Marcus Buckingham
Marcus Buckingham
Marcus Buckingham is a British-American New York Times best-selling author, researcher, motivational speaker and business consultant best known for promoting what he calls "Strengths." Basing most of his writing on extensive survey data from interviews with workers in countries around the world, he promotes the idea that people will get the best results by making the most of their strengths rather than by putting too much emphasis on weaknesses or perceived deficiencies...
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dream goal house
We dream of having a clean house - but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning? We don't have to dream about doing the work, because doing the work is always within our grasp; the dream, in this sense, is to attain the goal without the work.
fixing weakness maximizing
You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.
Discover what you don't like doing and stop doing it.
leader clarity preoccupation
Clarity is the preoccupation of the effective leader. If you do nothing else as a leader, be clear.
people leader great-leader
Great leaders rally people to a better future.
school self parent
Gen Y is really quite distinct from Gen X; it's really self-involved and very narcissistic - their cameras are filled with pictures of themselves; Facebook, it's about me. It's a generation that's been pampered by their parents and their schools, given prizes for just taking part.
powerful culture clue
You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a CEO who has much of a clue about the strength of that culture.
children challenges teach
Teach your children how to identify their own strengths and challenge them to contribute these strengths to others.
important knows
What do we know to be important but are unable to measure?
boss choices fuel
Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.
feels
A strength is what you do that makes you feel strengthened.
unique differences brilliant
Great managers know they don't have 10 salespeople working for them. They know they have 10 individuals working for them . A great manager is brilliant at spotting the unique differences that separate each person and then capitalizing on them.
stress too-much littles
Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.
jobs integrity creativity
There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity.... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future.