Are your development needs your weaknesses? No. Because you could have weaknesses you wouldn't bother to develop. Just as you have strategic strengths, those that are more important than others relative to your goals, your development needs are your strategic weaknesses - those you need to address to achieve your goals. For example, I'm forgetful but addressing this weakness won't help me achieve anything important so it's not a development need for me. What are your feelings about your development needs? How well do you handle feedback?

• I'm very sensitive about my weaknesses and hate facing them.
• I have a number of self limiting beliefs that are holding me back.
• I feel incompetent sometimes, like an impostor, just waiting to be found out.
• What former success patterns are now inappropriate?
• I'm not aware of having any development needs.
• I know my weaknesses but I don't want to change.
• What some people call my weaknesses are really their problem.
• Some of my development needs aren't weaknesses. They're just things I haven't learned yet.
• Organizational politics are holding me back. I need to develop political skills.