The Shocking Truths No One Wants to Admit—Are You Ready to Hear Them?
I need to hear the bad stuff so that I can improve
That’s easy to say and a lot harder to do.
It also runs counter to what Marcus Buckingham says in Now, Discover Your Strengths from 2001 (and still worth a read) – where the research he did with The Gallup organization showed that it was more effective to focus on your strengths. And, the implication was to hire and job things out to compensate for your weaknesses.
So, how is “Only tell me about the bad stuff” different from “Focus on Your Strengths?” I believe this is a viable strategy on the grand scheme of things. And, in this particular situation the speaker didn’t want to focus on his strengths and he specifically wanted to know where the audience felt he had fallen flat.
