StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths

StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths

Not recommended

Unless this is a corporate requirement, you shouldn't buy. The book is only valuable in obtaining code necessary to take on-line questionnaire. The on-line information is much more complete than anything in the book. A better solution would be for Gallup to offer on-line registration (they may already, but it is not apparent on the WEB site)

No help for artists

I was VERY disappointed by this book, for four reasons. First, it seems geared to those who will live their lives inside organizations. What if you are able to see and appreciate beauty and want to be an artist or create your life as a work of art? What if you are fascinated with and drawn to nature and want to live close to it and teach others to appreciate it? You won't find your strengths in these areas acknowledged here, and you won't get any help with shaping your work accordingly. The test finds what it looks for, and what it looks for seems stuck in some very early management behavior paradigm. Second, you're given no help with figuring out how your five top strengths might be knit into a meaningful career/life. Third, if you take the test on a off day, when you're not feeling good about yourself or are overly influenced by something that just happened, and then you want to retake the test on a better day to verify the results, you can't. You can only use the passcode one time to go through the test. Fourth, the 34 themes are titled so sloppily that it appears the publisher didn't want to pay a good editor to make them parallel in construction. Why name the themes Achiever, Adaptability, Belief, and Command? What would have been wrong with revising these to be Achiever, Adaptor, Believer, Commander? This seems symptomatic of some really sloppy thinking. And no, Analytical was not one of my strengths, but I took the test on an off day. I frankly don't understand all the five-star reviews and Tom Rath's success.

It is time to focus on strengths, not weaknesses

This is an essential guide to understanding your top strengths. It is also helpful when guiding your employees to do their best by focusing on their strengths and not on their weaknesses. Author, "Trust is Everything: Become the leader others will follow"

A must buy!

This book is a must buy for all employees. I have had my teams take this test as well as write my dissertation on it. The book Elephants Can't Change but Leopards Can!!! has 2 chapters documenting results of employees who have found their path based on strengths versus weaknesses. My traits are: Command, Maxmizer Strategic Competitive Self Assurance

Very Satisfied

This is my second time completing an order for the StrengthsFinder 2.0 and I am yet again, satisfied. I experienced a issue with my shipping address as I failed to update. While I thought it would create a problem for me, your company was very helpful in getting everything resolved. For that, I will always be a loyal customer. Thanks so much.