Stephen Rifkind (asker) Dec 3, 2017:

No but I want to somehow express the meaning. I would love to find an expression actually used.

David Greenberg Dec 3, 2017:

Stephen, do you see that term used any where in such a way?

Stephen Rifkind (asker) Dec 3, 2017:

Answer from another forum Iyavor is correct in my opinion. Proposed answers: ponits for retention

Raphael Blumberg Nov 30, 2017:

I hear you David.

David Greenberg Nov 30, 2017:

I see. In my experience, I haven't seen חזקות and לשימור in the same document, so I wonder whether the usage in this one is anomalous and they really are the same thing. To my understanding, "שימור" indicates preserving the status quo in the given area, rather than getting even better.

Raphael Blumberg Nov 30, 2017:

Without reading the document, if I were a boss, seeking to encourage my employees to be better, I might isolate three types of behavior: chazakot - where an employee has already mastered some good trait, such as orderliness - שימור -where he's got be proclivity to be good at something but it needs strengthening and encouragement(hence butressed, etc.) and שיפור, a polite way of saying that the fellow is in bad shape, is about to fired if he doesn't improve, etc. The three seem very distinct to me.

David Greenberg Nov 30, 2017:

Is there an obvious difference, though?

Stephen Rifkind (asker) Nov 30, 2017:

Yes, there are strong points and this one.

David Greenberg Nov 30, 2017:

Is there a clear difference in the document between "נקודות לשימור" and "נקודות חזקות"?