New Releases by Marcus Buckingham

The Groundbreaking Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution In the years since the publication of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, millions have come to the simple but powerful realization that to get the most out of people, you must build on their strengths. And yet, as Marcus Buckingham astutely points out, though the strengths-based approach is now conventional wisdom, the tools and systems inside organizations—performance appraisals, training programs, and succession planning systems—remain stubbornly remedial and exclusively focused on measuring skills, finding gaps, and attempting to plug them. It’s a crisis for individuals and organizations, with management ideas and everyday practice utterly out of sync. That’s about to change. StandOut 2.0 is a revolutionary book and tool that enables you to identify your strengths, and those of your team, and act on them. The original edition of StandOut provided top-notch insights from one of the world’s foremost authorities on strengths, as well as access to a powerful, cutting-edge online assessment tool. StandOut 2.0 also includes the assessment and a robust report on your most dominant strengths. The report is easily exported so you can use it to present the very best of yourself to your team and your company. StandOut 2.0 is your indispensable guide for building on your strengths to further your career—and help your team and organization win.

Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its revolutionary study of more than 80,000 managers in First, Break All the Rules, revealing what the world’s greatest managers do differently. With vital performance and career lessons and ideas for how to apply them, it is a must-read for managers at every level. The greatest managers in the world seem to have little in common. They differ in sex, age, and race. They employ vastly different styles and focus on different goals. Yet despite their differences, great managers share one common trait: They do not hesitate to break virtually every rule held sacred by conventional wisdom. They do not believe that, with enough training, a person can achieve anything he sets his mind to. They do not try to help people overcome their weaknesses. They consistently disregard the golden rule. And, yes, they even play favorites. This amazing book explains why. Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its massive in-depth study of great managers across a wide variety of situations. Some were in leadership positions. Others were front-line supervisors. Some were in Fortune 500 companies; others were key players in small entrepreneurial companies. Whatever their situations, the managers who ultimately became the focus of Gallup’s research were invariably those who excelled at turning each employee’s talent into performance. In today’s tight labor markets, companies compete to find and keep the best employees, using pay, benefits, promotions, and training. But these well-intentioned efforts often miss the mark. The front-line manager is the key to attracting and retaining talented employees. No matter how generous its pay or how renowned its training, the company that lacks great front-line managers will suffer. The authors explain how the best managers select an employee for talent rather than for skills or experience; how they set expectations for him or her — they define the right outcomes rather than the right steps; how they motivate people — they build on each person’s unique strengths rather than trying to fix his weaknesses; and, finally, how great managers develop people — they find the right fit for each person, not the next rung on the ladder. And perhaps most important, this research — which initially generated thousands of different survey questions on the subject of employee opinion — finally produced the twelve simple questions that work to distinguish the strongest departments of a company from all the rest. This book is the first to present this essential measuring stick and to prove the link between employee opinions and productivity, profit, customer satisfaction, and the rate of turnover. There are vital performance and career lessons here for managers at every level, and, best of all, the book shows you how to apply them to your own situation.

StandOut, the revolutionary new book and online assessment tool from Marcus Buckingham, is the result of extensive research, statistical testing, and analysis of the world''s top performers. From the coauthor of Now, Discover Your Strengths and the recognized leader of the strengths movement, StandOut unveils your top two Strength Roles and offers sharp, practical ideas that professionals and managers in any organization can use to find their edge and win at work.

Les auteurs tentent de prouver, enquête à l''appui, que "le management est un métier qui consiste à gérer des talents", une petite phrase anodine qui "constitue en fait une véritable révolution dans la manière de concevoir le rôle du manager ..." (cf. quatrième de couverture). [SDM].

En La mujer que lo tiene todo, Marcus Buckingham revela la clave poderosa para traer satisfacción, paz y control a la vida de una mujer. En el mundo de hoy, ¿puede verdaderamente una mujer "tenerlo todo"? ¿Una carrera satisfactoria llena de pasión y rendimiento? ¿Una creencia de que ella verdaderamente está llegando a ser la mejor versión auténtica de sí misma? ¿Una vida feliz y sana fuera del trabajo? Un sinnúmero de mujeres revolearían los ojos ante la posibilidad. El trabajo es abrumador. Y para muchas de ellas hay que añadir las necesidades de la familia y el hogar. Todo se siente desconectado, fuera de control e incesante. En La mujer que lo tiene todo, Marcus Buckingham revela la poderosa clave para ayudar a las mujeres a sacar suficiente fuerza de la vida para sentirse realizadas, amadas, exitosas y con dominio propio. Es más, él ayuda a las mujeres a reconectarse con su propósito y ofrece un punto de partida para el cambio. Un mensaje basado en investigaciones que se aplican al trabajo y la vida, La mujer que lo tiene todo muestra a las mujeres una "teoría unificada" para cómo realmente poder tenerlo todo.

Stärkenorientierte Führung liegt im Trend: Anstatt die eigenen Schwachstellen und die der Mitarbeiter zu korrigieren, ist es sinnvoller und vor allem effektiver, die individuellen Stärken zu kennen und zu fördern. Denn wer sich auf die Stärken seiner Mitarbeiter konzentriert, wird mit besseren Leistungen belohnt. In sechs konkreten und leicht in den Arbeitsalltag integrierbaren Schritten zeigt Marcus Buckingham, wie man seine Stärken identifiziert und gezielt nutzt – für mehr Leistung und Erfolg im Führungsalltag!

