Linking Rapport training to Now, Discover your strengths concepts
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Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
Finally! A book that asks us to take inventory of the talents each of us possess instead of berating us to get better at the things we shy away from. Designed to start a revolution, Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton challenges the way we think about our businesses and ourselves. By providing a personal test you get to take online with each new copy, the book focuses you on five personal natural talents.
Based on a 25-year study conducted by the Gallup Organization, Now, Discover Your Strengths introduces 34 dominant “themes” or talents. The things we do so well that we do them nearly perfect every time without thinking about them. In fact, these are so natural to us we often assume that everyone else thinks the same way. For example, if you show empathy you may wonder why someone else isn’t empathetic, or if you have a talent for strategic thinking, you may become frustrated when your team members don't see the obstacles down the road. Our dominant talents filter the information we receive into what we are likely to call “common sense,” and this may lead us into taking them for granted.
By taking the time to fully understand our strengths and the impact they have on our approach to life, we learn to work within them creating successful results in all areas of our lives. Once you have identified your talents, you can develop each of these into a strength. As Marcus Buckingham explains, “A strength isn’t just something you do well, a strength is something that strengthens you to do it again and again and again.” When we operate from our strengths we consistently deliver top results and enjoy what we do at work, home and in our communities. By building our organizations around the strengths of each individual employee we build stronger high-performance teams and create energetic cultures that attract people.
At Rapport Leadership International, we like this book because it fits with the philosophy of our training - it capitalizes upon the strengths of each individual. We know that everyone has leadership skills they bring to our training and to their life. Our objective is to take the natural leadership skills and talents and transform them into strengths that can be used to unleash their true potential as a leader. When our graduates return to their businesses, families and communities, clients and customers win because they perform at their personal best every time. As your company builds a foundation based upon the strengths of each team member, the culture of your organization shifts into high gear and everyone participates by doing what they do best. Every team member comes to work with passion and enthusiasm because they are energized by the work they do.
Read Now, Discover Your Strengths to learn about your strengths and the power of working from them. To learn how Rapport Leadership International training builds on each individual's strengths contact your Leadership Training Advisor at (800) 989-0715.
