Go Put Your Strengths to Work
by Marcus Buckingham
Buckingham's six-step program for actually using strengths at work: bust the myths, get clear, free your strengths, stop your weaknesses, speak up, build strong habits, with a week-by-week plan. It is the applied follow-up most readers of the assessment need.
Read it if…
you know your strengths and are not using them.
Skip it if…
you have not identified them; start there.
Three things you will actually use
- Strength is what strengthens you, not only what you are good at.
- Shift the job toward strengths incrementally.
- Speak up; managers do not guess.
Do this first
For one week, note activities that strengthen you and those that drain you.
Our verdict
Applied follow-up.
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