The idea of focusing on strengths in creating development plans tracks closely with the improv concept of "Yes And" by leveraging the power of agreement and positivity - that is, looking at what's right with a person rather than at what's wrong (and trying to fix it).
But the Strengths movement doesn't advocate ignoring one's shortcomings. In fact, Strengths writers like Marcus Buckingham and Tom Rath don't shy away from calling these what they are: weaknesses. Their point, though, is that rather than expend brute force on overcoming a weakness, a person is better served by directing his energies to developing his strengths and finding other compensating strategies for dealing with his weaknesses.
Is your own development plan centered only on your weaknesses? Do you think of strengths as areas where you've "made it" and which thus require no more attention? Or do you see your strengths as a springboard that can vault you (as Peter Drucker says) from first-rate performance to excellence?
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