By Steve Moran
I recently came across a short Instagram video where the creator suggested we take our weaknesses and turn them into strengths. I confess that as someone with lots of weaknesses, I immediately fell in love with the idea.
If I could take my very long list of weaknesses and magically, with a little effort, turn them into strengths, I would be the most amazing leader in the world. The thought leadership content I could produce would put me on top of the world. Maybe I’d even outclass Simon Sinek.
Then I ran into a wall.
I started looking at the research. There is essentially no evidence that suggests this is possible for anyone. As far as I can tell, turning a weakness into a strength is an impossible pipe dream.
But… it turns out the research on strengths, weaknesses, and leadership still tells us a lot, and it changes how we should think about both.
Getting better is not the same as becoming strong.
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