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WORK:
A LABORATORY FOR BUILDING DEEP STRENGTHS
Organizations provide an excellent practice field for strength
training because they’re based on structured human contact.
We just need to act purposefully, follow a practical regimen,
and be determined to grow in this regard.
Leaders should, as the label implies, take the lead.
Deep strengths represent a new and powerful leverage
point for those who seek to position their organizations
for excellence in the years to come. CEOs, Chief Learning
Officers, and leaders in general carry prime responsibility
for putting deep strengths on the organizational dash-
board, where they are looked at, talked about, measured,
and developed.
The better we get at engineering positive exchanges
with others, the more we develop deep strengths and
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