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Conversation 7: The Strengths and Talents Conversation

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Mary entered Sandra’s office with some trepidation, knowing that she was about to be appraised for her performance after her initial six months on the job. She is an accountant in a medium-sized professional services firm.

If you want to engage the hearts and minds of people at work, you need to give them the scope to apply their strengths and talents at work.

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  1. 1.

    Baker, T. (2013). The end of the performance review: A new approach to appraising employee performance. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

  2. 2.

    Rath, T. (2007). Strengths finder 2.0. New York: Gallup.

  3. 3.

    Ibid.

  4. 4.

    Baker, T. (2013). The end of the performance review: A new approach to appraising employee performance. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

  5. 5.

    Simpson, J. (1988). Touching the void: The true story of one man. New York: HarperCollins.

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Baker, T. (2019). Conversation 7: The Strengths and Talents Conversation. In: Bringing the Human Being Back to Work. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93172-2_20

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