The Four Keys of Great Managers: When selecting someone, they select for talent ... not simply experience, intelligence or determination. When setting… — Marcus Buckingham Determination Copy Share Image
Gen Y is really quite distinct from Gen X; it's really self-involved and very narcissistic - their cameras are filled with pictures… — Marcus Buckingham Cameras Copy Share Image
“Sir, I’m afraid that the quality of this airline is partly measured by on-time departures. And unfortunately, on-time departures are measured by… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Remember the Golden Rule? "Treat people as you would like to be treated." The best managers break the Golden Rule every day.… — Marcus Buckingham Best man Copy Share Image
Obviously, you have to know what you need now and what you will soon need, then hire or promote from within to… — Marcus Buckingham Knows Copy Share Image
Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with… — Marcus Buckingham Attention Copy Share Image
The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found… — Marcus Buckingham Calling Copy Share Image
“The world you see is seen by you alone. What entices you and what repels you, what strengthens you and what weakens… — Marcus Buckingham Perspective Copy Share Image
Your strongest life is built through a continuous practice of designing moment by moment. — Marcus Buckingham Built Copy Share Image
It remains true that great managers recognize individualities and focus on developing strengths rather than weaknesses. Great leaders, in sharp contrast, recognize… — Marcus Buckingham Common Copy Share Image
People buy pads all the time, because they want to write stuff down. We're never going to get away from paper, ever.… — Marcus Buckingham About Copy Share Image
I think a good business book has one coherent idea that is richly played out. — Marcus Buckingham Book Copy Share Image
Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A strength is an activity that before you're doing it… — Marcus Buckingham Activity Copy Share Image
If we have to know without a doubt that the choices we are making are the perfect ones, we risk never making… — Marcus Buckingham Choice Copy Share Image
Sustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time — Marcus Buckingham Impact Copy Share Image
When it comes to exploring your creative side, it's very easy to think of all the reasons you can't do it-you don't… — Marcus Buckingham Action Copy Share Image
Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing… — Marcus Buckingham Bells Copy Share Image
In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, stupidity, disobedience, or disrespect. It is… — Marcus Buckingham Consistent Copy Share Image
The talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training programs, but how… — Marcus Buckingham Benefits Copy Share Image
Americans just love convening. They are a convention-happy country and they love to get together to talk. — Marcus Buckingham Conventions Copy Share Image
It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain that success for the… — Marcus Buckingham Apples Copy Share Image
Google and Facebook, each in their own way, have revolutionized the delivery of advertising based on search and social networking, creating a… — Marcus Buckingham Ads Copy Share Image
As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most. — Marcus Buckingham Enjoy Copy Share Image
When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if… — Marcus Buckingham Action Copy Share Image
You should know that what wakes me up at night, what gets me running fast in the morning, and, frankly, what prompts… — Marcus Buckingham Can do Copy Share Image
