Curt Coffman, a the New York Times (NYT) best-selling author on management, gave a talk recently at a Chamber of Commerce gathering, outlined several things that he considered mistakes that many in management continue to make.
He commented on the mistake many in management make when they focus on pointing out the weaknesses employees have rather than encouraging their 
strengths.
He said that “We believed for too long that if we eliminate weaknesses we will promote excellence. That doesn't work. We should focus on people's strengths. The reality is that people can't be anything they want to be if they just try hard enough. Our (mental) wiring is already set.”
In my experience he's completely right. Centering on correcting weaknesses rarely, if ever works, and it gets people looking away from their strengths and not developing them.
He added that he believed that we all had a "Tiger Woods talent for something" and that we should focus more on outcomes rather than the means used to reach them.
He's right. How many times do we try to fit a square peg in a round hole and wonder why the results aren't getting accomplished? It's getting there, not necessarily how we get there that counts.
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