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StrengthsExplorer For Ages 10 to 14: From Gallup, the Creators of StrengthsFinder

Gallup Press, 2007

Excellent resource for parents and small group leaders

+ Useful
+ KidLead recommends this book.

As a parent of a teen boy, it was a wonderful resource to understand how he works and especially, how different his strengths are from mine. By naming his strengths, we could better use them to his advantage and frankly, ours too. We could appeal to his strengths in meeting homework deadlines, ...
  
  











  



  
Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance
Marcus Buckingham

Free Press, 2007

Great resource for your toolbox!

+ Create your own success plan
+ Good Stuff
+ A MUST HAVE RESOURCE
  
  











  



  
Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without
Tom Rath

Gallup Press, 2006

Friends--- More Than Just a "Good Idea"

+ Interesting read, not lots of depth
+ Friends At Work
+ Not disquieting at all
  
  











  



  
StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
Tom Rath

Gallup Press, 2007

Great Tool! Highly Recommend...

+ Strength Finders
+ Simple, short, and suprisingly on target

We loved the concept behind this book (and its Christian companion, "Living Your Strengths"). Our church staff took the (included with book) online StengthsFinder assessment and all found it very accurate and helpful in providing insights on what drives our fellow co-workers. It brings to light ...
  
  











  



  
12: The Elements of Great Managing
Rodd Wagner, James K. Harter

Gallup Press, 2006

Great guide for lower level managers

+ Comprehensive, Innovative, Helpful
+ "Top Shelf"

There are a few good books on supervision, and a lot of impractical but "brilliant" books on "leadership" but this is the first that I've read that I could really apply to my job. I wish the three crushing layers of bureacracy above me would read this book too. I like the empirical data and real ...
  
  











  



  
Teach with Your Strengths: How Great Teachers Inspire Their Students
Rosanne Liesveld, Jo Ann Miller

Gallup Press, 2005

This book just makes sense

+ leaves out my own groundbreaking research
+ Teach with your strengths

I was at first apprehensive about buying this book. After all, what would the Gallup Poll know about teaching? Well, it turns out that they know a lot. Being a "highly qualified teacher", i.e. having a license to teach a subject is not enough these days. Good teachers must also be able to ...
  
  











  



  
Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community
Albert L. Winseman, Donald O. Clifton, ...

Gallup Press, 2004

Are You On Track?

+ A Good Tool for Church Congregations
+ Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community (
+ Living your Strengths
  
  











  



  
Building Engaged Schools: Getting the Most Out of America's Classrooms
Gary Gordon

Gallup Press, 2006

Data-based, Thoughtful, and Compelling

+ Teachers and students alike will benefit from this process.
+ It's not limited to schools - all organizations can use this book

Gallup's work in the area of strengths is well known and widely used in both the world of business and in many colleges. See, e.g., Now, Discover Your Strengths. This book makes a compelling case for reconciling the competing agendas of No Child Left Behind and the school, student, and ...
  
  











  



  
Your Child's Strengths: Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them
Jenifer Fox M.Ed.

Viking Adult, 2008

Your Child's Strengths by Jenifer Fox

+ Great Book!!!
+ The Best Parenting Book I've Ever Read!!
+ Dig deeper
+ Starting them on a Me Inc. journey
  
  











  



  
Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton

Free Press, 2001

Management tool

+ Very inspiring book
+ A Look in the Mirror

Probably the best management and personnel development tool around! Four staff members were each given a copy to read and to follow the instructions for getting an analysis. Each was asked to bring the analysis for their annual job review. They expected the typical "this is good and that is bad" ...
  
  











  



  
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

Simon & Schuster, 1999

I did, and it works!

+ It's not really about breaking any rules, but it's a good reading
+ Best book ever about leadership!
+ First Break All The Rules
  
  











  



  
How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life
Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton

Gallup Press, 2004

The Magic Word, Positive!

+ How Full is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life by Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D.
+ Does your bucket have a hole in it?
+ Foundation for Creating Supportive Environments
  
  











  



  
Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton

Free Press, 2001

Management tool

+ Very inspiring book
+ A Look in the Mirror

Probably the best management and personnel development tool around! Four staff members were each given a copy to read and to follow the instructions for getting an analysis. Each was asked to bring the analysis for their annual job review. They expected the typical "this is good and that is bad" ...
  
  











  



  
StrengthsExplorer For Ages 10 to 14: From Gallup, the Creators of StrengthsFinder

Gallup Press, 2007

Excellent resource for parents and small group leaders

+ Useful
+ KidLead recommends this book.

As a parent of a teen boy, it was a wonderful resource to understand how he works and especially, how different his strengths are from mine. By naming his strengths, we could better use them to his advantage and frankly, ours too. We could appeal to his strengths in meeting homework deadlines, ...
  
  











  



  
Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community
Albert L. Winseman, Donald O. Clifton, ...

Gallup Press, 2004

Are You On Track?

+ A Good Tool for Church Congregations
+ Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community (
+ Living your Strengths
  
  











  



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