Strengths steward | Playing on your team's strengths is the secret to leading with humility

As an employee works their way up through the ranks of employment, they will most likely need to manage individuals at some point in their career. There is heaps of literature on management styles and techniques. Yet, there are some pillars of management that can never be disputed.

A key one is understanding and capitalising off the natural strengths within your team. It might seem obvious, but playing to your team's strengths is an underrated skill required to be a great leader – what does this mean in practice?

Whilst some managers might enforce what they think their team should be doing upon them, a great leader is perceptive, recognising their strengths and capitalising on them for the sake of their business.

It’s ok if your team knows more than you

A part of acknowledging the strengths of those under you is realising that your team might know more than you about something, and that’s OK! A lot of managers and business leaders take on the unnecessary responsibility to have all the answers all the time, when this just isn’t a requirement of being a good leader.