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 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…