From Gallup: a landmark study of great leaders, teams and the reasons
why people follow.
More than a decade ago, Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark
30-year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic
of strengths. Since then, more than 23 million people have taken
Gallup's CliftonStrengths (formerly StrengthsFinder) assessment, which
forms the core of several books on this topic, including the #1
international bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0.
In recent years, while continuing to learn more about strengths, Gallup
scientists have also been examining decades of data on the topic of
leadership. They studied more than 1 million work teams, conducted more
than 20,000 in-depth interviews with leaders, and even interviewed more
than 10,000 followers around the world to ask exactly why they
followed the most important leader in their life.
Gallup reveals the results of this research in Strengths Based
Leadership. Based on Gallup's discoveries, the book identifies three
keys to being a more effective leader: knowing your strengths and
investing in others' strengths, getting people with the right strengths
on your team, and understanding and meeting the four basic needs of
those who look to you for leadership.
As you read Strengths Based Leadership, you'll hear firsthand accounts
from some of the most successful organizational leaders in recent
history, from the founder of Teach For America to the president of The
Ritz-Carlton, as they discuss how their unique strengths have driven
their success. Filled with novel research and actionable ideas,
Strengths Based Leadership will give you a new road map for leading
people toward a better future.
A unique access code allows you to take a leadership version of Gallup's
CliftonStrengths assessment. The leadership version provides you with
specific strategies for leading with your top five strengths and enables
you to plot the strengths of your team based on the four domains of
leadership strength revealed in the book.
