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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
Rank: 76
Unfortunately, most of us have little sense of our talents and
strengths, much less the ability to build our lives around them.
Instead,
guided by our parents, by our teachers, by our managers, and by
psychology's fascination with pathology, we become experts in our
weaknesses and spend our lives trying to repair these flaws, while our
strengths lie dormant and neglected. Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of
the national bestseller First, Break All the Rules, and Donald O. Clifton, Chair of the Gallup International Research & Education
Center, have created a revolutionary program to help readers identify
their talents, build them into strengths, and enjoy consistent,
near-perfect performance.
At the heart of the book is the Internet-based
StrengthsFinder® Profile, the product of a 25-year,
multimillion-dollar effort to identify the most prevalent human strengths.
The program introduces 34 dominant "themes" with thousands of possible
combinations, and reveals how they can best be translated into personal
and career success.
In developing this program, Gallup has conducted
psychological profiles with more than two million individuals to help
readers learn how to focus and perfect these themes.
So how does it
work? This book contains a unique identification number that allows you
access to the StrengthsFinder Profile on the Internet.
This Web-based
interview analyzes your instinctive reactions and immediately presents you
with your five most powerful signature themes.
Once you know which of the
34 themes -- such as Achiever, Activator, Empathy, Futuristic, or
Strategic -- you lead with, the book will show you how to leverage them
for powerful results at three levels: for your own development, for your
success as a manager, and for the success of your organization. With
accessible and profound insights on how to turn talents into strengths,
and with the immediate on-line feedback of StrengthsFinder at its core,
Now, Discover Your Strengths is one of the most groundbreaking and
useful business books ever written.
About the AuthorMarcus Buckingham, senior vice president of The Gallup Organization,
is coauthor of the bestselling book First, Break All the Rules. A
featured speaker at the Washington Speakers Bureau, he has appeared on
CNN International, CNBC's Power Lunch, and NPR's Morning
Edition, among other programs.
He and his wife, Jane, live in New York
City.
Editorials
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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
![]() | | | From Library Journal | | The premise of this new management study, a follow-up to Buckingham's
First, Break All the Rules (S. & S., 1999), is that the most effective
method for motivating people is to build on their strengths rather than
correcting... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Review | | Mike Morrison Dean, University of Toyota The code for managing has been
broken and the secrets for success are here in this book! We know this
from first-hand experience -- with over 2,000 Gallup 'strengths'... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Book Info | | Introduces a system for discovering personal strengths and talents, and
being able to use them to create personal and professional success. Also
shows how to help others realize their potential, using the
StrengthsFinder... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
![]() | | | Now Discover Your Strengths | | (Omaha, NE United States) April 15, 2003 - 5.0/5 stars | | Now Discover Your Strengths describes a revolutionary way to approach
managing people by placing them in positions that capitalize on their
strengths rather than positions in which they would work tirelessly in
attempts... read full review |
![]() | | | See Yourself and Others in a New Way | | (State College, PA USA) January 23, 2002 - 5.0/5 stars | | REVIEW: While I am generally disappointed with sequels, this book didn't
disappoint and stands on its own (see "First Break All the Rules"). "Now"
focuses on the individual (except the last two chapters) and their... read full review |
![]() | | | intuit...verify what you already know...probably | | (Houston, TX) November 16, 2001 - 3.0/5 stars | | I am into head shampoos. You know those instruments that have been
developed over time to see what makes you tick. The Myers Briggs Type
Indicator and an assortment of other windows into the psyche. Anyway, this
is a pretty... read full review |
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