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Clifton and his team developed the test using Gallup's historical polling data, interviews with leaders and work teams, and consultations. They identified four primary strength domains: executing, influencing, relationship building, and strategic thinking. Within those domains, they identified 34 strength areas: [3]
Donald O. Clifton (February 5, 1924 – September 14, 2003) was an American psychologist, educator, author, researcher, and entrepreneur.He founded Selection Research, Inc., which later acquired Gallup Inc., where he became chairman, and developed CliftonStrengths, Gallup's online psychological assessment.
Gallup is a private employee-owned company based in Washington, D.C., [3] [11] founded by George Gallup in 1939. Headquartered in The Gallup Building, [4] it maintains between 30 and 40 offices globally, [6] in locations including in New York City, London, Berlin, Sydney, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi, and has approximately 1,500 employees.
Of the 24 strengths, most can be assessed using self-report questionnaires, behavioral observation, peer-report methods, and clinical interviews. Three strengths, however, have yet to be reliably assessed: humility, modesty, and bravery. [1]
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As part of Gallup, Buckingham became a member of a team working on a survey that measured a broad range of factors that contribute to employee engagement. Based on those surveys and on interviews with thousands of managers, Buckingham published (with coauthor Curt Coffman) First, Break All the Rules (Simon and Schuster, 1999).
Jim Clifton is the chairman of Gallup, a global analytics and advice firm. [1] Clifton served as the CEO of Gallup from 1988 until 2022, and is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller It's the Manager, [2] the bestseller Born to Build, [3] The Coming Jobs War, and writes The Chairman's Blog. [4]
The book is a result of observations based on 80,000 interviews with managers [3] as conducted by the Gallup Organization between 1975 and 2000. The book goes into detail on debunking old myths about management, and gives advice to employers on how to obtain and keep talented people in their organization .