First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently: From Gallup

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We have to trust the authors the "great" managers really are since very little information is provided about them to independently judge. These questions are designed to help managers identify and focus on their employees' strengths, ultimately leading to a more productive and engaged workforce. In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it. The outcomes of each endeavour be it employee retention, talent acquisition, promotion, work ethics, work environment etc are based on several interviews held with managers across all the levels.

The book then went on to explain the four keys in more detail concluding with a final chapter on how to apply the four keys in business situations. Readers will learn how effective their current management style is by using the list of twelve questions in the book to assess where they stand.

Since the StrengthsFinder debuted in 2001, more than 1 million people have discovered their strengths with this useful and important tool. Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its revolutionary study of more than 80,000 managers in First, Break All the Rules, revealing what the world’s greatest managers do differently. Clifton, The Free Press, 2001); The One Thing You Need to Know (The Free Press, 2005) and Go Put Your Strengths To Work (The Free Press, 2007). As a manager, recognize that someone's talents are usually enduring and extremely difficult to change, so make sure you select for talent and cast each person to the right match based on talents.

For instance, they will try to determine whether poor performance is caused by lack of teachable skills or knowledge.My best friend went on to explain that she'd been in change of data for the entire elementary school last year and that she had a reputation for her skills. If someone has early am tiredness talent then you wouldn't schedule their most important meetings first thing. Managers determine whether this happens or not because they control the culture that team members work in.