Managers are, and should be, totally responsible for recognizing individual strengths (both natural talents and skills), getting those strengths in proper alignment… — Marcus Buckingham Alignment Copy Share Image
I need to reach out to people who work for small to mid-sized companies, and help them identify and apply their strengths… — Marcus Buckingham Company Copy Share Image
Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment. — Marcus Buckingham Feels Copy Share Image
“In fact, over the last twenty years, authors have offered up over nine thousand different systems, languages, principles, and paradigms to help… — Marcus Buckingham Books Copy Share Image
“to encourage people to take responsibility for who they really are. And it is the only way to show respect for each… — Marcus Buckingham Hard work Copy Share Image
Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to… — Marcus Buckingham Corporations 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
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
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
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
Great managers know they don't have 10 salespeople working for them. They know they have 10 individuals working for them . A… — Marcus Buckingham Brilliant Copy Share Image
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
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
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
We dream of having a clean house - but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning? We don't have to dream about… — Marcus Buckingham Clean Copy Share Image
We all want the chance to express the very best of ourselves and to be challenged to keep reaching for more. Our… — Marcus Buckingham Chance 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
People should be hired "as is" and their managers then help them to develop their individual strengths while completing tasks for which… — Marcus Buckingham Aptitude Copy Share Image
Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel… — Marcus Buckingham Boss Copy Share Image
“If you are innately skeptical of other people’s motives, then no amount of good behavior in the past will ever truly convince… — Marcus Buckingham Good behavior Copy Share Image
You shouldn't take pride in your natural talents any more than you should take pride in your sex, your race or color… — Marcus Buckingham Color 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 Departures Copy Share Image
If the manager really is the problem, try to get reassigned elsewhere in the organization or start looking for one in which… — Marcus Buckingham Elsewhere Copy Share Image
“Simply put, this is one insight we heard echoed by tens of thousands of great managers: People don't change that much. Don't… — Marcus Buckingham Great man Copy Share Image
“Managers are encouraged to focus on complex initiatives like reengineering or learning organizations, without spending time on the basics.” — Marcus Buckingham Learning organization Copy Share Image
All the great organizations have great managers at all levels who recognize where their culture is getting stronger and where it is… — Marcus Buckingham Culture Copy Share Image
Focusing on strengths is the surest way to greater job satisfaction, team performance and organizational excellence. — Marcus Buckingham Excellence 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
Freedom, individualism, authenticity and being yourself so long as you don't hurt another's physical person or property: Sustained success comes only when… — Marcus Buckingham Art Copy Share Image
You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time,… — Marcus Buckingham Advantage Copy Share Image
There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity… A leader's job is… — Marcus Buckingham Better future Copy Share Image
Though women begin their lives more fulfilled than men, as they age, they gradually become less happy. Men, in contrast, get happier… — Marcus Buckingham Age Copy Share Image
“This can be both a blessing and a curse. You are blessed with a wonderfully unique filter but cursed with a systematic… — Marcus Buckingham Curse Copy Share Image
My career expertise is as a psychometrician - somebody who builds tests to measure personality. Companies would employ me to build interviews… — Marcus Buckingham Before Copy Share Image
You can find energizing moments in each aspect of your life, but to do so you must learn how to catch them,… — Marcus Buckingham Aspect Copy Share Image
Life's tricky for women because they have to make more choices than men. And yes, choice is good, but boy, you better… — Marcus Buckingham Boys Copy Share Image
CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are… — Marcus Buckingham Ceo Copy Share Image
“the only truth is your own. The world you see is seen by you alone. What entices you and what repels you,… — Marcus Buckingham Pattern Copy Share Image
As with all catalysts, the manager's function is to speed up the reaction between two substances, thus creating the desired end product.… — Marcus Buckingham Business Copy Share Image
