First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently

by Gallup Press

As she looks in the mirror, she learns. Each step is the chance to discover a little more about her talents and her nontalents. These discoveries guide her next step and her next and her next. Her career is no longer a blind hunt for marketable experiences and a breathless climb upward. It has become an increasingly refined series of choices as she narrows her focus toward that role, or roles, where her strengths — her skills, knowledge and talents — converge and resound. Deep down, most people probably know that self-discovery is important to building a healthy career. The difference lies in the way great managers use self-discovery. First, they give self-discovery a central role, making it an explicit expectation for each employee. Mike