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 Now, Discover Your Strengths :: 0743201140
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| 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 Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
This book changed my way of thinking. Helped me prepare for an interview -I got the job!
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Author: Guest
The idea of the book is to help you find your talents, build your strengths, which will in turn, improve your performance.
Building your strengths is indeed somthing that is often overlooked, as most of the time we seek to improve our weaknesses- that's a point well taken- and a good reason to buy the book. However two more things also need to be mentioned. First, why can't we work on building both our strengths AND our weaknesses? In other words, why do we have to necessarily pick just one?
Secondly, discovering your talents and doing what you're good at may not necessarily improve your performance or your motivation. Why? Because there are lots of things we're good at, but still hate to do nonetheless. For insance I'm really good at cleaning houses and debating, but I don't like to really do either one. People only get motivated to something when they know how to do a job AND there's something meaningful in it for them- that's how you motivate people (check out The Sixty-Second Motivator for an elaboration on this). Just some food for thought
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Author: Guest
This is an insightful look at personal development. After reading this book, I realized that I have expended a significant amount of time and effort to "improve" weaknesses and have only gained minimal improvements. These weaknesses are still weaknesses. This book recommends instead that you maximize your strengths which makes perfect sense!
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Author: Guest
We have a friend who is madly in love with this book and it's accompanying strengths test. She convinced many of us to buy the book, read it (a must - before taking the test), and take the test. Our family members have gained so much insight into each other's strengths, and it has been all good! We were particularly interested in helping our High School-aged son understand his strengths before launching into college and the wide world. Now we understand how he processes information, how he connects with people, and why he handles situations the way he does. He now knows what might be easy for him to adapt to in college, and which adjustments might have to be more deliberate. It is amazing how much better we all communicate with each other. I also understand how my husband's different strengths (we are SO opposite) are actually valuable assets to our life together, rather than "annoying traits" as I had self-centeredly regarded them. This is a very, very helpful book!
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Author: Guest
I have been using the Clifton StrengthFinder Assessment tool in my business as a life coach for the past several years. The results of the assessment provide clear insight into the user's innate talent themes, which provides insight to understand themselves and others better. This book is the most comprehensive in educating the user on their talent themes. It is a great reference tool as others join the paradigm shift of becoming strength-based in their corporate culture and everyday life. The section on managing people with "this" strength (34 total) is invaluable for anyone who wants to maximize their own talent themes as well as those they manage. Many churches, higher education institutions, as well as corporations are recognizing the value of becoming strength-focused organizations and communities through this easily accessible assessment tool.
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