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Now, Discover Your Strengths (精装)
by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
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| MSL Pointer Review:
Focusing on using strengths rather than weaknesses in developing an effective and efficient workforce, this excellent follow-up to First, Break All The Rules, another top-tier business classic. |
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (C. S. and D. J. Davidson Professor of Psychology) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-15 00:00>
Now, Discover Your Strengths, based on years of research by The Gallup Organization, is a refreshingly sensible and user-friendly way to assess your psychological assets and build on them a successful and satisfying life. |
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Ed Diener, Ph.D. (Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-15 00:00>
A brilliant book that will help readers to discover and capitalize on their specific strengths, as well as assist managers in supervising people with varying strengths.
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Martin E. P. Seligman (Fox Prof. of Psychology, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Author of Learned Optimism), USA
<2007-01-15 00:00>
The keystone of high achievement and happiness is exercising your strengths, not correcting your weaknesses. The first step is knowing which strengths you own, and this superb book gives you a powerful and accurate way to find out. |
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Mike Morrison (Dean, University of Toyota) (MSL quote) , USA
<2007-01-15 00:00>
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' program graduates (and growing) - we will never look at our jobs, or our lives for that matter, the same way again. To achieve our greatest potential, this is by far the most important investment an individual or organization can make!
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Dr. Frank Schmidt Ralph (L. Sheets Prof. of Human Resources, Univ. of Iowa), USA
<2007-01-15 00:00>
This book is built around a unique vision of the high-performing individual and the high-performing organization - and that vision is built on a recognition of individual differences and the unique strengths of each person. A truly important book. |
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Janet Moore (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
Proactive people who want to make positive changes in their lives will like this book. By focusing on a person's individual talents - and emphasizing the uniqueness of that combination of talents - the authors have given readers a forward-looking, personal development tool.
Coaches love this book because it gives them a cheap and easy diagnostic tool to use with their clients. Many coaches (including me) combine the StrengthFinders data with other objective feedback from other diagnostic sources when working with clients. However, clients seem to respond to the StrengthFinders feedback in particular, perhaps because it is so positive. It really celebrates the best in a person.
I have observed how much clients (lawyers) enjoy looking at their individual feedback and applying that information to their current careers. Many have enhanced their current law practices by emphasizing their natural strengths; for example, lawyers who score high in "Winning Over Others" or "WOO" ensure that their client development/rainmaking efforts include lots of person to person contact (as opposed to indirect client development by writing articles etc...)
The StrengthFinders data can validate someone's natural talents - talents which the person might have sensed but never articulated. I've seen unhappy lawyers who were thrilled to get their StrengthFinders feedback because it confirmed what they had always sensed: their natural strengths were different than those required by their particular jobs. In some cases, this has helped lawyers to tweak their jobs to make them more satisfying - and in others, to leave law practice entirely.
Other previous reviews have described the book's weaknesses. It is clearly not perfect as a management tool. However, as a tool for quick, easy and inexpensive feedback-which feedback appears to be accurate-it's quite worth the price. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
I've been named Mentor of the Year for my company. I have the gift of encouragement. I bought this book for all members of my team because the book is what life is all about. Now they understand that it's not their weaknesses that they build their life upon. It is upon their strengths. If you don't know your strengths, get this book and take the invaluable STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT for free which will show you your top 5 strengths. We also used this book in teambuilding after everyone had taken their assessments, so that others could understand the strengths our team contained and could pull from the success we have. If you can answer this question, then don't take my advice. "What is your top 5 strengths?" Oh and my goal? To someday meet Marcus Buckingham.
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Tom Carpenter (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
Even if the book just had the cover with no contents it would still be work the price. Most team leadership and management seminars I've attended teach the same worn out - non-working - concept: be committed to helping your employees improve in their weak areas. They don't always say it right out, but that's the gist of their message. I don't think they are consciously aware of it, but their motivation seems to be selling more training based on all those weaknesses.
Think about it, we go to training (professional development/self-help anyway) to improve on our weak areas: time management, communication skills, organization skills, assertiveness, etc. What if we capitalized on our strengths and stuctured our organizations so people were doing things they are either gifted or developed in already? Imaging the productivity.
Instead of sending people to weakness training, we could make them members of "best practices" committees working with others talented in the same strenghts to get even better. I understand that we must improve in some areas of weakness, but the self-improvement movement seems to have carried it to an extreme.
Again, I have to give kudos to Marcus for this timely and useful book. I think it will prove useful for years to come.
One note: I would read this book in the following sequence:
-First, Break All the Rules
-Next, Discover Your Strenghts
-The One Thing You Need to Know
It will make for a phenomenal educational program in this sequence.
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L. Robbinson (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
This book is a great follow-on to the first Buckingham book, First, Break all the Rules. It is an indepth look at how companies can and should alter their perception of employees, building a workforce around strengths, creating an entirely new paradigm. The fact that Buckingham has backed up his theories with such a breadth of research is refreshing. It takes a human resource-type discipline and gives it a systematic and measured path. I believe this should be required reading for every CEO, HR manager and business leader. Well written, understandable and highly engaging. The testing tool is great. I would suggest buying from Amazon via the internet on this one - books bought in a public book store can have the code stolen from the fly cover.
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Barbara Field (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
We purchased this for each member of our support services team. This included accounting staff, conference planning staff and administrative support staff. First we planned a quick session to identify the characteristics of a good team and qualities of great team members. Each members's top five strengths were displayed on the wall and grouped by team. This allowed the teams to see how the strengths of its members contributed the overall team. We basically went through the list of strengths and those who shared that strength reflected on how that contributes to their work here. Team members gave them positive feedback on how they experieced that strength and were impacted by them. It was encouraging, uplifting and has inspired them to work toward their strengths and focus less on weaknesses. We would recommend it to any individual or team.
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