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I first found out I had cancer on my eye and lost an eye to this disease when I was 16, and I've since had cancer in my kidneys and pancreas and a host of other areas.
Tom Rath
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'StrengthsFinder 2.0' is an effort to get the core message and language out to a much broader audience. We had no idea how well received the first strengths book would be by general readers - it was oriented more toward managers - or that the energy and excitement would continue to grow.
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I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs because that was their personality, and no matter how hard managers tried, there wasn't much they could do with some of those people.
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The real energy occurs in each connection between two people, which can bring about exponential returns.
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When we asked people if they would rather have a best friend at work or a 10% pay raise, having a friend clearly won.
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Clearly, there aren't enough positive moments or interactions happening in the workplace. As a result, our economy suffers, companies suffer, and individual relationships suffer.
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I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.
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At a very basic level, people need to know that there is constancy in their jobs and, more broadly, in where the organization is headed.
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Leaders need to be thinking constantly about what they're doing to create a basic sense of security and stability throughout an organization.
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Followers need to see how things will get better and what that future might look like. Leaders need to build that foundation of stability, and hope sits on top of that.
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Executives must place a priority on wellbeing if they want to attract the right people, keep their best people, and drive their company's financial performance.
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Having fewer unhealthy days and, in turn, more days when you have the energy to get things done is probably the global constant through which businesses and individuals can think about the quantifiable upside of increasing wellbeing.
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