Strengths and Weaknesses
...luable strength is the ability to motivate people. Everyone needs to be motivated differently. For instance, I have some people in my work area who are older and can usually motivate themselves. On the other hand, I have a few that need a push. With the older folks, I can generally just keep telling them they are doing a great job and always thank them for a job well done. As for the younger group they sometimes need a good push to get them going. A stern look or something to get their attention works well. After they get going and working at a Strengths and Weaknesses 3 good pace, I make sure I tell then they are doing a much better job and I appreciate their effort. Those are some of my strengths, however my weaknesses can hurt them at times. My weaknesses I have been trying to develop on for some time now. Creativity is one of my weaknesses. I have a hard time coming up with new and inspirational way to congratulate and promote a better work atmosphere. I always seem to do the same things over again, which can become boring and even sometimes start to turn my people off. If someone said thank you, very good job every time you did something good, eventually it turns you off because it starts sounding like a broken record. Another one of my weaknesses is that sometimes I have too high of expectations of my co-workers. I know everyone has limits, but sometimes I push people a little hard. This backfires at times due to the fact that they have already hit their limit or they are just having a bad day. Number one on my priority list is learning to mange my time much more efficiently. I am a terrible procrastinator. For instance, I waited until Thursday to start writing this paper. That is how bad I am at managing my time. At work I have so much to do during the night I can never find enough time to get it all done. So I wait until the end of the night to finish it all, which in turn cuts down on time to get other things done at home. It also hurts my one on one time with my employees, which is probably one of the most important items on my plate every night. This all leads me to my final topic which how to I improve my weaknesses? After looking over my weaknesses, I came up with a few things that I should do to help develop them into strengths. To battle my creativity problem I could sit down and Strengths and Weaknesses 4 brainstorm. I could go through as many scenarios as I could come up with dur...