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finding your strengths, your career superpower

Season 4, Ep. 13
Working in your strengths is a huge part of enjoying your job which is why knowing and being able to communicate them to an employer is so important. Shell and Em share some tips for how to figure out what you’re naturally great at so that you can do more work that energises you. They talk about:


👉🏾 developing your strengths and managing your weaknesses!

👉🏿 discovering (or rediscovering) talents within yourself that might be laying dormant

👉🏻 how to figure out your unique superpowers

👉 assessing your strengths against the role that you're in

👉🏼 communicating your strengths at work

👉🏽 being careful not to overplay them, it can work against you!


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There are free strengths tests online and we love the Gallup CliftonStrengths Finder as a paid test.


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