“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?” – Benjamin Franklin Happy February! I hope that your year is off to a great start. This month I am going to talk about staff development. Having a diverse but solid team is so vital for the success of a small business. However, you cannot take a one size fits all approach to managing a team. Oftentimes business owners or hiring managers fail to realize this and subsequently they drive away great talent. At the end of last year my team participated in the StrengthsFinder survey from the popular book by Tim Rath. It was a fun exercise for all of us and I think, speaking on behalf of the whole team, we all learned more about ourselves and our team members by going through it. We also learned the common strengths that bind us all together. To that end, it was an invaluable exercise for me and my management team to go through because we became more aware of how we need to manage our team. As an ex