Recently, I have participated in a training workshop to identify our strengthens and maximize our strengths. While reflecting on this workshop, I thought why should I not build an organization of connecting strengths of the people working together instead of focusing on the other parts should be improved of the people. As the human being, we are not perfect so why we are finding ways to become perfectionist?

Let’s start with WHY…

You have hired right talented people and putting them into wrong positions / wrong responsibilities: In building an organization, how do you avoid mistakes like these, where the right people end up in the wrong role? It is especially important to realize that the misplacement of a person is two mistakes, not one. Not only is the person NOT in a role where he/she can excel, but they are also preventing that role from being filled by the right person.

What should we do with this?

Have your recognized these principles as our talents must have some strengths inside them:

• All individuals are born with talents.
• Strengths are built on talents.

Therefore, we should build Roles sticking with Strengths. Strengths-based organizations systematically select employees based on talent, position them to use their strengths every day, and integrate strengths into key processes and systems organization-wide. This yields a multitude of benefits for the organization, including increased engagement and retention among customers and employees, reduced costs per hire, and a greater earnings per share growth rate.

How to build a strengths-based-organization? these are good resources to read further on:

1. https://www.naahq.org/sites/default/files/naa-documents/education/Building-A-Strengths-Based-Organization.pdf
2. https://www.lce.com/Building-StrengthBased-Organizations-1096.html
3. https://www.amazon.com/Strengths-Based-Leadership-Leaders-People/dp/1595620257
4. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/becoming-strengths-based-organization-facebook-case-darren/

Let’s start to apply and start measuring your organization on these KPI’s:

1. Increased Customer Engagement (No customers = no others)
2. Productivity
3. Happiness of the people in other words: Retention (by performance levels, bands, markets, talent classification, etc.)
4. Profitability

Yes, I am heading on building this Strengths-Based Organization at Sioux, we are developing premium software for great companies!