What to do here on this Blog...

What to do here on this blog...


Modeled on the explanations of StrengthsFinder® assets available in Now, Discover Your Strengths, the following pages contain explanations of what we believe are perhaps the most common workplace Shadow Strengths®. Please feel free to explore and tap into your natural talents in cynicism, negativity and sarcasm to further develop this new approach to management – the emergent field of “research” in Shadow Strengths®.


Ross Peterson-Veatch, Ph.D and Eric Metzler, Ph.D.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

ALIENATOR

Distance is your signature talent. You excel in identifying people’s weaknesses and foibles and then pointing them out to them in public, so that they will stay at a safe distance from you. You find it especially rewarding when you say something that keeps people from interacting with you for long periods of time, even years.

Alientator sounds like this:

John C., quality control specialist: “I don’t really trust people, so I never like to really get to know anyone too deeply.”

Damien T., neurosurgeon: “Some people call me ‘prickly’, but, you know, I really prefer it when people know I speak my mind. If they don’t like it, they don’t have to hang around me – I could care less.”

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