Focusing on potentials - tools & techniques

In mentoring and coaching, effective development isn't just about eliminating weaknesses. Real change begins when the mentee begins to recognize, appreciate, and develop their natural talents and strengths. Focusing on potential builds self-confidence, increases motivation, and achieves results in an authentic way, consistent with one's own predispositions and values. This approach is based on the assumption that every person possesses resources that—if recognized and consciously developed—can become a source of lasting success.

In this category, you'll find mentoring and coaching techniques that help identify and strengthen individual potential. These tools support self-awareness, recognizing strengths, and their practical application in daily work and career decisions. Thanks to them, the mentee can discover their strengths, develop them in alignment with their goals, and build a career path based on authenticity and a sense of purpose.

If you want to better understand what competencies are worth developing and how to use your potential in practice, check out the article "Competencies of leaders and women of the future - take the right direction" . You may also find the text "Quality of a good mentor - what an effective mentor should be like" inspiring, as it shows how to develop strengths in a mentoring relationship and translate them into supporting others.

The following techniques will help you discover and develop what already works best. They will make the development process more motivating, positive, and focused on strengthening potential—not fixing weaknesses.

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Know your values

Improving self-confidence Analyzing and drawing conclusions Setting priorities Broadening perspectives Focusing on potentials Strengthening potentials

technique aimed at grounding a person in what is important and valuable. Its use facilitates prioritization and provides strength and motivation to act in a specific direction.

#values

#working with values

#priorities

#motivation

#empowerment

#potential

#resources

Description of the technique

Resource Integration

Improving self-confidence Broadening perspective Focusing on potentials Strengthening potentials

This technique promotes working with potential. It serves to strengthen and motivate the person we're working with.

#resources

#searching for resources

#material resources

#social resources

#individual resources

#working with potential

#potential

#empowerment

#motivation

#self-confidence

#increasing self-confidence

Description of the technique

Appreciative Approach Technique

Improving self-confidence Motivating to act Focusing on potentials Strengthening potential

This technique promotes working with potential. Using it, we focus on areas for development and on positive developments. It helps us focus on the future.

#positive psychology

#appreciation

#recognition

#self-confidence

#strengthening self-confidence

#self-belief

#strengthening self-confidence

#future

#success

#potential

#working with potentials

#wealth

#resources

Description of the technique

Creating Well-Being

Improving self-confidence Motivating to act Broadening perspective Focusing on potentials Strengthening potential

This technique promotes working with potential. It allows for the definition of areas that lead to a sense of wholeness, good mood, and mental balance.

#balance

#mental balance

#emotions

#positive emotions

#potential

#flow

#resources

#wealth

#good mood

#well-being

#material resources

#intangible resources

Description of the technique

Know your resources

Improving self-confidence Organizing your own development Systematizing and organizing Focusing on potentials Strengthening potential

This technique promotes working with potential. It serves to strengthen and motivate the person being worked with. It allows for defining areas of energy and maintaining a balance between positive and negative energies.

#resources

#searching for resources

#working with potential

#potential

#empowerment

#motivation

#self-confidence

#increasing self-confidence

#success

#talents

#flow

#development

Description of the technique

Work wheel

Expressing your own opinion Improving engagement in the mentoring program Motivating to act Organizing your own development Setting priorities Systematizing and organizing Overcoming frustration with current work Taking responsibility for actions Broadening your perspective Focusing on potentials

The work wheel is a technique that works well when you need to examine the level of satisfaction in a person's most important work areas. The visual nature of this exercise allows you to easily identify what's important at a given moment. This tool can be used in either the first or last session to measure changes in satisfaction with the designated work area(s).

#satisfaction

#lack of satisfaction

#values

#what is important

#meaning

#ordering

#systematization

#priorities

#prioritization

#self-awareness

#circle

#work circle

#work

#balance

#harmony

#development goals

#goals at work

Description of the technique

The wheel of values

Improving self-confidence Expressing your own opinion Improving engagement in the mentoring program Motivating to act Organizing your own development Setting priorities Systematizing and organizing Broadening your perspective Getting out of a stuck situation Focusing on potentials Strengthening potential

The values wheel is a technique that works well when you need to examine your level of satisfaction in the most important areas of your life and values. The visual nature of this exercise allows you to easily identify what's truly important at a given moment. This tool can be used in either the first or last session to measure changes in your level of satisfaction with the area(s) you've chosen to work on.

#satisfaction

#lack of satisfaction

#values

#what is important

#meaning

#ordering

#systematization

#priorities

#prioritization

#self-awareness

#circle

#circle of values

#harmony

#development goals

#life goals

Description of the technique

HELP technique

Overcoming resistance to change Analyzing and drawing conclusions Setting priorities Systematizing and organizing Making decisions Taking responsibility for actions Getting out of a stuck situation Focusing on potentials

HELP is an acronym for:
H – what Happend (What happened?)
E – Emotions (What emotions accompanied it?)
L – Learning (What is the lesson learned?)
P – Plan (What is the plan of action?)

This is a questioning technique that will work in a work situation with a person who is distracted, has difficulty determining the essence of the problem, and is unsure of what to do in a given situation.

#concentration

#systematization

#organizing

#analysis

#drawing conclusions

#broadening perspective

#action

#science

#development

#emotions

#learning

#plan

#action plan

Description of the technique

Sange

Expressing your own opinion Getting out of a stuck situation Focusing on potentials Strengthening potentials

The SANGE technique is effective in all situations requiring an apology to another person, repairing and rebuilding the relationship with that person. It requires considerable maturity, examining one's role in the situation, what could have been done differently, and why. As long as the intention behind the apology is sincere and in harmony with the person, it is a very effective tool that can be used in both professional and personal situations.

#relationships

#apologizing

#repairing relationships

#rebuilding relationships

#truly relationships

#gratitude

#appreciation

#potential

Description of the technique

Energy balance

Improving self-confidence Improving engagement in the mentoring program Organizing your own development Analysis and drawing conclusions Systematization and organization Overcoming frustration with current work Focusing on potentials Strengthening potential

Energy balance is a technique that allows you to identify what brings you satisfaction and what causes exhaustion at work. By practicing mindfulness, you can examine the tasks that bring you joy and consider what you can do to increase your engagement in such activities.

#satisfaction

#lack of satisfaction

#frustration with work

#fatigue

#exhaustion

#energy

#mindfulness

#what I like

#balance

#harmony

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