StrengthsFinder 2.0 By Tom Rath >> Review and free preview

Genre

Non-Fiction, Psychology, Business, Self-Help, Strengths, Positive Psychology, Personality Assessment, PsychoDiagnostics

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The Book

In StrengthsFinder 2.0, Tom answers why there should be a focus on strengths, gives an overview of the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment, and then discusses each of the 34 themes forming the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment in detail, with a dedicated chapter for each theme - the 34 themes are:

1. Achiever
2. Activator
3. Adaptability
4. Analytical
5. Arranger
6. Belief
7. Command
8. Communication
9. Competition
10. Connectedness
11. Consistency
12. Context
13. Deliberative
14. Developer
15. Discipline
16. Empathy
17. Focus
18. Futuristic
19. Harmony
20. Ideation
21. Includer
22. Individualization
23. Input
24. Intellection
25. Learner
26. Maximizer
27. Positivity
28. Relator
29. Responsibility
30. Restorative
31. Self-Assurance
32. Significance
33. Strategic
34. Woo

Rating

Yellow - the book is easy to read and relevant for general audience. But it is also a sales pitch for the personality assessment tool, which doesn't seem to have sufficient credibility in the psychometric assessment development circles.

I would suggest a layman to read the book as a self-introspective exercise and to understand what the best practices across the themes are.

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