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Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths.

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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Helping
Strengths
Work
Studying
People
Identify
Corporations
Helps
Organization
Build

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CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are standardized, routinized, predictable. Stamping out variance makes a complex job a bit less complex.
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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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Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader.
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Remember, what you focus on expands results follow focus.
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I think a good business book has one coherent idea that is richly played out.
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Google and Facebook, each in their own way, have revolutionized the delivery of advertising based on search and social networking, creating a sort of anti-Spam: targeted, relevant ads that a consumer might actually welcome rather than spurn.
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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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Your strongest life is built through a continuous practice of designing moment by moment.
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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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The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.
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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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Freedom, individualism, authenticity and being yourself so long as you don't hurt another's physical person or property: Sustained success comes only when you take what's unique about you and figure out how to make it useful!
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Obviously, you have to know what you need now and what you will soon need, then hire or promote from within to meet those needs.
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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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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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No idea will work if people don't trust your intentions toward them.
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As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most.
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Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization - but only when they fall on fertile ground.
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What do we know to be important but are unable to measure?
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The time you spend with your best (employees) is, quite simply, your most productive time.
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