Marcus Buckingham jump-started the Strengths movement that is now sweeping the work world. Now, he answers the ultimate question: How can you actually apply your strengths for maximum success at work? You'll discover the hidden dimensions of your strengths through a six-step, six-week experience that will help you identify your real strengths. Learn the simple steps to push your time at work toward those activities that strengthen you, and how to cut out those that don't. Join the strengths movement, and thrive.
Great managing, great leading, and career success -- Buckingham draws on a wealth of examples to reveal the single controlling insight that lies at the heart of each. Lose sight of this "one thing" and even your best efforts will be diminished or compromised. Success comes to those who remain mindful of the core insight, understand all of its ramifications, and orient their decisions around it. Buckingham backs his arguments with authoritative research from a wide variety of sources, including his own data and in-depth interviews with individuals at every level.
