“One immediately contradicts the other. It is the perversion of knowledge or expertise. ” Marcus Buckingham (Nine Lies about Work – along with Ashley Goodall) writes in his 4th lie, “Well-rounded people are the best.” I agree with this, but with a side note. It’s obvious that the complexity of our world is growing. That…
Within the last lie that Buckingham cites, that leadership would be “a thing”, the idea of a general set of qualities of a leader is questioned. The reality shows that there are different types of good leaders. Each type reflects different capacities and strengths and yet they have all proved very successful in what they…
No, says Buckingham. It’s about finding love in what you do. Simply because you want to keep doing what’s enjoyable to do. This is key, rather than striving for a balance between work and private life. Finding a perfect balance is not obvious as this is almost impossible in our constantly changing reality. What we…
Each of us has potential, since “having potential” means that we have the capacity to grow, learn and become more efficient in what we do. What matters more to Buckingham M., in contrast with the focus on a person’s potential, is the realization of momentum. This is the result of good coordination between someone’s character…
Just about all studies of the last forty years show that people cannot be reliably assessed. Regardless how much we try to do this. A more reliable way to collect information about people is to score our own experiences. Your own experiences reflect your experience and cannot be seen as “wrong”, just because it is…
The above statement is turned into people’s need of attention. The focus is shifted from giving feedback to giving attention, with the same goal, to make people more efficient. Only the approach changes: when giving attention, the focus will be on strengthening one’s own solution capacity and creative thinking, you focus on what the other…
“I have the opportunity to use my strengths at work every day.” How would you answer the above statement? We hope that your answer is positive, because that would mean that you are convinced that you will be empowered by the work you do. Each of us is unique and has its own specific strengths…
The reason why is central to the third “lie” of Marcus Buckingham’s book. He indicates that pursuing goals just because you are expected to do this in an organization does not achieve the intended result. Companies spend a lot of money and time to work with step-by-step objectives (from high to low in an organization…
The last weeks of 2019 are ahead of us, and we are all inclined to make plans for the new year, 2020. Plans that we are convinced of that they will help us to be successful in what we do. However, in reality, it never ends how it was supposed to be. By the end…
Harvard Business Review recently published an article as a preview of the new book by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall – “Nine Lies About Work”. Both authors warn us for some lies considered as truths. Lie 1: people love the company they work for. Who is working, playing, living with me? There is always someone…