Core Quality Quadrant

The tool that shows how your weaknesses are over-expressions of your strengths.

May 7, 2024

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I’ve had a positive reaction every time I use the tool.

Your weaknesses are an over-expression of your strengths

Let’s explain with a few examples:

When someone is being a micromanager, maybe it’s because they’re a perfectionist

If someone is indecisive, maybe it’s because they are inclined to seek consensus

When someone seems uncaring, maybe it’s because they value efficiency above all else

Typically when we see an undesired characteristic or behaviour in a co-founder or team member, we see it as something that needs to be fixed.

I’m going to share a whole new approach with you, introduced to me by my friend Hugo from ForChiefs.

Being CEO is a tough job. One of the responsibilities I had was creating a strong vision and direction for the company.

This was something that came naturally for me and I was able to jump into the future and imagine what the company would be like years from now.

While this was a strength, the flipside was that me being visionary left my other co-founders left behind.

My core quality was being visionary. My challenge was co-creation. Going forward, I needed to combine the two.

I could then explore this by asking myself:

Founder Turned Coach