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StandOut 2.0
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StandOut 2.0

by Marcus Buckingham
July 2015
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
3h 46m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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CHAPTER 4

“Whistles for Everybody!”

How Strengths-Building Accelerates Innovation

In an important sense, the StandOut assessment is an innovation delivery system. Yes, it reveals your edge, but more importantly, it delivers to you weekly practical innovations, tips, and techniques that you can use to sharpen this edge and win at work.

We all revere innovation. It is the mystical driver of progress, the secret sauce, the touchstone we reach for when we can’t see our way forward. Our managers, leaders, and even our president cajole us to outthink, outsmart, and out-innovate the competition. In these accelerated times, only innovation will keep us relevant, allow us to keep thriving, and get us ahead and keep us there.

When we say this, what do ...

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