How To Identify Where Your Team’s Strengths Are

I’ve talked before about how to create a winning team but today I wanted to dig a bit deeper.

Building your “A-Team” comes with many benefits, not least of which is having a dedicated team you can rely on to take tasks off your desk.

But as anyone who has tried – and failed – to delegate will know, the key to SUCCESSFUL delegation lies in knowing the right person to take each task.

And you do that through understanding your team’s strengths.

Knowing an individual’s strengths (and not just their weaknesses) is a great area to focus on as this article shows.

But HOW do you do it?

Here are my recommendations on how you can identify the strengths in individuals so you can delegate most effectively.

Use strengths-based assessments

There are a multitude of assessments on the market designed specifically to identify strengths in individuals. These are great to provide ongoing development to your team and have the added benefit of giving value to the individuals taking the assessment also.

Ask what tasks make the person energised

When you’re next reviewing performance, find out from the individual what tasks truly light them up. What are the tasks they do where time seems to fly because they’re so engrossed in them?

These are the tasks they will tend to perform well in and are a great indicator of a strength area.

Ask for team feedback

As the CEO, you might find that you’re not regularly seeing the particular strengths and weaknesses of your team – but the others in your team definitely will!

Ask the team what each others’ strengths are and you’ll get a clearer picture of the best tasks to delegate to certain team members.

(You may want to do this anonymously for more honest feedback!)

Once you have a clear idea of the strengths in your team, you’ll also have a picture of what’s missing.

If you have lots of detail-orientated admin work you want to delegate but there’s nobody with that skill-set in your team, you instantly know who you need to look for (whether you hire or outsource!)

The key is creating a diverse team.

Closing Thought

Which of these tips will you try out first? I’d love to know in the comments.

And if you need an expert hand to guide you along the process, book a game plan call with me and let’s chat!

All my best,

Selina

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