November 12, 2009

PODCAST: Driving Engagement by Focusing on Strengths

by Brian Brim and Jim Asplund
Brian J. Brim, Ed.D., is a Practice Consultant for Gallup. He is coauthor of Strengths Based Selling (Gallup Press, March 2011).
Jim Asplund is Chief Scientist, Strengths-Based Development and Performance Impact Consulting, with Gallup. He is coauthor of Human Sigma: Managing the Employee-Customer Encounter.
Too many managers focus on fixing people's weaknesses -- or worse, they simply ignore employees altogether. This doesn't boost performance, says Brian Briam and Jim Asplund in this podcast of their GMJ article Driving Engagement by Focusing on Strengths.