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


Marcus Buckingham

2007
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Research data show that most people do not come close to making full use of their assets at work. Go Put Your Strengths to Work aims to change that by kick-starting the "strengths revolution" that began with Buckingham's earlier books. Through a six-step, six-week experience, Go Put Your Strengths to Work 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 aren't simply what you are good at and why your weaknesses aren't what you are bad at
  • Four telltale signs to identify your strengths
  • Simple steps to skew your time at work toward those activities that strengthen you and to cut out those that don't
  • How to talk to your boss and your colleagues about your strengths without sounding like you're bragging
  • The fifteen-minute weekly ritual that will keep you n your strengths path your entire career

With structured exercises that will become a part of your life at work and accounts of people who have successfully applied the book's lessons, Go Put Your Strengths to Work will arm you with a radically different approach to your work life.

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Buckingham, M. (2007). Go put your strengths to work: 6 powerful steps to achieve outstanding performance. Free Press.