Meet Marcus Buckingham, Oprah's darling and promoter of focusing on your strengths and neutralizing your weaknesses. Here's a new way to create peak performance, not only for yourself but for your team at work. Jon the "Strengths Revolution."To kick-start the strengths revolution, Marcus and Gallup developed the StrengthsFinder exam (StrengthsFinder.com), which identifies signature themes that help employees quantify their personal strengths in the workplace and at home. Now Marcus has an 8-part workshop on Oprah.com, he's touring college campuses by bus to help kids get into the careers that suit them and he's written a new book to help you figure out your strengths and how to leverage them in your career.
"The Truth About You: Your Secret to Success" is a workshop in a book. There's a 100 page book, simple enough for anyone to use to understand their strengths, there's a DVD that illustrates how you can work your strengths and there's a "Rememo" pad that you use to capture those moments when you feel strong and are working in your zone of strength and to document those times when you experience that weakened feeling from working outside your strengths. Buy one for every member of your team and make great strides in shoring up your talent and engendering satisfaction at work.
Hear Marcus explain the core concept behind his "Strengths Revolution," how the Oprah workshop has helped him reach more than a million people and how you can begin to work with your employee's strengths in your organization. Marcus reviews the difference between intra and interpersonal strengths assessment programs like Strengths Finder vs. his system in "The Truth About You" so you can understand how to apply these amazing tools to your life, your career and your team at work.