StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath
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Book Reviews of StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
Book Review: Strengths Finder review
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is being used for our department to better use our strengths and be more productive. Thank you for getting this too us quickly and for a competitive price.Book Review: Strength Finder results
Summary: 5 Stars
As I had mentioned in the previous post "The Matrix: Lessons in sales", I recently had something short of an epiphany while having a conversation with my boss. The conversation reminded me of the scene in The Matrix where Neo was sitting in the room with Morpheus for the first time. Walking away from the discussion I started really thinking about `who' I am at work and not so much with `what' I do at work. I've always been an overachiever but walked a line that kept me from being all I could be. I had a conversation with a friend of mine that pointed me in the direction of a book called Strengths Finder 2.0. I ordered the book from Amazon and was eager to get the results.
The book is based around an online test of approx 75-100 questions that took about 20-30 minutes for me to complete. The answers to the multiple choice questions were going to identify my top 5 talents and explain where my strengths are. Once the test was done the answers were calculated and the results were given to me.
My Strengths
1. Achiever
2. Maximizer
3. Relator
4. Focus
5. Self-Assurance
Out of 34 "themes" a person could fall into, these were identified at my top 5.
Book Review: Better than Borders or Barnes & Noble!
Summary: 5 Stars
The book arrived precisely as expected, in mint condition packaged very well and never touched. That wonderful rigid feeling the first time you crack open a book was there and the included membership key (online profile test activation) was securely sealed in the enclosed envelope. Overall satisfaction of a scale from 1 to 10 was easily a 15 and I will absolutely use this company again to purchase books in the future!
Great buy, great read, great tool!
"Connectedness, Adaptability, Individualization, Strategic and Communication"
-Mitch
Book Review: Quality and Worth the Price
Summary: 4 Stars
While not a cure-all, this book could be helpful to most people and especially beneficial to recent grads, job changers, and the mass of bored workers.
The concept of the book is: people spend too much time trying to fix their deficiencies and that's the wrong way to improve (the path of most resistance). We should be focusing on strengthing those talents that we have naturally. This is not a new concept, but the book outlines it clearly and with good examples.
The only value of the book, aside from a few short chapters, is the strengthsfinder access code. And this is pretty valuable. Strengthsfinder.com is a 30 minute quiz to determine your talents. After determining your top 5 talents the website creates an action plan for you. It's more than a basic personality test. I found it to be accurate, but your results may vary. The action plan was especially helpful to me. It gave me insights into my personality that I didn't see before. I suppose the best praise I can give it is I've recommended to my friends and family. I am also considering buying it for a few others in my office. It can't hurt and for a reasonable price it may help you understand yourself and others and make you more productive.
Book Review: Uncanny Tool
Summary: 5 Stars
My boss purchased this book and its associated personality test for our department. I was so impressed with its results that I purchased three copies for family and friends.
The book focuses on ways to identify and enhance your strengths rather than how to bring up your weaknesses. While both approaches have value, this book was the first to look at enhancing strengths. You purchase in all likelihood find the book an amazing and pleasant surprise.
DJ