Go Put Your Strengths to Work

Guided by the belief that good is the opposite of bad, mankind has for centuries pursued its fixation with fault and failing. Doctors have studied disease in order to learn about health. Psychologists have investigated sadness in order to learn about joy. Therapists have looked into the causes of divorce in

You may consider yourself to be an organized person, or a procrastinator, or sometimes forgetful. May be you see yourself as someone who gets things done, highly flexible, cool under pressure, or good at managing time. Although you might be accurate in some of your self-assessment, there has been no way

The 8th Habit consists of a two-part solution; “find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.” Finding your voice means to engage in the work that genuinely taps your talents and fuels your passion and discovers your most intimate capabilities. Your voice then becomes a metaphor representing the essence of

We all want to be better than average. We want to be A+. What does it take to be A+? The essence of being A+ is that we need to realize strengths in ourselves and others. We need to become and continue becoming the best that we can be, as well

This New York Times bestseller (and the international bestseller) list for 93 weeks. Time Magazine listed the book as one of The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books. Based on in-depth interviews with more than 80,000 managers at all levels (and in companies of all sizes), the Gallup Organization’s Buckingham and

Those of us who sit in an office often feel a lack of connection to the material world, a sense of loss, and find it difficult to say exactly what we do all day. Here, we seek to restore the honor of the manual trades as a life worth choosing. It

If you observe the people around you, you’ll find most individuals follow a formula that has been subtly taught to them by their schools, their company, their parents, or society. That is, if you work hard, you will become successful, and once you become ‘successful’, then you’ll be happy. This pattern

StandOut, the revolutionary new book and online assessment tool from Marcus Buckingham, is the result of extensive research, statistical testing, and analysis of the world's top performers. From the coauthor of Now, Discover Your Strengths and the recognized leader of the strengths movement, StandOut unveils your top two Strength Roles and offers sharp, practical

Two effectiveness experts from The Gallup Organization use the latest statistics to debunk the most pervasive myths about sales and to determine that there is no one formula for success, and that training, knowledge and experience cannot make a great salesperson.  They help salespeople understand themselves and their top sales talents

This book is about growing. Growing means to search for a better you. To want to change because you know there’s more you’re capable of, not because you feel obligated to meet someone else’s standards. You know there’s a better you ahead, it’s just a matter of taking the steps to