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GREAT LEADERS POSSESS

MULTIPLE STRENGTHS

Most problems cannot be solved. Most problems can only be survived. And
one survives problems by making them irrelevant because of success. It’s
amazing how many minor ills the healthy body can stand without any
trouble. One focuses on success, especially on unexpected success, and
runs with it.
—Peter F. Drucker

One shining quality lends a luster to another, or hides some glaring defect.
—William Hazlitt
The awareness of our strength makes us modest.
—Paul Cézanne

An Approach to Improvement

Imagine that you were working to improve your leadership effectiveness. To
start the process, you participate in a 360-degree assessment of your skills and
competencies. The assessment is given to your boss, several peers, and direct
reports. The results of the assessment are compiled and create the profile
shown in Figure 6-1.
The profile shows a series of leadership competencies based on the assess-
ments of others. For your convenience, each of the leadership competencies
is sorted from the most positive competency to the least positive. This gives

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