Leading Through the Strengths of Others | Brent Frazier

The idea of every part of our journey is the result of the impact that others have on us.

And I noticed that in the signature of your email, when we were kind of exchanging emails back and forth in preparation for our time together today.

You actually have a quote down there at the bottom in the signature of your email.

And I'm just going to read that quote and kind of get your thoughts and insights into that.

So it states, we hire teachers based on their strengths, but we manage them based on their weaknesses.

Too many leaders fixate on flaws, great leaders unleash brilliance.

And that was a fantastic kind of encapsulation of I think what a lot of administrators feel or should feel rather.

when it comes to bringing along their team and the education of their students.

So talk to me, one, how did you land on that quote, right? I think oftentimes in the signature line of an email tells a lot about the person that you're engaging with via that email communication.

So talk to me a bit about that quote.

Well, it's so interesting.

So, you know, as a part of my educational journey, I had the opportunity to, you know, read the book and also take a survey that was called Discover Your Strengths.

And so it was Gallup and, you know, I think it was Gallup.

I can't remember the author of the name.

But basically, I think everybody gets caught up on flaws.

And so, man, I wish I could do this better.

I wish I could speak better.

I wish I was taller.

I wish I was a baller.

You know, all the different aspects of what it is.

And so, you know, we get caught into all the I wishes where really everybody has unique gifts.

Yeah.

And so everybody also has weaknesses.

And so oftentimes I cannot control those weaknesses.

But what I can do is I can manage the weaknesses and I can keep them from sinking the boat.