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StrengthsFinder 2.0

A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths

By Tom Rath

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| Hardcover | 9781595620156

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Book Description

DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO BEST EVERY DAY?
Chances are, you don’t. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.
To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced StrengthsFinder in the 2001 management book Now, DiscoContinue

2 Reviews

Tt's a book for who want to find his natural strengths. Nice to read, and to test.

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Vito Abrusci said on Jan 3, 2011 | Add your feedback

it's like reading your astrology profile

this book is good for what it does. basically, it accompanies a personality test - or, to be more precise, a strengths test. at the outset, the book primes you to correlate finding your strengths with success and business value with a few threadbare chapters. the majority of the book, however, is ... (continue)

this book is good for what it does. basically, it accompanies a personality test - or, to be more precise, a strengths test. at the outset, the book primes you to correlate finding your strengths with success and business value with a few threadbare chapters. the majority of the book, however, is dedicated to defining the 34 strengths.
there are some good things to note:
(1) gallup is a trustworthy name in polling and statistics, and i would trust them to have assembled some solid research;
(2) the book defines the strength, identifies the trait w/ characteristic quotations from people with that strength, then it gives you some actions to start aligning your life w/ that strength - that seems like a comprehensive approach to me;
(3) once completed, you will have a vocabulary of strengths to use to describe yourself and others, which may have positive impacts for team-building as well.
what i don't like:
(1) i can't say that the actions are tactically useful (i.e., if you're creative, let's say, the book might tell you to start an arts and crafts project or take a painting class)
(2) there's not a composite view of you and your 5 strengths - so i'm left with: how do i prioritize my action planning? are there typical strength clusters to which people with strength A belong? who am i ultimately?
if anything, this book is useful for implementing a strengths-based assessment of yourself and others and using that to discuss activities and performance.
or, you could just keep telling people to be less of a dumbass. come to think of it, i wish there were a parody book called WeaknessFinder 2.0, and it would assess my idiocy profile. in that case, i might be a lazy, boorish, idiot, garrulous jackoff. but my good friends could probably already tell you that.

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emdubber said on Nov 27, 2008 | Add your feedback