According to a study on the effectiveness of focusing on strengths and weaknesses, the researchers found that when weaknesses were focused on, productivity decreased by 26%. (Herber, 2013) When strengths were focused on, productivity increased by 36.4%. (Herber, 2013) Peter Drucker said that companies exist only to make strengths productive and weaknesses irrelevant.

(Herber, 2013) Why would a company want to decrease productivity?

Herber, E. (2013) Focusing on Strengths.(2948) Focusing On Strengths: Eva Katharina Herber at TEDxIEUniversityMadrid - YouTube