Do you remember that TV slogan ? "When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen." Well I felt the same way this morning when I opened up an e-mail advertising brief from Marcus Buckingham. Marcus has huge credibility following his career at the Gallup Organization and his run of top selling business books. I do not mind being marketed to from MB.
Marcus' mission is to bring a strengths revolution to the world of business. This simply means that there needs to be more of us utilizing our strengths at work. If one needs to hitch their wagon up to a revolution, and I do believe that all of us do at one time in our lives, the strengths revolution is the way to go.
Marcus' latest effort is a short film titled, Trombone Player Wanted. The film is actually a collection of six, fifteen minute DVD films designed to help us put our strengths to work.
In his last book, The One Thing You Need to Know, MB states that he is not a very good manager. Here is a cat that has arguably written the best book on management ever stating that he is not a good manager. But that is precisely where the beauty lies in searching out our strengths. And, although I haven't seen the film, I believe that it will help us to discover our strengths and put them to work.
The film trailer is very well done. Thanks for the link.
Posted by: Chris Brown | June 06, 2006 at 08:52 PM
Unrelated to this post Dave...I'm glad to see you back. I was beginning to wonder if you left the country. It wouldn't be unheard of nowadays.
Posted by: Joy | June 07, 2006 at 06:23 PM
Chris - Thanks for stopping by! I noticed you were recognized in the latest issue of Inside Business. (I still receive that here in Tampa) Congratulations!
Thanks Joy! It has been one of those periods when the words haven't been flowing. But you want them to flow, so you just have to gut it out sometimes.
Posted by: Dave | June 08, 2006 at 08:24 PM