<p>Gallup Consulting has found that l<a></a>eaders operate most effectively when they focus on their primary area of leadership strength within the leadership team. The four areas are Executing&sbquo; Influencing&sbquo; Relationship Building and Strategic Thinking. This report/chart identifies your primary areas of leadership strength.</p>
<p>Effective leaders surround themselves with the right people and build on each person's strengths. Yet in most cases&sbquo; leadership teams are a product of circumstance more than design.</p>
<p>The vast majority of the time&sbquo; we recruit by job function - and all but ignore individuals' strengths. . As we worked with these leadership teams&sbquo; we began to see that while each member had his or her own unique strengths&sbquo; the most cohesive and successful teams possessed broader groupings of strengths. So we went back and initiated our most thorough review of this research to date. From this dataset&sbquo; four distinct domains of leadership strength emerged: Executing&sbquo; Influencing&sbquo; Relationship Building&sbquo; and Strategic Thinking. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>The Four Domains of Leadership Strength</strong></p>
<p>Instead of one dominant leader who tries to do everything or individuals who all have similar strengths&sbquo; contributions from all four domains lead to a strong and cohesive team. Although individual&rsquo;s need not be well-rounded&sbquo; teams should be.</p>
<p><strong>EXECUTING</strong></p>
<p>Leaders with dominant strength in the Executing domain know how to make things happen. When you need someone to implement a solution&sbquo; these are the people who will work tirelessly to get it done. Leaders with strength to execute have the ability to "catch" an idea and make it a reality.</p>
<p><strong>INFLUENCING</strong></p>
<p>Those who lead by Influencing help their team reach a much broader audience. People with strength in this domain are always selling the team's ideas inside and outside the organization. When you need someone to take charge&sbquo; speakup&sbquo; and make sure your group is heard&sbquo; look to someone with the strength to influence.</p>
<p><strong>RELATIONSHIP BUILDING</strong></p>
<p>Those who lead through Relationship Building are the essential glue that holds a team together. Without these strengths on a team&sbquo; in many cases&sbquo; the group is simply a composite of individuals. In contrast&sbquo; leaders with exceptional &nbsp;Relationship Building strength have the unique ability to create groups and organizations that are much greater than the sum .</p>
<p><strong>STRATEGIC THINKING</strong></p>
<p>Leaders with great Strategic Thinking strengths are the ones who keep us all focused on what could be. They are constantly absorbing and analyzing information and helping the team make better decisions. People with strength in this domain continually stretch our thinking for the future.</p>
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