On the 14th we shot a commercial for our upcoming StandOut Assessment.  Being a fan of "behind the scenes" features on DVDs and such, I thought I'd attempt to make my own mini-version.



Here is a slightly? interesting look at what went into making the upcoming…

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One of the pitfalls of playing to your strengths is a tendency we all have of dialing in our performance when the activity involves a personal strength.

One sign of a strength is the way you automatically fall into a rhythm of the activity. You're a natural. You take to certain things like a fish swimming or a bird flying - it…

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Each of our employees get a copy of Marcus' book, "Now discover your strengths" when they join us. So, we know the top 5 strengths of every individual that works for us. My questions: What is next? How do you take this knowledge further and make it work in your organisations? Any examples, success stories?



We've given it some thought and one thing we have done was to develop a database from where I can generate a Individualised Strengths Profile for any… Continue

Q: I feel like I've been searching and yearning to do something bigger my whole life. I have a lot of ideas, but never seem to follow through on them. I am too busy most of the time and am a poor planner, so I know I bring stress on myself. I have big ideas: I want to write a book, want to be a professional speaker, want to be super-organized and have a super-clean house. So why do I… Continue

This past Spring, I spent five incredible days being trained by some wonderful people from The Marcus Buckingham Company (TMBC.) I was immersed in the world of strengths, which is clearly their area of expertise. Funny thing is that for the past several years, I thought I knew my strengths. As it turns out, I had much to learn…



Simply Strengths



Buckingham’s Simply Strengths workshop is really a well-designed multi-media journey that takes you through a… Continue