A Resource for Avoiding the Traps
This article draws on the ideas presented at a recent meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. To learn more about these ideas, see The Perils of Accentuating the Positive, edited by Robert B. Kaiser (Hogan Press, 2008). This book pulls together some of the leadership field's most respected authorities (many of whose views are outlined in this article) to share big ideas with a clear line of sight to practical applications for helping managers avoid the traps and hidden dangers of exclusively strengths-based development.
The idea of strengths-based development was introduced to a wide audience with the publishing of Now, Discover Your Strengths (Free Press, 2001), by Marcus Buckingham ...
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