This post refers to a book by Marcus Buckingham, GO Put Your Strengths to Work - 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance. Here are the nuggets that were copied from the book:
- The chief responsibility of a manager is to turn a person’s talent into performance.
- Great managers find what is unique about each person and capitalize on it.
- Average managers play checkers while great managers play chess - they understand the differences in each piece and coordinate the team to take advantage of the individual strengths.
- Great managers spend 80% of their time working to grow an employee’s greatest strength.
- Great leader’s rally people to a better future.
- Great leaders find what is universal and capitalize on it.
- Great leaders muse, pick heroes with great care, and practice their words, phrases, and stories.
- Great leaders answer these questions: Who do we serve? What is our core strength? What is our core score? What actions can we take today?