#655 super

I was grocery shopping with a friend and asked which flavors he wanted.  "The same one as before," was his answer.  "If I was a Super Hero, I would be Rut-man."

His comment got me thinking about an exercise we do at our leadership day where we ask students to select a super power they would like to have and draw a picture of it.  We have had a wide range of answers, from being able to speak every language, to the ability to turn the weather to Spring, to being able to be able to see through walls.  It is both fun and a good way for students to learn something new about each other.

A more serious application of the super power question is used by my sister in interviews.  She asks the candidates in advance to come prepared to tell her what super hero trait they would bring to the organization -- in other words what can they do better than anybody.  

Some of the answers she has received:  Statafficiency:  a combination of strategy and efficiency that allowed the candidate to think clearly and get stuff done; Logic Motion: can rapidly hold complexity; or Seeing the Matrix: sees the big picture and connect it to the day-to-day.

These exercises are really two sides of the same coin: the power that you would like to have vs. the power you do have.  While one is fantasy, in reality everyone does something better than most.  Think about how you can be a super hero for your organization and in what trait you excel.  Even Rut-man aces predictability and can be a source of stability in his world.  You don't need a cape to contribute in super ways.

-- beth triplett
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