The One Thing You Need to Know: Develop Your Strengths

Have you discovered your strengths, but find yourself getting sidetracked by tasks, people, or promises that prevent you from feeling strong at work?

This week I answer a question submitted through The One Thing You Need to Know campaign on how to stay focused on developing your strengths.

“I feel that I understand what my strengths are, but what else can I do to not get sidetracked?” – Lisa, from Syracuse, NY.
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Marcus is the author of two of the best-selling business books of all time, has two of the most circulated, industry changing cover articles on Harvard Business Review, and has been the subject of in-depth profiles in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, The Today Show, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. After spending two decades studying excellence at the Gallup Organization, and co-creating the Strengthsfinder tool, he built his own company that began as a Coaching + Education firm, and quickly turned into a Human Capital Management Tech company. He is known as the world’s most prominent researcher on strengths and leadership at work, and today leads all People + Performance Research as Head of the ADP Research Institute.
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[nikkiryan]

This is a great suggested activity.  The one-pager "Loathe vs Love". I had the privilege of hearing Marcus speak this week at the atd conference.  His message of "strengths replay" and becoming more aware of the activities you love-spending a week in love with your job was awesome!  Thank you Marcus for provoking different thoughts that have resulted in my need to put things into ACTION!  Can't wait to identify my "red threads".

[naders.]

Great advice. Thanks for starting the One Thing series.

[emank]

this was really useful! Thanks! btw you have incredible blue eyes :)