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maximus_lupus's review against another edition
3.0
A gift from an old boss. The book was useful too.
creativepoet's review against another edition
3.0
I did take the assessment which you have to do in 20 mins to have a honest set of results. However the results were not to my liking. It’s also equally possible that I’m not there yet to understand the insights the results gave me. But hey, time will tell?
jenna_reads_'s review against another edition
5.0
I love this book and highly recommend it. It gives a name to traits that you’ve always known you’ve had. It also tells you about pitfalls of your strength and what types of other strengths to pair with.
gustavovalencia's review against another edition
3.0
Good food for thought, sure.
Worth the price? Thank god I didn't pay anything.
This is an elaborated sales pitch to make you spend more money in their Online Test Tool.
Who should pay for these tests? Companies trying to create better teams. Not individuals
Worth the price? Thank god I didn't pay anything.
This is an elaborated sales pitch to make you spend more money in their Online Test Tool.
Who should pay for these tests? Companies trying to create better teams. Not individuals
sburgart's review against another edition
5.0
This was very engaging and insightful to read! I'm Achiever, Learner, Activator, Input, and Intellection. Highly recommend.
lalatut's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting self-study on individual strengths. The book is a bit redundant to the website but gives more backstory and developmental history. The main idea is that culturally, Americans spend a lot of time and energy trying to improve areas of weakness - if you're bad at math you likely to spend longer working on it than other subjects and/or pay for tutoring, etc. If you're not empathetic, your job might require empathy training, etc. It says too few people actually spend enough time doing things they are naturally good at. This test is supposed to help individuals, families, organizations, companies change that. The test is meant to discover your top 5 out of 34 (I think) possible talents. It also comes with action items and application ideas once you know what they are. Also, even if you and another person share a #1 talent, it may be applied very differently based on what your other top 5 talents are - so it accounts for individuality. I was not 100% sold on the accuracy of my 3rd talent in my test results, but I'm still mulling over all the info. Mostly, it was right on - my favorite action items were: pursue further education in philosophy, literature, or psychology, find avenues for listening & counseling others, and start book clubs or similar discussion-facilitating shared interest groups. =)
the_bookcase's review against another edition
4.0
I would recommend also reading "Now Discover Your Strengths" for more detail and background.
richardwiggins's review against another edition
3.0
The wildly enthusiastic introduction to CliftonStrengths (TM) is absolutely hilarious - definitely developed by Americans. This book is essentially corporate star signs, but often ones which give you a good steer and have genuine practical application. There was a particular combination of trait descriptions that made me realise something gently profound about myself. And then there’s a lot of nonsense also.