Great post Mike!  I totally agree with you!  I have been thinking a lot about how much time organizations spend on building on strengths vs obsessing over people's weaknesses.  My thought is that the percentage may be 20%.  What if organizations flipped the focus and spent 80% (or higher) building on strengths and aligning people to what they did best?  Also, I love this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson about granting greatness (i.e. expecting the best from people): “Trust men [and women (my addition)], and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great."