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Marcus Buckingham: Program Outlines

The One Thing You Need to Know
What do the world's best leaders do differently? Do great managing and great leading require different talents? What are they? Is it possible for you to excel at both? If so, how? In his presentation, Marcus Buckingham will answer these questions. Drawing on tens of thousands of interviews with the most effective managers and leaders, Marcus will get to the core of great managing, and great leading, and pinpoint the significant difference between the two. He will identify the one controlling insight at the heart of each and show you how the world's best have put these insights into practice.

Summary of “The One Thing You Need to Know” Presentation
Thriving in today’s versatile marketplace requires a new skill. Not drive, intelligence or creativity but focus – the kind of focus that filters out the excess and lasers in on the essential.

The One Thing You Need to Know About...
...Managing – Capitalize on Uniqueness
Discover what is unique to people and capitalize on it.

The four unique characteristics you must know about someone:


1. Strengths
2. Weaknesses
3. Triggers
4. Style of Learning

...Leading – Capitalize on the Universal
The four areas where all followers demand clarity:


1. Who do we serve?
2. What is our core strength?
3. What is our core score?
4. What actions can we take today?

Go Put Your Strengths to Work
How much of your time at work is spent doing what you do best? How about those who work for you and with you? If you are like most people, the answer is "not enough." According to renowned management expert Marcus Buckingham, the secret to great performance is to uncover and leverage strengths while managing weaknesses.

In this session, Buckingham will share his knowledge and experience, as well as use his research on the world's top managers, to get to the heart of building and sustaining strength-based individual and team performance.

Ultimately Buckingham will answer the question: What differentiates teams with the highest productivity, lowest turnover and best safety record from all the rest? He will describe why organizations struggle to build teams like their best and what you can do to replicate your best teams by taking a strengths-based approach to business.

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