With insightful exercises and tried-and-true life wisdom, this book-and-DVD package is ideal for high school and college students, young professionals, and people simply wanting to revitalize their careers.

El propósito de la presente obra es hacer que las personas utilicen al máximo sus fortalezas en el trabajo. El mísmo pretende que mediante una experiencia de seis pasos aplicados en sólo seis semanas, les permitan a las personas identificar las dimensiones ocultas de sus fortalezas y redefinir su trabajo bajo las narices de su propio jefe.

Connaissez-vous vos points forts ? Comme la plupart des individus, vous êtes probablement plus conscient de vos faiblesses. En conséquence de quoi, vous passez votre vie à vouloir les surmonter, alors qu''il faudrait axer votre développement sur vos forces et bâtir votre existence autour d''elles. Pour parvenir à ce changement radical d''optique, la Gallup Organization a mis au point un détecteur de talents disponible sur Internet sous la forme d''un questionnaire en ligne. Ce livre, unique en son genre, donne les clés pour utiliser ce détecteur et pour en interpréter les résultats. La méthode des deux auteurs, fondée sur une analyse statistique des comportements humains, est profondément innovante et ouvrira des horizons inattendus à tous ceux qui l''utiliseront pour eux-mêmes et pour les personnes avec lesquelles ils travaillent.

Marcus Buckingham e Donald O. Clifton descobriram que a maioria das empresas dá pouca ou nenhuma atenção aos pontos fortes de seus funcionários. Preferem investir tempo e dinheiro na tarefa de corrigir suas fraquezas, achando que desse modo as pessoas atingirão a excelência. Por outro lado, a pesquisa revelou que os profissionais bem-sucedidos compartilham um segredo - usam suas energias para aprimorar aquilo que fazem melhor, deixando seus pontos fracos em segundo plano. E, assim, tornam-se cada vez mais competentes, produtivos e felizes. Para ajudar o leitor a descobrir quais são e como aprimorar seus talentos e de seus colaboradores, este livro traz um programa em torno do teste ''Descubra a fonte de seus pontos fortes''.

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Marcus Buckingham, qui a fait ses études à Cambridge, est considéré comme l''une des autorités les plus respectées au monde sur les questions de gestion et de leadership. Avec Le principe moteur de l''excellence, il offre à ses lecteurs une leçon d''une valeur inestimable sur les façons d''atteindre l''excellence et la réussite, un guide permettant de comprendre l''essence des trois aspects fondamentaux de l''activité professionnelle. Les nombreuses facettes d''une pratique de gestion exceptionnelle, d''un leadership efficace et de la réussite personnelle pourraient faire l''objet d''exposés sans fin, mais Buckingham possède un grand talent, celui de voir au-delà de la multitude d''explications souvent contradictoires et de mettre le doigt sur ce qui compte le plus, sans jamais simplifier les choses à outrance. Ouvrage révolutionnaire à bien des égards, Le principe moteur de l''excellence renferme des enseignements fondamentaux sur le rendement et le cheminement professionnel qui seront utiles à tous les gens d''affaires, quelle que soit l''étape où ils en sont dans leur carrière.

En "Lo unico que usted debe saber," Marcus Buckingham capta la esencia de tres areas fundamentales para la actividad profesional: una gran gestion, un gran liderazgo y el exito profesional duradero, y revela la unica nocion determinante, el meollo, de cada una. Si se pierde de vista este B"unicoB" factor, dice el, los mejores esfuerzos se veran minados. El autor argumenta que el exito le llega a quien se mantiene enfocado en esta nocion esencial, entiende todas sus ramificaciones y orienta sus decisiones alrededor de ella. El autor basa sus teorias en investigaciones derivadas de muchas fuentes, entre ellas sus propios archivos de datos y entrevistas en profundidad a personas en todos los niveles de la organizacion. B

Following the success of the landmark bestsellers First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham offers a dramatically new way to understand the art of success. With over 1.6 million copies of First, Break All the Rules (co-authored with Curt Coffman) and Now, Discover Your Strengths (co-authored with Donald O. Clifton) in print, Cambridge-educated Buckingham is considered one of the most respected business authorities on the subject of management and leadership in the world. With The One Thing You Need to Know, he gives readers an invaluable course in outstanding achievement -- a guide to capturing the essence of the three most fundamental areas of professional activity. Great managing, leading, and career success -- Buckingham draws on a wealth of applicable examples to reveal that a controlling insight lies at the heart of the three. Lose sight of this "one thing" and even the best efforts will be diminished or compromised. Readers will be eager to discover the surprisingly different answers to each of these rich and complex subjects. Each could be explained endlessly to detail their many facets, but Buckingham''s great gift is his ability to cut through the mass of often-conflicting agendas and zero in on what matters most, without ever oversimplifying. As he observes, 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 research data and in-depth interviews with individuals at every level of an organization, from CEO''s to hotel maids and stockboys. In every way a groundbreaking book, The One Thing You Need to Know offers crucial performance and career lessons for business people at all career stages.

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