Strengths-Based HPI: Performance Consulting, Volume 35, Issue 1803, March 2018

Strengths-based human performance improvement (HPI) focuses on how managers and employees can help answer the question, “What are you good at?” In Strengths-Based HPI: A Win-Win for All, Hawley Kane provides guidance on how to help managers work with their direct reports to determine and develop employee strengths. She discusses what strengths-based HPI is, why and how it works, and how to implement it in your organization. This issue of TD at Work includes:

• challenges and benefits of strengths-based HPI
• details on the manager’s role in strengths-based HPI
• guidance on advising managers on holding one-on-one meetings with their employees
• coaching guidelines for managers
• a one-on-one meeting agenda template.

About the Author

Hawley Kane is the head of organizational talent and leadership development at Saba Software. She is responsible for leading new internal initiatives around global onboarding, performance management, management essentials, and leadership development.