Now, Discover Your Strengths: How to Develop Your Talents and Those of the People You Manage
By, Buckingham, Marcus
Publisher: Pocket Books
Class No.: 658.409 BUC
Accession No.: 012469
Year: 2001
Pages: 260 p.

Of the week: 9th Oct. to 15th Oct., 2006

This interactive business book provides individuals, managers and organisations with personalised tools to identify their talents and succeed at every level.

Based on a Gallup study of over two million people who have excelled in their careers, NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS uses a revolutionary programme to help readers discover their distinct talents and strengths. The product of a twenty-five year, multi-million pound effort to identify the most prevalent human talents, the StrengthsFinder programme introduces thirty-four talents or 'themes' and reveals how they can best be translated into personal and career success.

Each copy of the book contains a unique password that gives the reader access to the StrengthsFinder Profile, a Web-based interview that analyses people's instinctive reactions and immediately presents them with their five most dominant strengths.

Once readers know which of the thirty-four talent themes dominates their personality, they can make practical applications at three levels: as an individual, as a manager and within an organisation. Readers learn what kind of environments will allow them to flourish; how managers can better cultivate their employers' talents; and how almost all organisations inhibit the talents of their people and need to change.