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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
Rank: 60
Effectively managing personnel--as well as one's own behavior--is an
extraordinarily complex task that, not surprisingly, has been the subject
of countless books touting what each claims is the true path to success.
That said, Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton's Now, Discover Your
Strengths does indeed propose a unique approach: focusing on enhancing
people's strengths rather than eliminating their weaknesses.
Following up
on the coauthors' popular previous book, First, Break All the
Rules, it fully describes 34 positive personality themes the two have
formulated (such as Achiever, Developer, Learner, and Maximizer) and
explains how to build a "strengths-based organization" by capitalizing on
the fact that such traits are already present among those within it.
Most original and potentially most revealing, however, is a Web-based
interactive component that allows readers to complete a questionnaire
developed by the Gallup Organization and instantly discover their own
top-five inborn talents.
This device provides a personalized window into
the authors' management philosophy which, coupled with subsequent advice,
places their suggestions into the kind of practical context that's missing
from most similar tomes. "You can't lead a strengths revolution if you
don't know how to find, name and develop your own," write Buckingham and
Clifton.
Their book encourages such introspection while providing
knowledgeable guidance for applying its lessons. --Howard Rothman
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
![]() | | | 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 |
![]() | | | Review | | Dr. Frank Schmidt Ralph L. Sheets Professor of Human Resources, Department
of Management and Organization, College of Business, University of Iowa
This book is built around a unique vision of the high-performing
individual... 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
![]() | | | A Book With A New Twist | | (California) November 2, 2003 - 5.0/5 stars | | This is one of the best of the hundreds of how-to books on leadership I
have read over the years. It has a new twist, an on-line test to identify
your inherent leadership strengths. But, keep in mind, there's more... read full review |
![]() | | | Interesting but insufficient information | | (Glenn Dale, MD) January 31, 2005 - 3.0/5 stars | | The main concept of the book, based on lots of research, is that it it a
waste of time to work on your weaknesses; instead, focus on your
strnegths--if you know them. The test you take on the computer gives you
your five... read full review |
![]() | | | Gallup: Discover Your Customer Dissatisfaction | | (Tokyo, Japan) May 12, 2003 - 2.0/5 stars | | Four stars for content, and zero for product "features". The book applies
an old strategy wisdom to the domain of self- and people management: focus
on your strengths, and ignore your weaknesses unless they seriously... read full review |
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