Donald Clifton

Definition of a Strength in Strengths-based Management

Criticism of Strengths-based Management

A manager is assigning tasks for a new project. One team member, Sam, is exceptionally skilled at creative brainstorming and generating innovative ideas but struggles with organizing detailed project plans and timelines. According to a management approach that focuses on leveraging an individual's enduring talents to achieve optimal performance, which action would be most appropriate for the manager to take?

A manager is leading a team member who is a highly innovative software developer but struggles significantly with organizing project documentation. The developer's code is consistently excellent, but their documentation is often late and incomplete. If the manager follows an approach that emphasizes focusing on an individual's greatest potential for growth by leveraging their enduring talents, which action would be most appropriate?

Limited Empirical Evidence for Strengths-based Management

Kaiser & Overfield (2011) Findings on Manager Performance