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Marcus Buckingham
A consultant, speaker, and best-selling author, Marcus Buckingham is an expert on outstanding leadership and management practices. He has invested more than 17 years in researching the world’s best managers, leaders, and workplaces.
Buckingham is author of four best-selling books, including his latest release Go Put Your Strengths to Work. In his books, he gives important insights to maximizing strengths, understanding the crucial differences between leadership and management, and fulfilling the quest for long-lasting personal success. He recently created a short film series called Trombone Player Wanted, which offers practical help to individuals in playing to their strengths. A graduate of Cambridge University, Buckingham addresses audiences around the globe totaling more than 250,000 each year.
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Putting Your Strengths to Work
On the job, most people operate at less than their full potential. Significantly less, suggests Marcus Buckingham, who cites research data that indicates that only 17 percent of the workforce believes they are using all of their strengths at work. Whether that work occurs in the business, education, or religious sectors, employees can achieve maximum success by emphasizing their strengths rather than their weaknesses. In his Summit session, Go Put Your Strengths to Work, Buckingham will examine the impact this radical approach has on leadership. He'll help leaders learn to identify, reinforce, and work within their strengths, and then explore ways to pass that understanding along to their teams.
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Marcus Buckingham
A consultant, speaker, and best-selling author, Marcus Buckingham is an expert on outstanding leadership and management practices. He has invested more than 17 years in researching the world’s best managers, leaders, and workplaces.
Buckingham is author of four best-selling books, including his latest release Go Put Your Strengths to Work. In his books, he gives important insights to maximizing strengths, understanding the crucial differences between leadership and management, and fulfilling the quest for long-lasting personal success. He recently created a short film series called Trombone Player Wanted, which offers practical help to individuals in playing to their strengths. A graduate of Cambridge University, Buckingham addresses audiences around the globe totaling more than 250,000 each year.
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Next Steps
Download Marcus Buckingham's Slides & Podcasts
Process Question for Teams:
Do the people on your team have many of the same strengths, or is there a variety? How does the range of strengths on your team impact your ability to be successful?
Process Question for Individuals:
Thinking about your last week of work, what is one task you performed that you loved? What is one that you loathed? What do you think that says about what some of your strengths might be?
For more processing questions like these, reserve your copy of The Leadership Summit 2007 Team Edition on DVD.
Bonus
To help you put your strengths to work, listen to Marcus Buckingham’s six-week podcast program available through iTunes (Clicking this link will launch iTunes on your computer).
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Resources related to Session 4
Programming Resources
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Session Four Videos
Thoughts from Flamingo Road in Florida
Troy Gramling from Flamingo Road Church in Florida shares his thoughts in response to Session 4.
Thoughts from Flamingo Road in Florida
Troy Gramling from Flamingo Road Church in Florida shares his thoughts in response to Session 4.
Sir Peter Vardy Gives a UK Response
Peter Vardy, a ministry leader from the United Kingdom, reflects on Session 4 and how to apply it at Bethany Christian Centre.
Reflections from a Reformed Church Pastor
Christopher Poest reflects on how he will apply Session 4 at Faith Community Reformed Church in Illinois.
Put Your Strengths to Work with Marcus Buckingham Session 4 Highlights
Highlights of Session 4, Go Put Your Strengths to Work with Marcus Buckingham, at the 2007 Leadership Summit.
Why I'm Excited About Session 4
Beth Dahlenburg, executive director of event marketing for the Willow Creek Association and The Leadership Summit, shares why she is looking forward to Marcus Buckingham's session at the 2007 Leadership Summit.
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Steve Stroope Responds to Session 4from Ray PelletierI'm pleased to introduce our next guest blogger, Steve Stroope, in two ways. First, as a Willow Creek Association staff member, I know that Steve is a long time friend of Bill's and a senior pastor he greatly respects. Steve and his team at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas were one of the first churches to pioneer The Leadership Summit via satellite. Steve has been a great
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Posted at Friday, August 10, 2007 8:03:00 AM   Comments (3) Email This Comment Here On Session 4from Ray PelletierUpdate: Download Marcus Buckingham's slides here.
Welcome back! As someone with a hefty dose of Ideation, Strategic, Communication, Activator, and Command, I invite you to share your thoughts on Marcus' session here! (Check out
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Posted at Thursday, August 09, 2007 3:57:00 PM   Comments (164) Email This Getting the Most out of the Summit from Kristen Aikman
Hello to everyone joining us this year at the Summit. I know there are a lot of newbies to the Summit, so I thought I would throw out a few ideas to help you make the most of your time (and not a bad reminder for veterans either). Our hope is that each session really messes with you - that the ideas and concepts that are presented challenge the
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Posted at Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:09:00 AM   Comments (30) Email This
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