Name: Strengths Based Leadership
ISBN: 9781595620255

Tom Rath

Barry Conchie

Gallup

Two leadership consultants identify three keys to being a more effective leader: knowing your strengths and investing in others' strengths, getting people with the right strengths on your team, and understanding and meeting the four basic needs of those who look to you for leadership.

Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

Strengths Based Leadership

Hannah Yang

The book itself is only 97 pages (and the majority is centered around four case studies exemplifying the four themes: Executing, Influencing, Relationship-Building, and Strategizing), followed by an 'additional resources' section describing each of the 34 Clifton Strengths and how to lead with those strengths. This makes it a short but not particularly insightful read. I think the biggest takeaway for me is to remember that people do not have to be good at everything (ie all the stereotypical leadership characteristics) in order to be good leaders. 

However, I actually love the Clifton Strengths assessment itself (this book includes an access code) and have found my own strengths extremely accurately described. So, two stars for the book, +1 because the assessment is my favorite 'personality test' / leadership assessment I've taken.

Lance Willett

Good desk reference for the https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/ "CliftonStrengths" personality tests.

Strengths Based Leadership Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

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