Now, Discover Your Strengths
by: Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
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Effectively managing personnel--as well as one's own behavior--is anextraordinarily complex task that, not surprisingly, has been the subjectof countless books touting what each claims is the true path to success.That said, Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton's Now, Discover YourStrengths does indeed propose a unique approach: focusing on enhancingpeople's strengths rather than eliminating their weaknesses. Following upon the coauthors' popular previous book, First, Break All theRules, it fully describes 34 positive personality themes the twohave formulated (such as Achiever, Developer, Learner, and Maximizer) andexplains how to build a "strengths-based organization" by capitalizing onthe fact that such traits are already present among those within it.
Most original and potentially most revealing, however, is a Web-basedinteractive component that allows readers to complete a questionnairedeveloped by the Gallup Organization and instantly discover their own top-five inborn talents. This device provides a personalized window into theauthors' management philosophy which, coupled with subsequent advice,places their suggestions into the kind of practical context that's missingfrom most similar tomes. "You can't lead a strengths revolution if youdon't know how to find, name and develop your own," write Buckingham andClifton. Their book encourages such introspection while providingknowledgeable guidance for applying its lessons. --Howard Rothman
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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.
Effectively managing personnel--as well as one's own behavior--is anextraordinarily complex task that, not surprisingly, has been the subjectof countless books touting what each claims is the true path to success.That said, Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton's Now, Discover YourStrengths does indeed propose a unique approach: focusing on enhancingpeople's strengths rather than eliminating their weaknesses. Following upon the coauthors' popular previous book, First, Break All theRules, it fully describes 34 positive personality themes the twohave formulated (such as Achiever, Developer, Learner, and Maximizer) andexplains how to build a "strengths-based organization" by capitalizing onthe fact that such traits are already present among those within it.
Most original and potentially most revealing, however, is a Web-basedinteractive component that allows readers to complete a questionnairedeveloped by the Gallup Organization and instantly discover their own top-five inborn talents. This device provides a personalized window into theauthors' management philosophy which, coupled with subsequent advice,places their suggestions into the kind of practical context that's missingfrom most similar tomes. "You can't lead a strengths revolution if youdon't know how to find, name and develop your own," write Buckingham andClifton. Their book encourages such introspection while providingknowledgeable guidance for applying its lessons. --Howard Rothman
Product Description:
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.
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- How do you want to spend the rest of your life?
This a good book if you want to rethink what you are doing with your life. Stephen Covey integrates some of this kind of thinking in the Eight Habits.
Share this with your kids in high school, and definitely before they head off to college.
Dave
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- Marketing Tool
I bought this book NEW at a bookstore that was going out of business.
I was really enjoying reading it until I got to Chapter 3, which directs you to go online and take their StrengthsFinder test using the "unique" code on the jacket of the book.
I was disgusted to learn that someone has already used the code (or so I am told by the FAQ on the site). Then I realized that this entire book, which reads remarkably fast and could probably be condensed down to 50 pages, is ... Read More
Rating: - Now Discover Your Strengths
Fantastic book as an individual read or as a team in the work environment. Easy to read and understand and at the end you have the results of the Strengths Finder Survey and a concrete set of steps to help you begin assessing your current work and personal decisions so they "play to your Strengths" Every Manager should have their team read this and share their strengths.
Rating: - a required read that was a pleasure to read
This was required for a class I was taking in college to get my EdS degree, but it was one of the best books I read in the program.This book helps people discover their own strengths and encourages them to accentuate those strengths while trying not to focus on any weaknesses.It's a great self-help book that I'm glad I had to read because it truly enhanced my life.
Rating: - Very inspiring book
Marcus Buckingham is truly an inspiring writer and this book really helps one identify their great strengths. I loved this book. Also highly recommend "Running with the Rhinos" by Christian Warren as a companion book. excellent insight in terms of leading with your strengths.
- How do you want to spend the rest of your life?This a good book if you want to rethink what you are doing with your life. Stephen Covey integrates some of this kind of thinking in the Eight Habits.
Share this with your kids in high school, and definitely before they head off to college.
Dave
- Marketing ToolI bought this book NEW at a bookstore that was going out of business.
I was really enjoying reading it until I got to Chapter 3, which directs you to go online and take their StrengthsFinder test using the "unique" code on the jacket of the book.
I was disgusted to learn that someone has already used the code (or so I am told by the FAQ on the site). Then I realized that this entire book, which reads remarkably fast and could probably be condensed down to 50 pages, is ... Read More
- Now Discover Your StrengthsFantastic book as an individual read or as a team in the work environment. Easy to read and understand and at the end you have the results of the Strengths Finder Survey and a concrete set of steps to help you begin assessing your current work and personal decisions so they "play to your Strengths" Every Manager should have their team read this and share their strengths.
- a required read that was a pleasure to readThis was required for a class I was taking in college to get my EdS degree, but it was one of the best books I read in the program.This book helps people discover their own strengths and encourages them to accentuate those strengths while trying not to focus on any weaknesses.It's a great self-help book that I'm glad I had to read because it truly enhanced my life.
- Very inspiring bookMarcus Buckingham is truly an inspiring writer and this book really helps one identify their great strengths. I loved this book. Also highly recommend "Running with the Rhinos" by Christian Warren as a companion book. excellent insight in terms of leading with your strengths.
