Career Experts Claim That Good Leaders Are Not Proficient in All Skills

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) December 7, 2011 -- EBSCO Publishing has just released a new book summary of Work Your Strengths. People do not always aim for the right job. In the competitive world of office politics, the goal is usually to win a promotion, and to ascend to a higher rank in the company.

This drive to succeed has many positive benefits for businesses: it inspires employees to work harder and to be more innovative and encourages compatibility. However, it also has its downsides, like backstabbing and cheating.

The personality profiles that businesses have been using for years have shown that employees all have different personality types. Certain employees may be better suited to particular roles in the workplace.

Some positions lend themselves to a particular personality type rather than to the person that vies for the job the most. When a position and a personality clash, the result is disastrous for the business. This leads to disgruntled employees, lower profits, and eventually a replacement that can cost the company money and time.

In Work Your Strengths, Chuck Martin, Richard Guare, and Peg Dawson have explored this concept of position and personality, and created a set of “executive skills.” This set of skills is found throughout the business world, and defines many different types of leaders in every industry.

Some skills are a result of habit, while others are a result of brain chemistry. Leaders are not proficient in all skills, but some skills define certain positions more than others.

By studying what skills they are proficient in themselves, employees can narrow down what jobs are the best fit and most fulfilling. The result is a smoother-functioning workplace where leaders understand their strengths and are not afraid to switch to positions where they will be more efficient.

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