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Assignment 5: Strengths Paper: 1. Reading Assignment: a. Start by watching this 5-minute video that will introduce you to Marcus Buckingham and the strengths revolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBP82OuG7m4 b. Then watch this 15-minute video on playing to your strengths by Marcus Buckingham http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=marcus+buckingham%2c+playing+to+your+strengths&qpvt=Marcus+Buckingham%2c+Playing+to+your+strengths&FORM=VDRE c. Read Rath & Conchie: Strengths-Based Leadership (pages 7 – 95 and the 3 additional resources related to your top 3 strengths) 2. Activity/Writing Assignments: a. Read Rath & Conchie: Strengths-Based Leadership (pages 7 – 95). b. Read Rath & Conchie: Strengths-Based Leadership (the 3 additional resources related to your top 3 strengths) c. Strengths Paper: Write a 600-700 word paper that identifies your top 3 strengths and how you can apply them to your current or future leadership context. What are your strengths/advantages? How do they relate to the 4 domains? Do you feel your results were accurate to you? How would you use your strengths in leadership?
TOM RATH
Gallup Global Practice Leader
Tom Rath has written two # 1
international bestsellers. His
first book, How Full Is Your
Bucket?, was a # 1 New York
Times bestseller, and his most
recent book, StrengthsFinder
2.0, is a l ong~running #1
Wall Street Journal and #1 BusinessWeek oestseller. In total,
Rath’s books have sold more than a million copies and have
made more than 100 appearances on the Wall Street Journal
bestseller list.
Rath has been with Gallup for 14 years and currently
leads Gallup’s workplace research and leadership consu lt ing
worldwide. He also serves on the board of VHL.org, an
organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
Ra th earned degrees from the University of Michigan and
the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Ashley, live in
Washington. D.C.
BARRY CONCHIE
A renowned Leadership
Consultant, Gallup’s Barry
Conchie is sought after by
CEOs around the world to
assist in aligning business
and talent strategies that drive
performance. As an expert in
executive assessment. team
diagnosti cs. and succession planning. he brings objective
measurement and insight to these important leadership areas.
Conchie was a public sector leader in the UK before joining
Gallup in London. In 2002. he brought his extensive global
experience to Gallup’s Washington. D.C. headquarters. where
Conchie now leads Ga llup’s executive leadership consulting.
He and his wife. Nicola, and children. Amy and Thomas. live
in Maryland.
JAC KE T DESIGN : CHIN ·HE LAI
AU THDR PHO TOG RAPHS : RATH BY CHRISTOPHER BANKS
CON CHI[ BY JAMES fERRY
GALLUP PRESS