IN THE ROOM #17 – Run Around Your Backhand

In tennis, if your backhand is your weaker shot, one of the smartest things you can do is reposition yourself. You move your feet, adjust your stance, and play the forehand you trust.

That's not avoidance. That's strategy.

The best players in the world do this. They know their game well enough to create situations where their strengths do the work. They don't ignore the backhand — but they don't wait until it's perfect before they compete either.

Most workplace development conversations work the other way. Find the gap. Fix the weakness. Close the deficit. It's well-intentioned — but it often means people spend the majority of their energy on the parts of their game that will never be their best.

High performers think differently. They invest in what's already strong, then position themselves — and their teams — to use it.

The honest question: where might you, or someone on your team, be grinding away at a backhand when the forehand is right there?

Comment "Room" if this one reframed something for you.