HOW TO BUILD & MAINTAIN THE SELF-EXPRESSION ADVANTAGE

Just as the look and feel of a product attracts potential buyers and influences their buying decisions, so does self-expression fundamentally determine the personal ability to build relationships, exploit opportunities and amplify natural and acquired talents by shaping the way each person is perceived and responded to by others! However, the paradox is that despite the pivotal role that self-expression plays as the ultimate means of achieving any targeted level of personal performance, productivity and competitiveness, the development of self-expression capabilities has not been recognized as the game-changer that should be prioritized as the center-piece of Talent Development! It’s in recognition of the fact that the omission of self-expression capabilities leaves a talent fundamental gap that this book is written to pioneer the 6 Core Principles of Talent which include the following: 1. Talent can only perform and compete to the extent of the self-expression capabilities of its possessor 2. A little talent supported with great self-expression capabilities is bound to out-perform great talent that is inhibited by the poor self-expression capabilities of its possessor 3. Talent rises and falls on self-expression 4. Talent cannot add value without the lift of winning self-expression 5. Superior talent cannot be achieved or sustained without the self-expression advantage and 6. Talent and self-expression are two sides of the same coin! The direct implication of these core principles of talent is that Talent Development succeeds best when it includes the pursuit of the Self-expression Advantage. This leads to the conclusion that the key to the development of the best talent is to design a template for the development of world-class self-expression capabilities that are primed to light the candles of talent and keep them burning brighter than ever before! The challenge is to recognize the fact that the implication of talent and self-expression being two sides of the same coin is that talent development and the development of self-expression capabilities should be integrated in a way that makes the development of self-expression capabilities the center-piece of Talent Development. The key is to always remember that talent cannot add value without the lift of self-expression.