OVERDOING IT
Another problem with the notion that leaders can simply play to their strengths is that strengths and weaknesses are not easy to disentangle. For instance, CCL research has shown that strengths can become weaknesses through overuse and misapplication. And Morgan W. McCall Jr., a professor of management and organization at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and an expert on development and derailment (when the rise of a talented manager comes to an abrupt and unexpected end), has described how many CEOs have failed because they continued to rely on strengths beyond the point of diminishing returns. Consider Scott McNealy, former CEO of Sun Microsystems. He was celebrated as an underdog maverick when ...
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