First, Break All the Rules - What the world's greatest managers do differently. This introduced Gallup's Q12 - an engagement survey instrument.

Now, Discover Your Strengths. A complete reference book for understanding and using the Clifton StrengthsFinder™ assessment.

Strengths-Finder 2.0. An abbreviated personal guide for the Clifton StrengthsFinder™ feedback. This also introduced a newer, assimilated version of the original assessment.

Strengths-Based Leadership. An awesome guide for leaders - both in understanding how a leader's strengths lead to a unique leadership style as well as guidance for bringing out the best of each person in your organization.

Many people believe that mental decline is a natural part of aging … that is only true for those who do not keep their minds healthy, active and challenged.  In truth, we know that the brain can outlive the physical body and that mental decline is not normal. Other than disease of the brain, anyone can keep their brains active and healthy – but, we must keep it stimulated. Dr. Stuart Brown offers an important component to the healthy aging process … we all need to relearn how to play and to recognize the importance of play to maintaining our faculties. “Studies of early dementia suggest that physical play forestalls mental decline by stimulating neural genesis (page 58).”  In other words, we continue to develop new neural pathways as long as we continue to find creative ways to stimulate our brains.  Unfortunately, many of us in adulthood think that there is no time for play.  Nothing could be further from the truth. 
I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in having a healthier, happier and long adulthood!

For those of you who find yourselves thinking more pessimistically than optimistically during these challenging times, this book may be a great aid for you. The author, Alex Pattakos, had the privilege of discussing the ideas he presents in this book directly to Victor Frankl before Frankl’s death in 1999.  Many of you are familiar with Frankl’s most popular work, “Man’s Search for Meaning.”  Using the principles outlined by Frankl, Pattakos presents a step-by-step guide for breaking down and changing your limiting thoughts.  Each chapter covers one principle and then provides the reader with exercises to practice the learning. Pattakos poses the question, “Why do some people seem more capable of dealing with change than others?”  In this book, Pattakos provides you with information for improving your own skill level for dealing with change.