13th March 2013

Wednesday, 13th March 2013

 

Other than the treat of only starting class at 10am today, something else incredibly positive happened. We had our group meeting and we decided in that meeting that we would go around the circle and speak about what we perceive to be our personal strengths and weaknesses as well as the profile which we received from the Basadur profile model.

This turned out to be one of the most productive exercises we could have ever done because it turned into an incredibly affirming session, with each of the group members not only actually listening as we each took our turn to speak, but also contributed and encouraged each other by telling them about more of what we see as their strengths.

It was also incredibly interesting to hear what we each perceived to be our weaknesses, and i found it one of the most wonderful things where we realised that what we saw as a weakness, was actually just one aspect of ourselves which gave another member in the group the opportunity to be strong. So for example, while Sarah said she felt one of her weaknesses is that she works better when she is told what to do and prefers not to take the direct lead, Kim and I were flabbergasted as we found ourselves to be the complete opposite. This means that in situations which require someone to take the lead over it, Kim or myself would thrive and in doing so, give Sarah the opportunity to do the same.