StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths Reviews

• Great if you haven't read "Now, Discover Your Strengths" and taken Strengthsfinder

  
  By A232YD3GHZ4PCT on 2007-02-20
  
  If you've read Buckingham's books (esp. "Now, Discover Your Strengths") it's hard to say there's much more here. In fact, there isn't. The stickers you can paste on the front of the book and printable door hangers are silly gimmicks, and there is very little new information on your themes.
  
  Is the test really any better or more accurate? It's impossible to say. The book says in most cases you'll end up with four of the same five themes.
  
  If you take the test again and get one or two "new" top 5 themes, you've gained some insight I suppose. This begs the question, why doesn't Gallup rank your strengths 1 through 34 instead of giving you a glimpse of the top 5 only?
  
  This is merely an extra entry fee to move the curtain only slightly. If you're a strengths-based fanatic like me, go ahead and buy it. But be warned, Rath is no Buckingham. "Now Discover" is a vastly superior book.
  
  

• "Mirror, mirror on the wall...."

  
  By A26JGAM6GZMM4V on 2007-04-04
  
  You will probably find no head-snapping revelations in this book if you have already read Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman's First, Break All the Rules and/or Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton's Now, Discover Your Strengths (especially the latter). Nor does Tom Rath claim to offer any. Rather, this is a new and upgraded edition of the Gallup organization's previous online test (StrengthsFinder 1.0) that enables those who take it to identify and measure their talents relative to "more than 5,000 new personalized Strengths Insights that we have discovered in recent years."
  
  In Rath's two previously published books, How Full Is Your Bucket? co-authored with Donald O. Clifton and Vital Friends, he shares his own reactions to an abundance of research data which reveals the importance of two separate but related forces which have profound impact on the workplace: getting strengths in alignment with work to be done and then developing them even more with strategic delegation and close supervision.
  
  What we have in this book, Strengths Finder 2.0, is a wealth of new research material that Rath examines with exceptional precision and uncommon eloquence. I strongly encourage each reader to take full advantage of the self-diagnostic opportunities that both Rath and the Gallup organization generously offer. Of course, once various exercises are completed, a significant challenge remains: to take effective and productive action to apply what has been learned. It is helpful to be aware of what Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton so aptly characterize as the "knowing-doing" and "doing-knowing" gaps. It is also helpful to recall Peter Drucker's observation more than 40 years ago: "There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all."
  
  Presumably Rath agrees that, more often than not, the Yoda is right: "Do or do not. There is no try."
  
  

• New and Improved. YES!

  
  By A2YPIUL37AH3VV on 2007-02-13
  I just received my 5 copies this past week (yes, I'm a "dealer")and I'm greatly impressed with the upgrades they've made to the book. Gallup has streamlined the book to serve more like a small manual for people taking the online instrument, without the other data and commentary present in "Now, Discover Your Strengths". They have wisely put the codes in an enclosed envelope to prevent "code stealing". The book is also linked to a new version of their website that contains improved interpretation resources and personalized reports. (There are even options for what type of "certificate" you want to print out. Fancy)
  
  The book also includes small stickers for each of the 34 talent themes so you can stick your "top 5" on its glossy red and white cover for a convenient reminder. Cute to some, essential for others. Buying the book is still the only way to take the online instrument, but now it's more affordable and streamlined. Let the Strengths Revolution continue!
  
  

• What are the strengths YOU can rely on?

  
  By ANOZ7MS4UIXP5 on 2008-12-07
  This book starts with a quote, that says a lot:
  
  "Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?"
  -- Benjamin Franklin
  
  Franklin's quote represents the overarching theme of StrengthsFinder 2.0 This "book" is really a test that helps you identify your top five strengths from 34 possibilities, in the hope that you can have the opportunity to do what you do best every day.
  
  Chances are, you don't. For most people, our natural talents go untapped, especially at work. Our society has taught us to focus on fixing our shortcomings, rather than developing our strengths. To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of the StrengthsFinder in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on the bestseller lists.
  
  In StrengthsFinder 2.0 Gallup unveils a new and improved version of its popular assessment. While you can read this book in one sitting, you'll use it as a reference for decades. It's loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, and helps you to understand those around you who have strengths and tendencies that are different from your own.
  
  My other favorite book that includes an online test and has been a huge help to me at work and at home is The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book.
  
