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
We need to say goodbye to the traditional methodologies of corporate universities. Marcus Buckingham corporategoodbyemethodology Change image and share on social
Gen Y is really quite distinct from Gen X; it's really self-involved and very narcissistic - their cameras are filled with pictures of themselves; Facebook, it's about me. It's a generation that's been pampered by their parents and their schools, given prizes for just taking part. Marcus Buckingham cameradistinctfacebook 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
Life's tricky for women because they have to make more choices than men. And yes, choice is good, but boy, you better be an expert choice-maker. Marcus Buckingham boychoiceexpert Change image and share on social
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
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
It's odd that I'm a big name in America and not known in Britain. Marcus Buckingham americabigbritain Change image and share on social
Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths. Marcus Buckingham buildcorporationhelp Change image and share on social
CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are standardized, routinized, predictable. Stamping out variance makes a complex job a bit less complex. Marcus Buckingham badbiteceo share on social
