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by Marcus Buckingham (Author), Donald O. Clifton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books; New edition edition (20 Jun 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1416502653
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416502654
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,746 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Marcus Buckingham and Donald O Clifton's Now, Discover Your Strengths proposes a unique approach to managing personnel: focus on enhancing people's strengths rather than eliminating their weaknesses. Effectively managing personnel--as well as one's own behaviour--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. 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 Maximiser) and explains how to build a "strengths-based organisation" by capitalising 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 Organisation and instantly discover their own top five inborn talents. This device provides a personalised 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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Based on a Gallup study of over two million people who have excelled in their careers, NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS uses a revolutionary programme to help readers discover their distinct talents and strengths. The product of a twenty-five year, multi-million pound effort to identify the most prevalent human talents, the StrengthsFinder programme introduces thirty-four talents or 'themes' and reveals how they can best be translated into personal and career success. Each copy of the book contains a unique password that gives the reader access to the StrengthsFinder Profile, a Web-based interview that analyses people's instinctive reactions and immediately presents them with their five most dominant strengths. Once readers know which of the thirty-four talent themes dominates their personality, they can make practical applications at three levels: as an individual, as a manager and within an organisation. Readers learn what kind of environments will allow them to flourish; how managers can better cultivate their employers' talents; and how almost all organisations inhibit the talents of their people and need to change.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A point well taken, but..., 8 Oct 2008
The idea of the book is to help you find your talents, build your strengths, which will in turn, improve your performance.

Building your strengths is indeed somthing that is often overlooked, as most of the time we seek to improve our weaknesses- that's a point well taken- and a good reason to buy the book. However two more things also need to be mentioned. First, why can't we work on building both our strengths AND our weaknesses? In other words, why do we have to necessarily pick just one? I feel that many weaknesses can be improved upon.

Secondly, discovering your talents and doing what you're good at may not necessarily improve your performance. Why? Because there are lots of things we're good at, but still hate to do nonetheless. For instance, I'm really good at cleaning houses and debating, but I don't like to really do either one. People really perform well when its something that they know how to do AND when there's something meaningful/important in it for them. Anyway, just some food for thought. Readers may also be interested in The Sixty-Second Motivator.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Transformation in the Workplace!, 18 Nov 2008
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"Now, Discover Your Strengths" is a breath of fresh air. I can relate, as authors Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton describe in their book, to people who tend to focus on their weaknesses instead of identifying their talents and building them into strengths. Before reading this book, I used to focus on everything that I thought needed improvement instead of seeing that there were natural areas in my workplace that I excelled in. I am a loan servicer at an investment bank, and I have discovered that I am currently performing in a job that capitalizes on my strengths and my talents. My knack for organization and discipline has earned me the role of training new hires in my department. Without recognizing this talent, I may have turned down the opportunity when my supervisor suggested that I take on this responsibility. I really enjoy my work.

I've also found satisfaction with my workplace from reading books by authors Ariel & Shya Kane. Before reading their book,Working on Yourself Doesn't Work: The 3 Simple Ideas That Will Instantaneously Transform Your Life, I would complain about my job, thinking that it was just a job that paid the bills, always dreading 9:00AM on Mondays and day dreaming about 5:00PM on Fridays. My existence at my workplace was so unsatisfying that I was miserable. After reading their books, including How to Create a Magical Relationship: The 3 Simple Ideas that Will Instantaneously Transform Your Love Life: The 3 Simple Ideas That Will Instantaneously Transform Your Love Life and Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment, I have discovered that if I fully engage in the moment with my life, the mundane tasks in life become magical. Magical - as in fun, easy, and satisfying. Not only have I found that I have unique strengths by reading "Now, Discover Your Strengths", I have found a life of ease in my workplace, by reading the award winning books by Ariel & Shya Kane.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy used copies!, 14 Oct 2008
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The book provides a single -use access code to complete an online survey, that is at the heart of the book. Unfortunately if you buy a used copy and the previous owner used the code, then you are unable to complete the survey; effectively making this book useless as a tool to understand your talents.
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5.0 out of 5 stars discovering your strengths
Absolutely great book, helps you discover your strengths and how to appreciate and use them.
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This is a quick read and his other books are too. Which is a compliment.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing
This book challenges traditional thinking - advising that it is better to concentrate on building on strengths than addressing weaknesses - great idea, logically promoted. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tool for work & life
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5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate, Accessible and Great Value
After taking various self-analysis tests over the last few years, this book, along with the online test has finally helped me understand exactly why I excel in certain roles. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent concept to start team bulding discussions
Just bought the book for my wife after sucessfully using the system at work with colleagues to discuss our teams strengths. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars very insightful
I read this book in 2002, when all of my office colleagues did the same. We all found it extremely insightful to find out what our strengths were and all of us found it very... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars No strengths
How disappointing! I read the book, got to the end of chapter 3, tried to log on to find my strengths, only to have both AOL and Google say that the site is untraceable? Read more
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