What every leader must know about the future of job creation
October 4, 2011
"What everyone in the world wants is a good job." In The Coming Jobs War, Gallup CEO Jim Clifton makes the bold assertion that job creation and successful entrepreneurship are the world's most pressing issues right now, outpacing runaway government spending, environmental degradation, and even the threat of global terrorism.
How fear destroys companies from the inside out and what to do about it
August 16, 2011
In his new book Breaking the Fear Barrier, Gallup executive Tom Rieger draws on the company's global research to identify the "fear barrier" and to show how and why fear destroys companies. The book explains how to transform a fear-plagued organization into one that is courageous and unstoppable.
A new book from Gallup Press shows what happens when your company interacts with your customers
November 7, 2007
Six Sigma transformed the manufacturing side of business, bringing excellence, quality, and conformity to finished goods. Now, Human Sigma, a new book published by Gallup Press, will bring the same excellence to the greatest challenge in business today -- managing people.
In the 2001 New York Times bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths, Gallup ignited a global conversation about the idea that success is built on identifying and developing the things you do best rather than shoring up weaknesses. Now, StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath offers a more in-depth analysis of each person's strengths. The updated assessment offers a new perspective on how talents can emerge in different ways for each individual.
12: The Elements of Great Managing builds on concepts that were introduced in the widely acclaimed First, Break All the Rules
November 8, 2006
More than a decade ago, Gallup combed through its database of more than a million people to figure out what the world's best managers did differently. What emerged was the national bestseller First, Break All the Rules. Now comes the long-awaited follow up -- 12: The Elements of Great Managing. The new book profiles great managers and draws insights from a database that has grown tenfold in recent years.
Drawing on surveys and focus group discussions with principals, teachers, parents, and students, Building Engaged Schools offers a comprehensive view of what's wrong with the current approach to education in the United States.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath shares the results of a landmark investigation
July 18, 2006
Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the value of friendships in our society across both our private and our public lives. The results are startling, provocative, and certain to change the way we look at friendships forever.
Provocative findings in Married to the Brand draw on 60 years of Gallup research
September 16, 2005
Married to the Brand: Why Consumers Bond With Some Brands for Life, by William J. McEwen, draws on more than 60 years of research from The Gallup Organization to examine how and why we connect to the products we use and the brands we buy.
Teach With Your Strengths highlights unorthodox -- and often controversial -- approaches
August 16, 2005
Teach With Your Strengths: How Great Teachers Inspire Students (Gallup Press; October 10, 2005) tells the stories of great teachers, many of whom reveal their unorthodox -- and sure to be controversial -- approaches. More than 40 years of research has provided Gallup with common themes among great teachers -- many of which result from rejecting some of the greatest educational fallacies in America today
The coauthor of the national bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths reveals the impact of positive interactions in work and life
July 6, 2004
While the daily headlines are full of information on the staggering cost of disengaged workforces, the authors of How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life focus on the other side of the equation: the impact that positive interactions make on people's lives -- both at work and at home.
