Over the past few months I’ve been teaching Career Development classes. Knowing your strengths and building on them is a cornerstone of these classes.
Your strengths are your unique combination of talents, skills, and knowledge. Using them gives you intrinsic satisfaction. In growing your career, they help you to go from good to great and enjoy the journey!
And it isn’t always easy for people to answer the question: What are my top strengths? So in my classes I have questions that help lead to the answer. Here are my favorites:
– What does the day look like on those mornings you get up and say to yourself, “I can hardly wait to go to work today because…”
– The next morning you say to yourself, “I really don’t want to go to work because…” Why do you say that?
– If you had your ideal job, what would you do day in and day out?
– What have people complimented you on all your work life?
It only takes a few moments to answer them. And if you want to dig even deeper, you can take an assessment in the books Now, Discover Your Strengths or Strengths Finder 2.0. The fun begins as you notice how your strengths show up in your life and find ways to use and grow them with every career move you make.