Strengths Based Leadership Quotes

“If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“Although individuals need not be well-rounded, teams should be.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“Perhaps the ultimate test of a leader is not what you are able to do in the here and now - but instead what continues to grow long after you're gone”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths - and can call on the right strength at the right time.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“followers have a very clear picture of what they want and need from the most influential leaders in their lives: trust, compassion, stability, and hope”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“If you focus on people’s weaknesses, they lose confidence.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything. While our society encourages us to be well-rounded, this approach inadvertently breeds mediocrity. Perhaps the greatest misconception of all is that of the well-rounded leader.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“One challenge is that our ability to progress in our career is often determined by our effectiveness in responding to near-term needs. When high value is placed on solving these kinds of problems, it creates a culture in which leaders spend little or no time thinking about what could be done because they receive more accolades for simply doing what needs to be done.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“As legendary investor Warren Buffett put it, by definition, "A leader is someone who can get things done through other people:”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“If you focus on people’s weaknesses, they lose confidence.” At a very basic level, it is hard for us to build self-confidence when we are focused on our weaknesses instead of our strengths.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“run”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

“the ultimate test of a leader is not what you are able to do in the here and now — but instead what continues to grow long after you’re gone.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow