On Nurturing Strengths & Building Trust in Teams Ft. James Brook

How should leaders deal with mistakes?

How can strengths psychology be used to power teams?

We decode aspects of strengths psychology for achieving peak performance, embracing vulnerability, dealing with mistakes, building and nurturing trust and more on this special episode from our mini People and HR series.

Our guest Mr James Brook, an entrepreneur, business psychologist and leadership coach based in the UK with 3 decades of experience in assessment, talent and leadership development and coaching. He created the next generation of talent assessment tool, TalentPredix™ to help employers hire talented people and empower them to thrive at work.

In the past, James has pioneered the strengths-based approach to talent management in the UK, founding Strengthscope® in 2006 and has worked with clients including LVMH, Tesco, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Oracle and Facebook among others. He has also authored multiple books on organizational management and leadership including, Strengths for Success – Your Pathway to Peak Performance, Optimize Your Strengths, and Stretch: Leading Beyond Boundaries.

Hear him talk about:

(02.00) - Nurturing strengths; strengths spotting, finding what’s energizing and challenging

(03.15) - The observation and inference fallacy- ask vs observe while making judgments

(04.30) - stretching your strengths & performance dialogues about challenging aspects @work

(06.00) - Why it's important to pay attention to high performing team members & A players

(07.30) - How should leaders address mistakes- transparency & acknowledging vulnerability

(09.30) - Dealing with hybrid and remote work culture as people managers

(11.00) - Creating a welcoming environment to retain talent- - relevance of strengths, inclusion, cognitive diversity

(13.30) - Building and nurturing an environment of trust

(14.30) – The pygmalion effect & trust

(15.45) - Setting clear expectations as leaders & people managers

(17.00) - The business process & people management/ emotional management dichotomy of HR

(19.00) - The relevance of investing in talent as people managers

(20.30) - HR becoming strategic partners; building courage to question

(22.00) - Optimizing talents and strengths

Original music by Joseph Mc Dade

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