Play to your strengths

Succeed in the workplace and in life by focusing on areas where you excel, advises GAC keynoter Marcus Buckingham.

To succeed in the workplace, in relationships, and in life, focus on your strengths and manage around your weaknesses, advises author and consultant Marcus Buckingham.

He’ll address the 2020 CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference, Feb. 23-27 in Washington, D.C.

In the workplace and within team environments, organizations should characterize people by who they are rather than what they lack, Buckingham says. That’s where companies will see the greatest return on investment from their employees.

“Learning is insight,” Buckingham says. “It’s generated from within the learner. What I’m trying to do as a team leader is capture moments so the employee, not me as a manager, can figure out ways to innovate around these moments, reapply them, and maybe even teach others about them.”

 

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