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Posted April 20, 2007 9:53 a.m. by todd-sattersten
In Personal Development - 800 CEO Read Blog
There are three books right now on the Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller list dealing with strengths development.
Gallup hold a spot with their new StrengthsFinder 2.0. I talked about the book last month.
Former Gallup consultant Marcus Buckingham is doing well with Go Put Your Strengths To Work. He was on the Today Show this morning and you can watch the five minute segment handled by their new correspondent Tiki Barber. I haven't read Buckingham's book, but am now going to. I'll come back with something next week on it.
The interesting one is their shared title--the evergreen Now, Discover Your Strengths. Marcus' name is on the cover but Gallup is the one who holds the copyright.
There is clearly competition between these folks, and it is hard to say who will win. I feel like this is "the rising tide lifts all ships" scenario. Anyone who is doing work in the strengths psychology area is going to benefit from the growing conversation.
Jack Covert Selects: StrengthsFinder 2.0
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.
Other Strengths Books From Gallup
Posted March 13, 2007 9:27 a.m. by todd-sattersten
In Personal Development - 800 CEO Read Blog
I talked last week about Strengths Finder 2.0. I posted a short podcast I did with Tom Rath. The book also made the the WSJ bestseller list on Friday, debuting at #3.
What you might not know is there are a whole series of products built around the Gallup Strengths Finder assessment. Here is a list of the books based on their Strengths Practice:
- Strengths Finder 2.0 for everyone
- Now, Discover Your Strengths for Managers
- Teach With Your Strengths for Teachers
- Living Your Strengths for faith-based communities
- Discover Your Sales Strengths for Salespeople
- Animals Inc. for those who need the business fable version
In addition to those books, there are two programs for the pre-workforce world.
Strengths Explorer is an online tool for children from 10 to 14 years of age. It is meant to give an early pick into what kids are leaning toward.
Strengths Quest is meant for college age adults. Over 100 universities use the tool in the during freshman orientation and 250,000 students have taken the Strengths Quest assessment.
Go forth and find your strengths!
Building On Your Strengths
Posted March 8, 2007 5:59 a.m. by todd-sattersten
In Uncategorized - 800 CEO Read Blog
I did a interview with Tom Rath of Gallup on Monday. We will be posting that in a couple of weeks, but I wanted to share something that he said during the interview.
A little background first...if you are familiar with with Now, Discover Your Strengths then you are familiar with Gallup's Strengths Finder survey. Playing to your strengths is a philosophy that Gallup has been advocating for over 40 years and is a key consulting practice for them. NDYS came out in 2001 and web based survey was an immediate hit. You answered a series of questions and they delivered back to you your five strengths. The book as well as the online commentary help you get your bearings. Now, Discover Strengths was really designed for managers and there were many suggestions on how to manage employees with these wide variety of strengths. The book has sold more each year than the prior and last year, it spent 50 weeks on the Wall Street Journal Bestsellers List.
Here was the amazing stat for me: 2.5 million people have taken their Strengths Finder survey [mouth dropped open]. Given the number of books they have sold, they have determined that somewhere between 80% and 90% of those who buy the book go on to take the assessment. How is that for response rate?
Add this one to it: With 34 possible strengths and each user's five strengths displayed in the order of importance, there are 16.4 million possible combinations. Tom said that chances are when you take StrengthFinder that you will get a result that has not been shown before.
The book featured on the podcast is Strengths Finder 2.0. This is the new book from Gallup and is meant for frontline employees. They have updated the assessment with better accuracy from their questions and more personalized insights on the results (i.e. even if two people both display the same strengths, they could get different suggestions for improvement based on how they answered the questions).
