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‘Strengths guru’ Marcus Buckingham to speak at JCCC

02/17/2010 – Don't miss this educational and engaging presentation: Strengths-Driven Performance


Marcus Buckingham, who spent 17 years with the Gallup Organization researching the world's best leaders, managers and workplaces, will present Strengths-Driven Performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, in Yardley Hall of the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College as part of the Cohen Community Series.

Described as a "strengths-management guru" by sources such as Fortune Magazine and Oprah Winfrey, Buckingham is the world's foremost authority on helping people maximize their strengths rather than simply improving their weaknesses to increase work efficiency and personal growth. His almost two decades as a senior researcher at Gallup laid the foundation for a string of New York Times best-selling books.

In this presentation, Buckingham, who has a master's degree in social and political science from Cambridge University, will present key data from a number of different industries demonstrating the correlation between performance and engagement. His research indicates employees are more productive and teams more effective when employees are allowed to apply their greatest strengths.  Buckingham will offer a number of strategies to support people in leveraging the best of themselves and others in the workplace.

People who buy a ticket to Strengths-Driven Performance will have the opportunity to take an online Strength Engagement Track survey at no extra charge. Prior to the event, ticket holders will receive e-mail with a Web link for the SET Survey, which consists of 16 questions and takes approximately five minutes to complete. Knowing one's strengths in advance will add value and understanding to Buckingham's presentation outlining methods to capitalize on those strengths.

Tickets can be purchased through the JCCC box office, 913-469-4445, or online at http://www.jccc.edu/CohenSeries. All proceeds benefit JCCC scholarships and educational programs.

A limited number of VIP tickets are available, which includes admission to a VIP book signing with Buckingham following his lecture. Buckingham will sign copies of his books including First, Break All the Rules (co-authored with Curt Coffman, 1999), Now, Discover Your Strengths (co-authored with Donald Clifton, 2001), The One Thing You Need to Know (2005), Go Put Your Strengths to Work (2007), The Truth About You (2008) and his most recent Find Your Strongest Life: What the World's Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently. For more information or VIP tickets, call Christy McWard, 913-469-8500, ext. 4684.

Buckingham is the third presenter in the Cohen Community Series, inaugurated in 2008 in honor of the late Barton P. Cohen, president of Metcalf Bancshares, vice chairman and general counsel of Metcalf Bank and an attorney with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP. The Cohen Community Series was funded through a gift from Jon Stewart, chairman of the JCCC board of trustees, college alumnus, and former president of Metcalf Bank.

Web Site: http://www.jccc.edu/CohenSeries






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