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Geoffrey Brewer is the Editorial Director of Gallup Press, which publishes books and the Gallup Management Journal. He is the editor of five national bestsellers: How Full Is Your Bucket? (#1 New York Times); StrengthsFinder 2.0 (#1 Wall Street Journal), which has sold more than 1 million copies to date; 12: The Elements of Great Managing (New York Times); Strengths Based Leadership (New York Times and Wall Street Journal); and most recently Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements (New York Times and Wall Street Journal.) He coedited Decade of Change: Managing in Times of Uncertainty.
Brewer brings more than two decades of publishing experience to Gallup Press. Prior to joining Gallup, he was a contributing writer on management for The New York Times and editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management, a strategy publication for senior executives. In 1994, Brewer launched Performance, a management quarterly. He was also senior editor for Incentive Magazine, a business management and news magazine, and managing editor of Meeting News, a business travel magazine.
Brewer is a seven-time recipient of the Jesse H. Neal Editorial Achievement Award from American Business Media. While he was editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management, the magazine garnered a Folio: Magazine Award for Editorial Excellence. He has been a frequent speaker on the topics of management, sales, and marketing. From 1996 to 1998, he was a guest lecturer on management topics at the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Brewer received a bachelor's degree in English from Oberlin College. He is based in Gallup's New York City office. Brewer lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, Regan Solmo, and their son, Henry.
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