Coaching practices for Rath Conchie Leadership Strengths

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  • Where I come alive is in the human glue
  • I’m at my best when I’m getting a room aligned and fired up
  • What I love is taking a vague idea and grinding it into something done and shipped
  • I keep forcing myself to lead the way I think a leader is supposed to, even when it cuts against my grain, and I can’t actually name what I’m naturally good at
  • When I want something to happen I reach for “because I’m the boss” far too quickly, and I get compliance that falls apart the second I leave the room

Practices that may help

  1. Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
    Strengths-based leadership, developed by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie building on Gallup’s decades of manager research, holds that the most effective leaders invest in their own strengths and build teams whose combined strengths cover all four leadership domains — executing, influencing, relationship building, and strategic thinking. Gallup’s correlational research consistently finds that strength-focused teams report higher engagement and performance, though the causal direction is not fully established.
  2. Lead from the relationship building domain — hold the team together
    People strong in relationship building are the glue that holds a team’s cohesion under pressure.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  3. Lead from the influencing domain — take charge, speak up, make sure others are heard
    People strong in influencing sell the team’s ideas inside and outside the organization.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  4. Lead from the executing domain — deliver on goals consistently
    People strong in executing know how to take an idea and make it happen.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  5. Identify your dominant leadership strengths — and lead from them
    Know which of the four leadership domains you naturally operate from and amplify it rather than trying to be equally strong in all four.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  6. Influence through persuasion, not positional power
    Build consensus and convince rather than command — authority is the last resort, not the first.
    Servant Leadership, Made Practical
  7. Lead from the strategic thinking domain — absorb and analyze information
    People strong in strategic thinking keep the team focused on what could be, not just what is.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  8. Assess readiness task by task, not person by person
    Rate competence and commitment for the specific task in front of them, not the person overall.
    Situational Leadership, Made Practical
  9. Channel ambition to the institution, not yourself
    Care more about the organization’s success than your personal legacy.
    Level 5 Leadership: Humility and Will in Great Leaders
  10. Build a culture of discipline, not a disciplinarian culture
    Hire self-disciplined people, then give them freedom within a clear framework.
    Level 5 Leadership: Humility and Will in Great Leaders

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