The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

How To Find Ultimate Fulfilment At Work: Marcus Buckingham

May 5, 2022

Marcus Buckingham, a renowned career expert and bestselling author, shares his insights on finding ultimate fulfillment at work. He discusses his journey from overcoming a stammer to becoming a powerful public speaker. Focusing on strengths, he highlights the importance of effective questioning and fostering employee satisfaction over monetary rewards. Marcus critiques traditional feedback methods and advocates for a culture of acknowledgment. He emphasizes self-awareness and the joy in identifying passion at work as keys to enhancing job satisfaction.

01:40:29

Episode guests

Marcus Buckingham

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Great managers think the best of people to begin with

01:21

Give people reaction not feedback I.e. telling them what to do

00:48

The Relationship Between Love and Work in the Brain

01:19

What Characterizes a Successful Relationship?

01:13

Intro

5min

Embracing Individual Journeys

4min

Discovering Strengths: A Journey in Psychology

6min

Mastering the Art of Inquiry

9min

Fostering Employee Satisfaction

28min

The Intersection of Love and Work for Ultimate Fulfillment

3min

Finding Fulfillment at Work

17min

Navigating Panic and Passion

24min

Symbolism of Courage and Personal Growth

3min

Marcus Buckingham, is one of the world's most in-demand career experts and the author of several best-selling business books including, ‘First, Break All The Rules’, ‘Nine Lies About Work’ and ‘Love + Work’. He is known as the world’s most prominent researcher on strengths and leadership at work, and today leads research at the ADP Research Institute.

Marcus is used to consulting with teams at brands such as Disney, Coca-Cola, Microsoft and Facebook and focuses on strengths versus weaknesses, how to take feedback, how to build on strengths and identify leadership. From struggling with a stammer in his early teens, to becoming a prolific public speaker, Marcus opens up about how he overcame it as well as touching on many other insightful topics.

We talk about how to become a great manager, how to make your employees happy and what a strength really is. I want to thank Marcus for his enthusiasm and true love for what he knows so much about. I hope you will learn something from this because I certainly did.

Follow Marcus:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/mwbuckingham

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/marcusbuckingham

Marcus' book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Work-Find-What-Rest-ebook/dp/B08T24QK35

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