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Now, discover your strengths : how to develop your talents and those of the people you manage / Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton.

Buckingham, Marcus. (Author). Clifton, Donald O. (Added Author).

Summary:

The authors "have created a revolutionary program to help readers identify their talents, build them into strengths, and enjoy consistent, near-perfect performance. At the heart of the book is the Internet-based StrengthsFinder' Profile, the product of a 25-year, multimillion-dollar effort to identify the most prevalent human strengths. The program introduces 34 dominant "themes" with thousands of possible combinations, and reveals how they can best be translated into personal and career success. In developing this program, Gallup has conducted psychological profiles with more than two million individuals to help readers learn how to focus and perfect these themes. So how does it work? This book contains a unique identification number that allows you access to the StrengthsFinder Profile on the Internet. This Web-based interview analyzes your instinctive reactions and immediately presents you with your five most powerful signature themes. Once you know which of the 34 themes -- s

Record details

ISBN: 0743201140
ISBN: 9780743201148
Physical Description: 260 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Free Press, [2001]
Copyright: ©2001

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the Gallup study of over two million people.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258).
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: The strengths revolution at work -- Strong lives -- Strength building -- Strengthsfinder -- The thirty-four themes of strengthsfinder -- The questions you're asking -- Managing strengths -- Building a strengths-based organization -- Appendix: A technical report on strengthsfinder.