Now, Discover Your Strengths
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (684 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743201140 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. 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. 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. Unfortunately, most of us have little sense of our talents and strengths, much less the ability to build our lives around them. 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. Instead, guided by our parents, by
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. 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. Clifton's Now, Discover Your Strengths does i
"Was not what I hoped for" according to S. Charlesworth. I read this b/c a friend/coworker had recommended it. I wasn't really happy in my job, it was definitely not right for me, but I was unsure where to go next or what would be best to pursue. I bought the book, and took the test. I found the test kind of odd. It would present two choic. "I Have Purchased Dozens of Copies!" according to Lance E. Osborne. Yes, you read the title correctly, I have purchased dozens of copies of this book. Why? Because every time I cross paths with someone, often a mid-to-late teen, who is not sure who she is, or what makes her happy, I give her a copy. It's not just for teens. I didn't read it and take . Still Groundbreaking, Still Relevant, Still Revelatory The followup book to "First, Break All the Rules", this book takes those theories and helps the reader discover what it is that they as an individual are talented in."Now, Discover Your Strengths" corrects the lie many of us were told as children that "anyone can be anything they wan