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Title: Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton ISBN: 0-7432-0114-0 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 29 January, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.97 (119 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting insights but weak on a unifying theory
Comment: This book provides some key insights, but is a bit thin in relevant content - especially for those looking to leverage strengths.
Some of the books solid points:
1 - Focusing on strengths is a contratrian idea in many companies, and it is very important for people to know that focusing on their strong spots is up to them.
2 - The online survey is a very informative tool - perhaps the most useful diagnosis I've taken. After using it, you'll say, "Wow, that makes sense!"
3 - The book should open your mind as a manager to staffing, leadership and development opportunities.
Weak spots - even if we're not supposed to focus on them :-):
1 - With the descriptions spread over so many strengths, the reader is left with a lot of fluff and unread material if they're focusing on self development.
2 - The book tends to be written as a group of large lists, with detail on each strength. A theory tying them together would be helpful for putting it into practice. The average manager is hard pressed to use such a thick catalogue.
3 - Fixating on 5 strengths seems a bit restrictive. Maybe some people have 3 or 4 or 6? It would be useful if the tool could give relative weights or scores on them as well.
In summary, the book is best used as a survey for folks interested in a self assessment. More depth (a follow-up book?) is needed to put the ideas into general practice.
Rating: 5
Summary: Lead through five strengths
Comment: Now Discover Your Strengths is an excellent book for managers, employees and entrepreneurs in the workplace to determine optimum job placement and task preferences. I have been involved in self improvement and professional education for many years. This book offers a new perspective. By focusing on strengths, we gain most. The online assessment is excellent and is worth the price of the book. Another book, Optimal Thinking-How To Be Your Best Self is also worthy of recommendation. Optimal Thinking takes the reader above the old "think positive" motto and shows us how to be our best in any situation and make the most of it.
Rating: 4
Summary: "Tap your talents--learn your strengths!"
Comment: This book is best described as a 'formula' for finding your strong points, skills and talents. I found it helpful--intriguing at times, but the results of what it suggests are fully dependent on how you answer various questions. It is helpful to know your strengths--especially when trouble happens. In this genre, I really like 'With Joseph in the University of Adversity', but would be hard pressed to pick between the two.
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Title: First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman ISBN: 0684852861 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins ISBN: 0066620996 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 16 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Ram Charan, Charles Burck, Larry Bossidy ISBN: 0609610570 Publisher: Crown Business Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Follow this Path: How the World's Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential by Curt Coffman, Gabriel Gonzalez-Molina ISBN: 0446530506 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Soar with Your Strengths by PAULA NELSON, DONALD O. CLIFTON ISBN: 044050564X Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 09 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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