StandOut 2.0: Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Edge, Win at Work

Marcus Buckingham

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The Groundbreaking Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution

In the years since the publication of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, millions have come to the simple but powerful realization that to get the most out of people, you must build on their strengths. And yet, as Marcus Buckingham astutely points out, though the strengths-based approach is now conventional wisdom, the tools and systems inside organizations performance appraisals, training programs, and succession planning systems remain stubbornly remedial and exclusively focused on measuring skills, finding gaps, and attempting to plug them. It’s a crisis for individuals and organizations, with management ideas and everyday practice utterly out of sync.

That’s about to change. StandOut 2.0 is a revolutionary book and tool that enables you to identify your strengths, and those of your team, and act on them. The original edition of StandOut provided top-notch insights from one of the world’s foremost authorities on strengths, as well as access to a powerful, cutting-edge online assessment tool. StandOut 2.0 also includes the assessment and a robust report on your most dominant strengths. The report is easily exported so you can use it to present the very best of yourself to your team and your company.

StandOut 2.0 is your indispensable guide for building on your strengths to further your career—and help your team and organization win.

What will you learn from this book

  1. Strengths-Based Approach: Focus on identifying and leveraging your strengths rather than trying to fix weaknesses, as your strengths are your unique edge for success.

  2. Strengths Assessment: Use the StandOut strengths assessment tool to identify your top two strength roles, which represent your most powerful and authentic contributions at work.

  3. Role Clarity: Understand the specific responsibilities, behaviors, and contributions associated with your top two strength roles to clarify your role and impact within your team or organization.

  4. Strengths Amplification: Amplify your strengths by aligning your daily activities, projects, and responsibilities with your top strength roles, maximizing your performance and satisfaction at work.

  5. Personal Branding: Build your personal brand around your strengths, communicating your unique value proposition and positioning yourself as an expert in your key areas of strength.

  6. Collaborative Partnerships: Identify complementary strengths in others and seek collaborative partnerships where each person's strengths can be leveraged for mutual success and synergy.

  7. Continuous Development: Continuously develop and refine your strengths through learning opportunities, feedback, practice, and reflection, enhancing your effectiveness and impact over time.

  8. Feedback and Recognition: Seek feedback on your strengths from colleagues, managers, and mentors, and recognize and appreciate others for their strengths to foster a positive and strengths-focused culture.

  9. Goal Alignment: Align your personal and professional goals with your strengths, ensuring that your aspirations and actions are in harmony with what you do best and enjoy most.

  10. Career Advancement: Use your strengths as a strategic advantage for career advancement, seeking roles and opportunities that allow you to leverage your strengths and achieve meaningful success.

Language English
ISBN-10 1633690741
ISBN-13 9781633690745
No of pages 240
Font Size Medium
Book Publisher Harvard Business Review Press
Published Date 19 Aug 2015

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Author : Marcus Buckingham

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