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Strengths-Based Leadership (1st Edition) Specs:
Product Name
Strengths-Based Leadership (1st Edition)
Manufacturer
Gallup Press
Retail Price
$24.95
EAN-13
9781595620255
Specifications
Title
Strengths-Based Leadership
ISBN
1595620257
Author(s)
Tom Rath, Barry Conchie
Release Date
2009-01-06
Format
Hardcover
Num of Pages
216
Num. of Items
1
EAN
9781595620255
Edition
1
Weight
1 lbs.
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Latest 6 Reviews Here is what people are saying about the Strengths-Based Leadership (1st Edition)
"Strengths Based Leadership: Not Much New Ground"
2009-09-08
- Reviewed By User: A23E2117PNU52H
Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams and Why People Follow
by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie
First, there is nothing wrong with this book. So why do I only rate it with 3 stars? Simply, because while there is one new idea and a decent application of that idea, it really isn't very ground breaking. It is more of a re-tread with a twist added.
The Strengths idea is a GREAT one and the earlier research and the prior books, especially First Break All the Rules by Buckingham (now a persona non grata at Gallup) and the somewhat recent StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath, are very good ones.
Strengths Based Leadership, for me, seems to repeat many of the insights from these books and adds one main twist. In one study Gallup did, surveying what people are looking for in their leaders, they came up with four key ideas. People look to their leaders to (1) build trust, (2) show compassion, (3) provide stability and (4) create hope. What this book does is then take each strength and offer practical ideas for how you can do each of those four things out of each strength.
Hmmm . . .
Is this worth $25.00? I'm not sure. Of course, you get the Unique Code so you can go to the website and take the Strengths Finder test on line.
If you have not used the StrengthsFinder 2.0 already, then go ahead and get this book and use it instead. If you have already done the SF 2.0, I don't think this is worth the money.
Brian Rice
Leadership ConneXtions International
[...]
Excellent information. I use it in my work with young women seeking clarity for their professional direction.
"God deliver us from new management fads"
2009-08-30
- Reviewed By User: A2Y6YMN812I3C5
Our office is now in the grip of Strengthsfinders mania, and it is incredibly depressing. We all have to attend mandatory meetings in which we discuss our so-called strengths, which are in reality simply dehumanizing labels.
We all had to take the survey first, of course. It was so boring that I nodded off several times in front of my computer screen. I don't know how many questions weren't answered because of the elapsed time limit, but when it was over I found that I have now and forever been labeled as a "Deliberative." My peers all now believe I am a deep thinker, who likes to ruminate at length over data before giving my valuable opinions. The truth is, my opinion of this was formed very quickly, and that is that SF is nothing but the latest management fad, and that Gallup has found a money-making way to obtain personal data on me and a million others.
We have to have our strengths posted outside of our offices, and the more fad-minded ones in our company now say things to me like, "That's something that a deliberative would say" when I talk about something as innocuous as the weather. At least I can chuckle to myself about the meaninglessness of it all when something like that happens at work.
And we can also be thankful that SF was not around at the same time as Hitler. Imagine how more effective HE could have been--which leads to another criticism. This type of business fad seems to always be divorced from any kind of ethics or morality. The bottom line is the productivity and efficiency of your business. It used to be that spirituality helped you become a better "you," but nowadays, business and the love of ever-increasing profits trumps everything.
Don't be fooled. This is just another money-making scam, sold to businesses with the lure of their being able to make more money.
Here is what I hope will be a valuable exercise. Close your eyes, and imagine what the whole world would be like of everybody followed SF. On the surface, everyone would be carrying SF 2.0 with them, and speak the lingo (like what's happening at my place of work). Kind of like 3 billion Chinese carrying Mao's Little Red Book in the 1950s and peppering their conversations with helpful "quotes." Children would also be "directed" into school curricula and careers that fit best their personality profile. When you look at it objectively, the whole thing looks more and more like a cult designed to stifle free-will and curiousity.
Face it. StrengthsFinders is a great way for business to exert even more authoritarianism over a gullible and non-critically thinking populace.
"satisfied"
2009-06-28
- Reviewed By User: A1GJ208ASKH3Q1
The product arrived quickly as promised. I appreciate the free shipping. Sometimes you spend less in the end when saving on shipping.
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"Strengths Based Leadership: Not Much New Ground"
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"God deliver us from new management fads"