The best way to find out whether you're on the right path? Stop looking at the path.
Marcus BuckinghamRead
Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of recognizing and utilizing individual strengths within an organization.
Marcus Buckingham highlights his experience in corporate environments where the focus has been on building organizations that empower individuals. By encouraging people to identify their unique strengths and aligning their work accordingly, organizations can foster a more productive and satisfying work environment, leading to overall success for both the individuals and the company as a whole.
Themes
StrengthsOrganizationLeadershipEmpowermentProductivity
In practice
Example use cases
In a corporate training session, a leader could quote this to inspire managers to focus on employee strengths.
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All quotes βStrengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A strength is an activity that before you're doing it you look forward to doing it; while you're doing it, time goes by quickly and you can concentrate; after you've done it, it seems to fulfill a need of yours.
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There has to be a way to redirect employee's driving ambition and to channel it more productively. There is. Create heroes in every role. Make every role, performed at excellence, a respected profession.
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The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.
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Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in.
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Everyone can probably do at least one thing better than ten thousand other people.
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