<![CDATA[Now, Discover Your Strengths]]>

false <![CDATA[Now, Discover Your Strengths]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170458461m/56452.jpg 56452 15 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 1045276 29 1 2001 Now, Discover Your Strengths total:988|5:231|4:372|3:306|2:68|1:11| 988 3708 1472 185 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 21:48:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 21:50:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 13:45:29 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 13:50:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 09:08:50 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 09:15:11 -0800 2008 The problem is to actually find your real talents you have to take a test on line. You do it by getting a code from the back cover of the book and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 18:26:26 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 18:30:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 07:10:01 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 11:42:50 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 19:38:11 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 19:41:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 10:10:44 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 10:14:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 20 10:26:30 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 10:26:30 -0700 2008 my top 5 strengths are:Empathy - Individualization - Achiever - Responsibility - Discipline

Empathy
You can sense the emotions of those around you. You can feel what they are feeling as though their feelings are your own. Intuitively, you are able to see the...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 04 05:16:41 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 05:16:48 -0700 2008 1. How t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 08:51:24 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 13:16:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 15 12:29:56 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 12:34:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 01 18:45:30 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 08:46:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 20:48:03 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 20:50:00 -0700 2009 The first time I saw the results of my test I was not sure, but each time I went back it made more and more sense.

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