if your team knew how to work with - and not against - one another's strengths?
contains Links to three
downloadable TOOLKITS
DUMP YOUR DRAINERS
REIN IN OVERDRIVE
COOL THE CONFLICT
Meet the Author
Hi, I’m Julie
From hospital floors to engineering teams to boardrooms, I've seen the same thing over and over: smart, capable professionals who struggle to collaborate.
Not because they don't care and not because they aren't capable, but because they don't know how to make the most of the diverse talents in the room.
From curing disease to healing the planet, cross-functional and interdisciplinary collaboration are essential for solving our biggest problems. Too often, though, our attempts to collaborate deteriorate into mediocrity and unproductive conflict, leading to underperformance and burned out teams.
We can no longer afford the costs of wasted talent. Our companies, our customers, and the world depend on us figuring out how to work better together.
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