Life@Work Groupzine: The Essentials [Paperback]

John C. Maxwell (Author), Ken Blanchard (Author), Marcus Buckingham (Author), Bill Hybels (Author), Dennis Bakke (Author), John Wooden (Author), Margaret Feinberg (Author)

Book Description

Series: Life@work Groupzine | Publication Date: January 29, 2007

We spend the best hours of our day at work-so make them count! Life@Work is committed to providing the solutions you need to thrive in the workplace. The GroupZine series will help you discover how your faith and career can intersect in relevant and meaningful ways.

Combining the best of magazine and small group study format, the Life@Work GroupZine engages workplace leaders like you in topics relevant to your professional and personal life.

In this issue, gifted teachers and practitioners tackle the faith and career conundrum by looking at The Essentials-the four cornerstone qualities of a Life@Work leader:

Skill

Calling

Serving

Character

With relevant articles, book excerpts, curriculum, study questions, hands-on planning exercises, and much more, this practical resource is ideal for individuals, small groups, and mentoring relationship.

If you are committed to growing in your faith and making the most of your career, the Life@Work GroupZine series is for you!

Product Details

• Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: Nelson Impact (January 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418503223
• ISBN-13: 978-1418503222
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,182,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In a world where efficiency and competency rule the workplace, where do personal strengths fit in?

It's a complex question, one that intrigued Cambridge-educated Marcus Buckingham so greatly, he set out to answer it by challenging years of social theory and utilizing his nearly two decades of research experience as a Sr. Researcher at The Gallup Organization to break through the preconceptions about achievement and get to the core of what drives success.

The result of his persistence, and arguably the definitive answer to the strengths question, can be found in Buckingham's trio of best-selling books, First, Break All the Rules (coauthored with Curt Coffman, Simon & Schuster, 1999); Now, Discover Your Strengths (coauthored with Donald O. Clifton, The Free Press, 2001); and The One Thing You Need to Know (The Free Press, 2005), in which the author gives important insights to maximizing strengths, understanding the crucial differences between leadership and management, and fulfilling the quest for long-lasting personal success.

What would happen if men and women spent more than 75% of each day on the job using their strongest skills and engaged in their favorite tasks, basically doing exactly what they wanted to do?

According to Marcus Buckingham (who spent years interviewing thousands of employees at every career stage and who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on employee productivity and the practices of leading and managing), companies that focus on cultivating employees' strengths rather than simply improving their weaknesses stand to dramatically increase efficiency while allowing for maximum personal growth and success.

If such a theory sounds revolutionary, that's because it is. Marcus Buckingham calls it the "strengths revolution."

As he addresses more than 250,000 audiences around the globe each year, Buckingham touts this strengths revolution as the key to finding the most effective route to personal success -- and the missing link to the efficiency, competency, and success for which many companies constantly strive.

To kick-start the strengths revolution, Buckingham and Gallup developed the StrengthsFinder exam, which identifies signature themes that help employees quantify their personal strengths in the workplace and at home. Since the StrengthsFinder debuted in 2001, more than 1 million people have discovered their strengths with this useful and important tool.

In his role as author, independent consultant and speaker, Marcus Buckingham has been the subject of in-depth profiles in The New York Times, Fortune, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, USA Today and is routinely lauded by such corporations as Toyota, Coca-Cola, Master Foods, Wells Fargo, and Disney as an invaluable resource in informing, challenging, mentoring and inspiring people to find their strengths and obtain and sustain long-lasting personal success.

Marcus Buckingham holds a master's degree in social and political science from Cambridge University and is a member of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management. He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles, CA.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy this Based on Buckingham's Name, August 13, 2010

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Ok, I am involved in HR and Training and I believe 100% in the Gallup and Buckingham methods of focusing on one's strengths. I have read, gifted and taught mini sessions all from his materials. This book is not bad necessarily, I just don't know that it is marketed for what it truly is. It is a book to run small study groups at Christian Ministries and churches. I myself happen to believe, but that is not what I expected from this book. They have two pages that are an interview with Marcus Buckingham and it is just about word for word his introduction to Trombone Player Wanted.