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The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.

Marcus Buckingham

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
Capitalizing
Appallingly
Strengths
Corporate
World
People

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