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ISBN 9781595620071 Published Aug. 2006
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Posted April 17, 2007 3:25 a.m. by jack
StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath, Gallup Press, 192 Pages, $19.95, Hardcover, February 2007, ISBN 9781595620156
I have been writing about the Gallup Press a lot in the last six months. I reviewed Vital Friends in August and their book 12 in December. I am back to tell you there is another outstanding book from Gallup to start looking for on bookstore shelves.
StrengthsFinder 2.0 is an expansion of the franchise started by the book Now, Discover Your Strengths. Originally published in 2001, Now, Discover Your Strengths has become a mainstay on bestseller lists, spending 50 weeks on the Wall Street Journal list in 2006. If you have not read Now, Discover Your Strengths or used the first version of their online assessment too, the premise is that most people spend their professional lives trying to improve on their weakness instead of working within their strengths. The StrengthsFinder assessment is meant to help guide you toward optimizing your talents. Gallup has written other strengths-based books for salespeople, teachers, and faith-based groups.
StrengthsFinder 2.0 is meant to be the most accessible of all the books, to be used with employees at all levels of an organization. Gallup has identified 34 strengths for individuals ranging from "Achiever" to "Woo" (Winning Others Over). Each book comes with unique code which allows the reader to take the web-based self-assessment. The results from the assessment highlight your five talents in ranked order. Each strength is accompanied by an explanation, anecdotes from others with that strength, and a to-do list with actions you can implement to help you develop your talents.
I am a big believer in putting people where they can excel. StrengthFinder 2.0 is a great way to help find the right fit for the people in your organization or for yourself.
Do sequels help the original?
Posted Aug. 25, 2006 6:46 a.m. by todd-sattersten
In Publishing Industry - 800 CEO Read Blog
Today you will find How Full Is Your Bucket? on at the #15 spot on the WSJ bestsellers list. What is a book that came out in July 2004 doing back on the list?
My theory: the release of Tom Rath's second book Vital Friends.
There seems to be phenomenon that a business book author's first book gets a bump when the second comes out. I can't show you data (yet), but I have heard this often anecdotally from authors and publishers. I am sure there is also a popularity threshold for the first book has pass, in order for this to be true.
We are working on some research, and might be able to tell you more soon on this.
Tom Rath/Vital Friends Interview
Posted Aug. 21, 2006 7:38 a.m. by todd-sattersten
In Audio - 800 CEO Read Blog
This interview is with Tom Rath, author Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without. This book is the culmination of 10 years of research by the Gallup Organization on the importance of friendship in the workplace.
This is a short interview relative to some of the other podcasts I have done, but cover a ton of great stuff. You'll heard Tom and I talk about how workplace friendships can improve business performance, how friendships can improve your health, and how different friends play different roles in our lives.
mp3, 23:28, 16.1MB
Jack Covert Selects: Vital Friends
Posted Aug. 4, 2006 4:35 a.m. by jack
Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without
By Tom Rath, Gallup Press, 240 pages, $22.95 hardcover.
Gallup Research has been studying friendship and workplace productivity for some time. In this book, Tom Rath presents their full-length findings for the first time.
What does friendship have to do with work? A lot. Rath believes companies are too focused on development at the individual and organizational level. They're missing a focus on one-to-one interactions.
The benefits of these interactions and resulting friendships are endless. Duke University Medical Center found patients with less than four friends to be twice as likely to die from heart disease. Gallup research discovered that when your best friend has a healthy diet, you are five times more likely to have a healthy diet. In the workplace, employees with "vital friends" are happier, more engaged, safer, have higher customer loyalty ratings, and work in teams that are more profitable. How's that for impact?
Each of your friends plays one of eight vital roles (builder, champion, collaborator, companion, connector, energizer, mind opener, and navigator). Evaluate your friends and their roles with the integrated online assessment tool. You can even share the results. The more friends you evaluate, the more you will understand what roles are being filled by your current friends and where you need additional support.
Overall it's a great package. You've got nothing to lose and everything to gain by checking it out. Take their advice: help yourself and your business by building stronger friendships
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