Marcus Buckingham, Standout: The Groundbreaking New Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Movement. Thomas Nelson, 2011. Prequels: Buckingham, Now, Discover Your Strengths Rath, Strengths-Finder 2.0 Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a third major installment in the Buckingham-Rath Strengths-Based Series. It is not intended to replace the newest of the strengths
John C. Maxwell, Talent is Never Enough: Discover the Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent. Thomas Nelson, 2007. Referenced in: Leadership Development Through Life Effectiveness John Maxwell Leadership Library — Inspiring Leadership Empowering Leadership Brief Intro to Maxwell John Maxwell is perhaps the most widely-read author on leadership and life-effectiveness today. LifeandLeadership.com cross-lists
Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know…About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success. Free Press, 2005. Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Buckingham and Coffman’s popular volume, First, Break all the Rules, which recounts his research through Gallup that revealed great managers help people discover and
Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, Now, Discover Your Strengths (Follow up to First Break All the Rules – includes online assessment). Simon & Shuster, 2001. Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Buckingham and Coffman’s popular volume, First, Break all the Rules, which recounts his research through Gallup that revealed
Marcus Buckingham, Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance. Free Press, 2010. Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Buckingham and Coffman’s popular volume, First, Break all the Rules, which recounts his research through Gallup that revealed great managers help people discover and optimize their
Tom Rath and Barry Conchie, Strengths-Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow Them. Gallup, 2009. Prequel: Buckingham and Coffman, First, Break all the Rules Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is the place to start for leaders who want to take advantage of the Strengths Finder model. It is one of several
Tom Rath, Strengths-Finder 2.0. Gallup Press, 2007. Prequel: Buckingham, First, Break all the Rules Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Buckingham and Coffman’s popular volume, First, Break all the Rules, which recounts his research through Gallup that revealed great managers help people discover and optimize their strengths. This can be
Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman, First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 1999. Sequels: See the list in the resource guide on Strengths-Based Leadership Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is perhaps one of the best discussions of management available, and as such
Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton, People Styles at Work…And Beyond: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better. Amacom, 2009. Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeaderhsip.com Summary This uses the People Styles Model to show how people with different styles interact with each other in work environments. People Styles is similar to the DISC personality
Jeffrey Sugerman, Mark Scullard, and Emma Wilhelm, The 8 Dimensions of Leadership: DISC Strategies for Becoming a Better Leader. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011. Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a guide to a helpful leadership profile based on Inscape model of the DISC personality assessment. The Inscape model is similar to the DISC Profile,
