Optimize Your Strengths - Use Your Leadership Strengths To Get The Best Out Of You And Your Team

Written in the style of a novel, Optimise Your Strengths really brings to life a proven, pragmatic and practical framework for leading an organisation to adopt a strengths-based culture. Including models, activities and learning summaries means that readers inspired by Joe’s quest (a leader facing both personal and professional crises at the beginning of the book) have all the tools they need to follow in his footsteps.

Written in short chapters, each sharing important parts of the Strengthscope Leadership Model and each concluding with a learning summary positioned as Joe’s learning log, the book can be read in one 45 minute session, and/or dipped in and out of, depending on the reader’s needs and style.

The book includes free access to Strengthscope360?, the authors’ online strengths assessment programme used by organisations including Facebook, Legal & General, Santander, Photobox, British Council and Pizza Express.

Key topics addressed in this title include:

• Strengths-focused versus deficit-focused leadership styles

 Overcoming weaker areas and performance risks using powerful and strengths-based strategies

 Growth versus fixed mindsets

 

• Flexible, collaborative versus hierarchical cultures

 

• Organic and solutions-focused versus problem-centered and process-driven cultural shifts

 

• Accountability, comfort zones and success

 

• Building agility, resilience and self confidence in the face of pressure and uncertainty

 

• Internal and external forces that catalyse positive outcomes

 

• Aligning personal values with organisational values and purpose

 

• Managing productive and destructive leadership habits

 

• Engaging stakeholders and recognising, celebrating and sustaining success.

James Brook and Dr Paul Brewerton, founders of Strengths Partnership,(www.strengthspartnership.com) are recognised experts and innovators of positive psychology in the workplace. Strengths Partnership has a ?1.2 million turnover and clients include Facebook, Legal & General, Santander, Photobox, British Council and Pizza Express. They have 10 UK resellers, 10 global distributors (including China, U.S.A. Ireland, Norway, France, The Netherlands, India, UAE, Sub Saharan Africa, Poland) and 30 consulting partners who sell and promote their Strengthscope products, which include a strengths-profiling 360 assessment, strengths building for teams and ?strengths coaching. There are 1600 accredited partners in the UK and 400 internationally, plus a 10,000 name database. James is an accomplished executive coach, facilitator, consultant and speaker with over 17 years' experience developing high performing leaders, teams and organisations through helping people optimise their distinctive strengths and competencies. He has strong international experience and has run consulting, training and coaching projects for a variety of organisations including Allen and Overy, CareerBuilder, Foster Wheeler, ING Direct, Kellogg's, Brown and Root, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Tesco, Shell and Yahoo! Dr Paul Brewerton is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist with over 17 years' experience in leading successful consulting practices and projects. He has worked with a diverse range of clients including, the Natural History Museum, Bank of England, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Royal Air Force, Takeda, Oracle, Panasonic and many other organisations. Both authors are regular speakers to managers, leaders, business schools and L&D practitioners.