You shouldn't take pride in your natural talents any more than you should take pride in your sex, your race or color of your hair — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Managers are, and should be, totally responsible for recognizing individual strengths (both natural talents and skills), getting those strengths in proper alignment (i.e. in the right "seats"), and then leveraging them. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Too many of the organizations I have observed resemble a farm in Kansas. They have lots of fences and silos as well as a… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
You can find energizing moments in each aspect of your life, but to do so you must learn how to catch them, hold on… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
“The power of skills and knowledge is that they are transferable from one person to another. Their limitation is that they are often situation-specific… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
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. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
Emphasize your strengths on your resume, in your cover letters and in your interviews. It may sound obvious, but you'd be surprised how many… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
Life's tricky for women because they have to make more choices than men. And yes, choice is good, but boy, you better be an… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
Companies don't have one culture. They have as many as they have supervisors or managers. You want to build a strong culture? Hold every… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
“to encourage people to take responsibility for who they really are. And it is the only way to show respect for each person. Focusing… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
There is no shortage of mechanisms by which to measure almost anything. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share
