books by Gallup Press     books:       Strengths-Based Leadership43 reviews Tom Rath, Barry Conchie Gallup Press, 2009 Strengths Based Leadership I use this product with my Introduction to Leadership class. It is an excellent resource and fits exactly what we want in regards to leading with your strengths. This is outstanding for anyone and our kids absolutely love the book and the test that showed their individual stregths and how they can stategically use them.             How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids17 reviews Tom Rath, Mary Reckmeyer Gallup Press, 2009 Delightfully effective for kids. I read this to my granddaughters and a couple of their friends. They have used the concept many times, and parents are thrilled. It is heart-warming to see a four year old give flowers to the other grandmother, so that it will "help fill her bucket!" So sweet. This is an excellent way to redirect beginning arguments, and prepare for back to school contacts! Love It!!             Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without25 reviews Tom Rath Gallup Press, 2006 Friends--- More Than Just a "Good Idea" I've heard of good friends, close friends, old friends, casual friends, best friends, even "just" friends, but I had never heard the word "vital" to describe friends until this book. And that is exactly what Tom Rath proceeds to explain, that having friends, real, meaningful engaged relationships, is absolutely vital to our health, our well-being, and our personal and professional success. Not ...             StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths319 reviews Tom Rath Gallup Press, 2007 Gift This was a great gift from my manager. I recently purchased for my team to use as a team building and provide insight in managing the group.             12: The Elements of Great Managing26 reviews Rodd Wagner, Ph.D. James K. Harter Gallup Press, 2006 All great managers are expert cardiologists Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman's First, Break All the Rules, was published in 1999. In it, they discuss twelve crucial statements (Q12®) to which millions of workers had responded in surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization during the previous 25 years. Then in 2006, Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter's 12: The Elements of Great Managing was published. (Both are Gallup principals.) As they ...             Power of 2: How to Make the Most of Your Partnerships at Work and in Life10 reviews Rodd Wagner, Gale Muller Gallup Press, 2009 Not only for Business I found this book hard to put down. What struck me immediately is the application of the Power of 2 not only to work situations bu to life in general. Loved the great stories using real people. Read it.             How Full Is Your Bucket?: Positive Strategies for Work and Life109 reviews Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton Gallup Press, 2004 Bucket Review Purchased the book as a training tool for staff; yet it was a reminder to me to fill others' buckets, no matter who that person might be. Book is reader-friendly, and applicable. Cathy UTMC             StrengthsExplorer For Ages 10 to 14: From Gallup, the Creators of StrengthsFinder7 reviews Gallup Press, 2007 Excellent resource for parents and small group leaders As a parent of a teen boy, it was a wonderful resource to understand how he works and especially, how different his strengths are from mine. By naming his strengths, we could better use them to his advantage and frankly, ours too. We could appeal to his strengths in meeting homework deadlines, chores, etc. Also, as a small group confirmation leader, I found the exercises to be useful for the ...             Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think27 reviews John L. Esposito, Dalia Mogahed Gallup Press, 2008 The moderate majority speaks Here readers have finally been given the unglamorous truth, and that is that the US and the West are not engaged in a life and death war of civilization with the East. Instead we are faced with a people that we don't understand, and instead of our media and political leaders providing us with accurate descriptions of the Muslim people we are provided caricatures. These caricatures ...             Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community26 reviews Albert L. Winseman, Donald O. Clifton, ... Gallup Press, 2004 Best book ever! besides the Bible!!!!!! This was the best book in helping me discover my true calling. It didn't take long to realize my mission in this life. God is now in complete control of my life! If you want real change and commitment in your life then read this book! It will change your life forever! When you give over everything to him, he WILL do miracles and you will be closer to him than you ever thought possible. A must ...             Married to the Brand: Why Consumers Bond with Some Brands for Life8 reviews William J. McEwen Gallup Press, 2005 Chapters survey pride levels, common brand dilemmas, and more. Why do some consumers bond to brand names for life? Sixty years of Gallup research into consumer habits and their psychology lend to MARRIED TO THE BRAND: WHY CONSUMERS BOND WITH SOME BRANDS FOR LIFE. Many marketers work on first impressions without considering the reasons why consumers will stick with a brand. MARRIED TO THE BRAND tells how the most successful marketer not only creates the bond, ...             Living Your Strengths -Catholic Edition1 review Clifton, Liesveld Winseman Gallup Press, 2006 Are You On the Right Track? Are you on the right track? Do you wonder about why you love doing certain things and dislike others? Do you wonder why you react in certain ways? Are your looking for a better way to make right decisions, enjoy peace of mind, and live in harmony with others. This may be the book for you. The Catholic edition of "Living Your Strengths" is an extension of "strengths" research begun more than ...             Strengths Finder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your ...3 reviews Tom(Author) Rath Gallup Press, 2007 Identifying Talents, Not "Becoming Anything You Want to Be" We have all heard the adage that, if you work hard enough, you can become anything you want to be. Rath challenges this. We all have different strengths, and very seldom is someone very successful in something that is not his/her strength. Don't follow the path of greatest resistance! Rath criticizes the widespread societal practice on dwelling on failure instead of success. For instance, ...             Strengths Finder 2.0 Tom Rath Gallup Press, 2007             Teach with Your Strengths: How Great Teachers Inspire Their Students11 reviews Rosanne Liesveld, Jo Ann Miller Gallup Press, 2005 Strengths I believe it is an important step to look at strengths and how to use them to benefit others instead of weaknesses. Good book for teachers and leaders.             Growing an Engaged Church: How to Stop "Doing Church" and Start Being the Church Again5 reviews Albert L. Winseman D.Min. Gallup Press, 2007 Meeting A Basic Human Need - Being Part of Something Bigger Than Mere Existance Mainline Christian churches have been in decline for nearly 40 years, and increasingly are labeled as lifeless and outmoded. Albert Winseman's "Growing an Engaged Church" provides a thoughtful approach on how to turn this around and create a church that is full of life and in tune with the needs of all who seek to be part of something bigger than mere existence. Winseman's work is based on the ...             Building Engaged Schools: Getting the Most Out of America's Classrooms4 reviews Gary Gordon Gallup Press, 2006 Data-based, Thoughtful, and Compelling Gallup's work in the area of strengths is well known and widely used in both the world of business and in many colleges. See, e.g., Now, Discover Your Strengths. This book makes a compelling case for reconciling the competing agendas of No Child Left Behind and the school, student, and teacher-centered approaches by rallying around engagement, for both students and teachers. As usual with ...             How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton Gallup Press, 2005             The Best of the Gallup Management Journal 2001-20073 reviews Gallup Press, 2007 Research-driven insights from a variety of perspectives Credit Geoffrey Brewer and Barb Sanford with a superb judgment when selecting articles that first appeared in the Gallup Management Journal from 2001 until 2007. As they explain in the Introduction, "In its essence, the GMJ's purpose is to give leaders actionable insights into managing the human side of their businesses - their employees and customers. It continues to be our hope that those ...             Human Sigma: Managing the Employee-Customer Encounter15 reviews John H. Fleming, Jim Asplund Gallup Press, 2007 Soon to be the handbook for transformational organizational change Human Sigma is extremely well researched (no surprise there, coming from Gallup), very well written, and absolutely revolutionary in content. 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