Everyone is “a natural” at something. Think about it. I’m sure you know someone who is naturally gifted, endowed with more of a particular talent. If you’re like me, sometimes you get tempted to envy them. But you’re a natural at some things, too! In Strengths Finder 2.0 [1] Tom Rath used the 34 “themes” of strength that were identified by years of research done by the Gallup organization for the book Now Discover Your Strengths. Gallup surveyed over 100,000 people on their strengths and passions, and in their first book they identified and described the top 34.
Rath expanded the results to create ideas for action to help people spend more of their time working in the area of their greatest strengths. The evidence described in the book explained that when a person’s boss ignored them, there was a 40% chance they would disengage in their job. [click to continue…]
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