How to Put Your Strengths To Work with Marcus Buckingham

 Marcus Buckingham is a British author, motivational speaker and business consultant who has appeared on ABC’s The View, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Larry Ling Live, The Dave Ramsey Show, and many more. He suffered from a substantial stammer which he initially found very difficult to overcome, and said he was unable to speak until the age of 13. But he conquered it when asked to formally address other boys at his prep school by pretending he was speaking to just one person, rather than 300. He went on to study at Cambridge where he was recruited by educational psychology professor Donald O. Clifton, the founder of Selection Research (SRI) which allowed businesses to identify talents in individuals and match people to the right roles. SRI acquired The Gallup Organization in 1988 and took on the Gallup name during which time Buckingham became a member of a team working on a survey that measured a broad range of factors that contribute to employee engagement. From those surveys and interviews with thousands of managers, he published with coauthor Curt Coffman, the New York Times best-seller book First, Break All the Rules. The book describes what the world’s greatest managers do differently. With over 1 million copies in print, this book was also selected as one of the 1000 Best Business Books of All Time. In 2006, Marcus started The Marcus Buckingham Company (TMBC) and created management training programs and tools. This helped him to launch a coordinated series of products in conjunction with the publishers of Go Put Your Strengths to Work. Most notable was Trombone Player Wanted, involving a young boy who wants to abandon playing the trombone in favour of the drums (based on Buckingham's own experience in music classes as a boy). Together, the book and the film series became the basis of a TMBC workshop called Simply Strengths.  Janette caught up with Marcus in #Toronto, at #The Elevate Technology Conference and captured his talk on stage for this special behind-the-scenes access. Enjoy this Janette’s TV episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaohT2jCfbc. Please leave your comments in the feed and share us with all the amazing women and smart men in your life.  Kindly also hit the #BELL to be notified of all our upcoming episodes. Thank you!