Ashish Kothari breaks down how using your strengths at work drives real results: teams that focus on strengths are 12.5% more productive, and employees who use theirs are 6 times more engaged. Start by taking StrengthsFinder or VIA, then talk to your manager about realigning work to match what you're actually good at.
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If you want to make flourishing your competitive edge, start using your strengths daily. Research done by Gallup Teams that use their strengths are 12 and a half percent more productive and employees that use their strengths are 6x more engaged. So if you want to use your strengths more often at work in order to flourish, follow these three simple steps. Number one Schedule a session with your team where collectively you can share what the strengths of each of those in your team are. You can either ask this individually or you can take the Gallup Strength Finder or a via Character Strength Assessment to discover your strengths. Number two have a conversation involving your manager and your teammates on how you can redistribute the work to more naturally align with the strengths of the different teammates. Finally, be on the lookout for projects that come up for your team that will be more well suited to your strengths or is in an area of a strength that you want to further strengthen. Put your hand out, ask to be involved. And just like that, as every day you are aware of your strengths and use them more often, they will get stronger, you will get more productive, more engaged and truly make Fluttershake your competitive edge.
