"Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer."
--Peter Drucker
Reviews
"This is powerful! Who will not want to discover their own strengths and then manage their work and relationships based on those insights? Education, business, government, and the church have much to learn from this book."
Robert C. Andringa, Ph.D.
President
Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
"This inspiring book serves as far more than a guide to management or professional success. It sets forth an approach -- documented by hundreds of thousands of case studies and careful analysis -- toward matters of personal responsibility, professional development, and personal happiness that is both simple and profound."
David Eisenhower
Associate Professor of Communications, University of Pennsylvania
Fellow of the American Society of Historians
"Strength-building employees are much more likely to strongly agree that they have the opportunity to do their best every day. Buttressed by evidence that is clear and concise, the book is interesting, understandable, and persuasive."
Bernard M. Bass, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Management, Center for Leadership Studies
State University of New York
"Measurement guru, corporate visionary, and social reformer-with-a-heart Don Clifton guides us from understanding to finding to managing strengths -- for ourselves and those we manage."
Graham Spanier
President
The Pennsylvania State University
"Managers often must identify the diverse strengths needed to create a team with a competitive advantage. This book provides tools to do it better."
Philip Stone
Professor of Psychology
Harvard University
"Now, Discover Your Strengths provides a roadmap to building a truly great and admired team, organization, or company. Attracting talented employees by identified strengths and providing a method for managing and multiplying those strengths to build the business could be the single most important new breakthrough in managing employees in the new millennium."
Garrett R. Mullins
Vice President, Customer Service Operations
COVAD Communications, Inc.
Additional Insights
The Best Way to Influence Others
The Talent to Manage Your Time
The Talent to Deal With Conflict
From the Book
Perhaps It's Your True Self You Fear
Are You Haunted by a Fear of Failure?
Are You Afraid of Your Weaknesses?
"Fidel," Sam Mendes, and Phil Jackson
Clifton StrengthsFinder Center
Visit the Clifton StrengthsFinder Center to learn more about how to maximize your strengths through insights, action items, and answers to frequently asked questions.
About the Creator of the
Clifton StrengthsFinder
Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. (1924-2003), a past chairman of Gallup, was the chief designer of the Clifton StrengthsFinder Profile. In 2002, he was was cited as the "Father of Strengths-Based Psychology" in an American Psychological Association Presidential Commendation.
