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In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
Trying
People
Excel
Reward
Measure
Rewards
Cases
Matter

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The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional reaction to specific moments in your life.
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Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.
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We're all filled with naturally recurring patterns that make us unique - they're called talents. And our charge is to bloody well use them.
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Sustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time
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The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.
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There is no shortage of mechanisms by which to measure almost anything.
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Too many companies waste time trying to eliminate their employees' weaknesses when, in fact, they should concentrate on developing their strengths.
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It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain that success for the long term. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are star examples.
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CEOs the world over are fond of pointing to their workforce and saying Our people are our greatest asset. And yet today, only two out of ten people think their assets are being well used at work.
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Great managers know they don't have 10 salespeople working for them. They know they have 10 individuals working for them . A great manager is brilliant at spotting the unique differences that separate each person and then capitalizing on them.
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Every company wants to know how to find and keep highly talented women in the workplace.
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A strength is what you do that makes you feel strengthened.
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The talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training programs, but how long that employee stays and how productive he is while he is there is determined by his relationship with his immediate supervisor.
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You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.
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We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.
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As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most.
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No idea will work if people don't trust your intentions toward them.
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Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader.
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If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success.
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You will learn and grow the least in your areas of weakness.
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