Greetings Leaders,
Believe it or not, you are allowed to have some weaknesses. You can be great without being flawless at everything. Don’t ever forget that.
Think about the number of great movie actors who have stumbled through a short acceptance speech at an awards ceremony. Does that really matter if their on-screen performances deeply move you and you love their movies?
On the proverbial 1 – 10 scale, there will be some things where a 4 or 5 will likely be as good as it gets for you. But your 10s can be world-changers. So, the challenge is to find or create the circumstances where you can continue to more fully develop and utilize your distinctive talents, while minimizing the impact of your deficiencies. Remember that people pay big money to hear Adele sing, not to see her dance like Beyonce.
A couple of important reality checks for you. First, be reminded that highlighting weaknesses and criticizing blunders seems to be more newsworthy than acknowledging accomplishments. So as a leader, no matter what greatness you bring to your organization or team, someone somewhere will no doubt be zooming in on one of your incidental shortcomings instead. Expect it and move on. Don’t get distracted by extraneous noise.
The second reality check is this. There are allowable weaknesses but there are also behavior or performance deal breakers. Don’t mistakenly assume you can simply dismiss any deficiency as being irrelevant. You can’t because it may not be. However, we will save the weakness/deal breaker discussion for a later time.
Lead with your best.
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