David Rendall in the media
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Fit This Girl
Strengths & Weaknesses
by Mary, Minneapolis
If you guys are anything like me that you probably have an idea of what your weakness are. I am not going to list out for you where I fall short, but believe me, I know where I do! Recently because of some personal growth that I have been doing, I have learned to look at my weakness a little differently.
Lyved
Freaking Out: 5 Career Success Myths
by David Rendall
Myth Number 1: I need to be well-rounded. When I was a kid, I brought home a report card from school. I got an A in every subject, except English. I hated English. It didn’t make any sense to me. I was getting a C. How did my parents respond? Did they compliment me on my excellent work in most of my classes? Did they encourage me to focus my efforts on those areas where I was having success? No. Instead, they wanted to talk about English. What was I doing wrong? How could I do better? Was I trying hard enough? They believed, as most parents, managers and employees do, that we need to be well-rounded. We should have knowledge and skills in a variety of different areas. It is a liability to have areas of weakness. Even though most people believe this, it isn’t true.
Inspiration for Services, Human Resources, Innovation & Transformation
The Freak Factory: Making Employees Better by Helping Them Get Worse
By Arnold Beekes
Serge the Concierge
Your Negative Could Be My Positive, A Visit to the Freak Factory
By Serge Lescouarnec
800ceoread
The Daily Blog, ChangeThis: Issue 64
“If conventional approaches aren’t working, then what should we do? Instead of attacking people’s weaknesses, we need to find the strength that is hidden inside their apparently negative characteristics. It is time to stop trying to create well-rounded and balanced employees. We need employees that are unbalanced. We need employees that are freaks. It is time to build a freak factory.”
Catch Your Limit Consulting CODcast
Turn up the volume, sit back and listen as this month’s CODcast (Creativity On Demand) features David Rendall, author of Freak Factor.
Interview with Zane Safrit on blogtalkradio
Dave talks about “1. Weaknesses are important clues to your strengths. 2.You find success when you find the right fit. You need to match your unique characteristics to situations that reward those qualities. 3.Your weaknesses make you different. They make you a freak and it’s good to be a freak.”
Interview with Leah Shapiro, Defy The Box Radio
Episode 17: The Freak Factor: Discovering Uniqueness by Flaunting Weakness.
Ed Batista, Executive Coaching and Change Management
Let Your Freak Flag Fly: David Rendall on Uniqueness
BNET Insight
Big Think Game—changing ideas from new business books and other sources of inspiration.
Freak Management: By Michael Fitzgerald
Can being a freak make you a good manager? That’s the theme of Freak Factor, which encourages people to “flaunt their weaknesses.” That’s part of being freaky.
