146 Quotes by Marcus Buckingham

We're all filled with naturally recurring patterns that make us unique - they're called talents. And our charge is to bloody well use them.

The best way to find out whether you're on the right path? Stop looking at the path.

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.

You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.

Discover what you don't like doing and stop doing it.

Clarity is the preoccupation of the effective leader. If you do nothing else as a leader, be clear.

Great leaders rally people to a better future.

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.

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.