Knowing your strengths -- and playing to them -- is the key to effective leadership . Your `` superpower '' is your USP to sell yourself in your career path . Guy Longshaw , an executive coach and management consultant , recommends strengths tests drawn from `` positive psychology , '' a movement whose founders sought to `` find and nurture genius and talent '' by encouraging people to identify their strengths and play to them . You can be a great leader by being an excellent communicator, or you can be a good one if you are able to communicate effectively with others. Shore up weaknesses by building a team with the attributes you lack .
Knowing your strengths -- and playing to them -- is the key to effective leadership . Your `` superpower '' is your USP to sell yourself in your career path . You can be a great leader by being an excellent communicator, or you can be a good one if you are able to communicate effectively with others. Shore up weaknesses by building a team with the attributes you lack .