In a war, no matter the outcome of a certain skirmish or battle, the winner is the party whose attitudes, behaviors and preoccupations come to dominate the postwar landscape. By this measure, the outcome of the gender wars, if wars they were, is clear: women won. Marcus Buckingham attitudebattlebehavior share on social
It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain that success for the long term. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are star examples. Marcus Buckingham appleexamplefacebook share on social
You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a CEO who has much of a clue about the strength of that culture. Marcus Buckingham advantageceoclue share on social
Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization - but only when they fall on fertile ground. Marcus Buckingham fallfertilegrind Change image and share on social
Americans just love convening. They are a convention-happy country and they love to get together to talk. Marcus Buckingham americanconvenconvention Change image and share on social
Men have the choice to arrange their schedules so they can pick up the kids from school twice a week. And they have the choice not to, and then to feel guilty about this choice. Marcus Buckingham arrangechoicefeel Change image and share on social
We dream of having a clean house - but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning? We don't have to dream about doing the work, because doing the work is always within our grasp; the dream, in this sense, is to attain the goal without the work. Marcus Buckingham attaincleandream share on social
Passion isn't something that lives way up in the sky, in abstract dreams and hopes. It lives at ground level, in the specific details of what you're actually doing every day. Marcus Buckingham abstractdaydetail Change image and share on social
My career expertise is as a psychometrician - somebody who builds tests to measure personality. Companies would employ me to build interviews to measure the talents of people before they were hired. Marcus Buckingham buildcareercompany Change image and share on social
I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be incapable of talking. I'm afraid that I'll make a complete fool of myself and be unable to go on. Marcus Buckingham afraidbigcomplete share on social
