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Simply put, this is one insight we heard echoed by tens of thousands of great managers: People don't...

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Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The...

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Managers are encouraged to focus on complex initiatives like reengineering or learning organizations...

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In fact, over the last twenty years, authors have offered up over nine thousand different systems, l...

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The greatest managers in the world do not have much in common. But despite their differences, these ...

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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 fou...

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Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently

Passion isn't something that lives way up in the sky, in abstract dreams and hopes. It lives at grou...

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I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in ...

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Forcing your employees to follow required steps only prevents customer dissatisfaction. If your goal...

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The Four Keys of Great Managers:1. "When selecting someone, they select for talent ... not simply ex...

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Remember the Golden Rule? "Treat people as you would like to be treated." The best managers break th...

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There has to be a way to redirect employee's driving ambition and to channel it more productively. T...

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Our talents come so easily to use that we acquire a false sense of security: Doesn't everyone see th...

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You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantag...

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Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization - but only when they fall on fe...

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Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what ...

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In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, s...

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Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A strength is a...

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It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain tha...

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...every time you make a rule you take away a choice and choice, with all of its illuminating reperc...

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Marcus Buckingham

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Born: 1966-01-11

Died: N/A

Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham (born January 11, 1966) is a British-American New York Times best-selling author, researcher, motivational speaker and business consultant best known for promoting what he calls "Strengths." Basing most of his writing on extensive survey data from interviews with workers in countries around the world, he promotes the idea that people will get the best results by making the most of their strengths rather than by putting too much emphasis on weaknesses or perceived deficiencies.More