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Work Your Strengths: A Scientific Process to Identify Your Skills and Match Them to the Best Career for You
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The authors publish their results from a nationwide study of 2500 people in an effort to find those "high performers" -- the people who do the best in their jobs - and understand why they do well.
Tables of data also identify the topmost skills of high performers, broken down by industry.
An excellent resource for managers and employers who need to place the correct people in the "right seats," as well as job seekers who are looking for their "best fit."
Chuck Martin is a New York Times business best-selling author, noted researcher, speaker and business strategist. He is the author of seven business books, including most recently, Work Your Strengths. As the Chairman and CEO of NFI Research, Martin is at the nexus of a global idea exchange and the leader of a research engine that regularly samples the mood and intentions of 2,000 senior executives and managers from more than 1,000 organizations in multiple countries, including many of the Fortune 500.
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