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

This is a great book. It was required for an MBA class I am taking and has caught on like wild fire here at work. The author does a great job organizing the content with the best part being the web based assessment. This is a must have if you are a manager.

This is the 14th time I bought this book. I've been buying it for friends and colleagues to take the test. It is an EXCELLENT way to understand those around you better and how to approach them.

The biggest thing they help you with are knowing your five strengths so that you know which qualities to lean into and get the most out of what you've got in life.I wish that this book had been written years ago. It is an excellent read. Knowing myself has always been a challenge. Having read through Strengths Finder 2.0, a well-written quick read, and having completed the supplemental online survey, I have a better understanding of myself. This material, garnered from years of research with the Gallup organization is thorough, understandable, and accurate. The results of the online survey were astounding and have helped me in developing my strengths.

As a professional Human Resource developer, I have designed and implemented curriculum for the development of leaders, supervisors, managers, and executives. All of these supervisors are involved in professional endeavors. They are aware they have talents. It is a variety of situations that challenge them in their use of their talents. Usually, these talented people also know, no one working for them will honestly comment on their perceptions of those talents. If they do comment it is in a heat of anger or a splash of praise, not usually in an honest evaluation for formative purposes. In fact, most supervisors do not solicit nor value subordinate evaluations. Therein lies the value of 'Strength Finders.' It allows the supervisor / executive to honestly do a self evaluation by applying an objective criterion. It is useful, used, and helpful to motivate self - managed change. Thus, using the 'Strength Finder' a supervisor can honestly participate in their own honest evaluation. It's value is given the weight of the participant not some external evaluator. It is an evaluation interpreted by the participant, too. It truly stands on what the participant puts into the evaluation process for self awareness and development.

Another book that comes with an assessment that I use regularly in sessions with the Strengths Finder 2.0 is The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book The emotional intelligence skills complement strengths psychology well, because your strengths are what you can't change, and the emotional intelligence skills are the soft skills that you can change.

Definitely on my recommended book list. A must read for women in business.

Susan Bock
The Success Coach for Women in Business
www.SusanBockSolutions.com