Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham

Beginning with the million-copy bestsellersFirst, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths,Marcus Buckingham jump-started the strengths movement that is now sweeping the work world, from business to government to education. Now that the movement is in full swing, Buckinghams new book answers the ultimate question: How can you actually apply your strengths for maximum success at work? Research data show that most people do not come close to making full use of their assets at work -- in fact, only 17 percent of the workforce believe they use all of their strengths on the job.Go Put Your Strengths to Workaims to change that through a six-step, six-week experience that will reveal the hidden dimensions of your strengths. Buckingham shows you how to seize control of your assets and rewrite your job description under the nose of your boss. You will learn: Why your strengths arent what you are good at and your weaknesses arent what you are bad at. How to use the four telltale signs to identify your strengths. The simple steps you can take each week to push your time at work toward those activities that strengthen you and away from those that dont. How to talk to your boss and your colleagues about your strengths without sounding like youre bragging and about your weaknesses without sounding like youre whining. The fifteen-minute weekly ritual that will keep you on your strengths path your entire career. With structured exercises that will become part of your regular workweek and proven tactics from people who have successfully applied the books lessons,Go Put Your Strengths to Workwill arm you with a radically different approach to your work life. As part of the books program youll take an online Strengths Engagement Track, a focused and powerful gauge that has proven to be the best way to measure the level of engagement of your strengths or your teams strengths. You can also download the first two segments of the renowned companion film seriesTrombone Player Wanted. Go Put Your Strengths to Workwill open up exciting uncharted territory for you and your organization. Join the strengths movement and thrive.

Author: Marcus Buckingham

Language: English

Edition: 1

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 270

Publisher: Free Press

Publication Date: 2007-03-06