  

• Buy the Original by Buckingham Instead.

  
  By A1VMD2IL5LJDB5 on 2007-03-17
  What a disappointment. This book contains two parts, Part 1 and Part 2.
  Part 1 gives you 30 pages on the background of strengths.It does very little delving into the science behind the work like the first book.
  Part 2 is a description of the Strengths themes. Unlike the first book where you have a section on describing the strengths and a section that discusses managing someone with the strength (which is very detailed and helpful for managers)this book reduces discussion on managing others with their strengths to a few bullet points.
  The first book has THREE sections instead of two and a full seven chapters compared to 2.0's two sections without chapters. In the first book the first chapter gives you the background on strengths, the second chapter describes how to build your strengths, the third chapter discusses the strengths assessment instrument, the fourth chapter goes deep on the 34 strength themes,the fifth chapter goes into commonly asked questions about strengths, the sixth chapter discusses managing people by their strengths and the seventh chapter discusses building a strengths based organization.
  The first book has over 247 pages that are nearly twice the size of the 174 pages of 2.0 which has much smaller pages as it is more of a handbook size than a traditional book size.
  Please don't shell out your cash for this Cliff Note version of the real thing!
  
  
• No good for libraries
  By A9SUQGM2STUYV on 2007-05-21
  To take the test you need to go online and access it using a unique password provided with the book. Libraries should not waste their money. The book is only useful to the first person who checks it out. Subsequent patrons will not be able to take the test and the book is of no use if you don't take the test.
  
  
• This Woo was not wowed!
  By A3K9PXP7D07JNK on 2007-03-08
  Since Now Discover Your Strengths was very interesting and helpful, I've been very excited to read 2.0.
  
  I was expecting 2.0 to be a new layer of the strength finder "onion" (aka more insight, more inforamtion, deeper understanding), but instead it is just the same onion is a slightly different format.
  
  The ability to create a "customized version of your top five theme report" is really a print out of the same check lists found in the book. You can "customize" the check list by only including the predetermined action items that you want in the report.
  
  The action items are similar, to the ones found in Now Discover Your Strenghts, so if you photo copied your Now Discover action items and crossed off the ones you don't like - Presto! Instant "customized version of your top five theme report."
  
  My advice, if you've read Now Discover, you are covered. If you haven't, 2.0 is full of the same great information.
  
  
• Enjoyed it
  By A31OU2HH1B12EF on 2008-09-19
  As a professional Human Resource developer, I have designed and implemented curriculum for the development of leaders, supervisors, managers, and executives. They are aware they have talents, but still encounter a variety of situations that challenge them in their use of these talents. In particular, talented people rarely have coworkers who provide candid feedback on their perceptions of these talents. If they do comment, it is typically in the heat of anger or a dash of praise (far from an honest and objective evaluation for formative purposes). In fact, most supervisors do not solicit nor value subordinate evaluations. Therein lies the value of StrengthsFinder 2.0. It allows the individual taking the test to objectively be evaluated via the assessment. Most people I've given the test to say that it teaches them a lot about themselves and (perhaps even more importantly) provides a helpful reminder of the unique strengths they possess that they should lean into each and every day.
  
  There is another book that I now provide in trainings alongside the StrengthsFinder. It was recommended here in a review of the StrengthsFinder. It's called The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book and the EQ skills complement strengths psychology very well. Essentially, your strengths are what you can't change, and the emotional intelligence skills are the soft skills that you can. Since both books come with tests you not only learn the concepts, but also where you stand today.
  
  
• My Strenghts: Learner, Responsibility, Achiever, Intellection, Input
  By A3P062EHS66OCE on 2007-08-09
  StrengthsFinder 2.0 is not so much a book as it is an online personality profile. The major premise of this book is that people can take one of two avenues for success (in business, love, life, etc.), they can either focus their efforts on minimizing their weaknesses or focus their efforts on maximizing their natural strengths. StrengthsFinder 2.0 (as one might assume from the title), advocates the latter approach and is intended to assist the reader in identifying and maximizing his strengths.
  
  The book is divided into two parts. The first part is a presentation of the above mentioned thesis. In books if this genre, one would expect a dizzying amount of anecdotal evidence; but while a couple examples are given, Rath refreshingly bucks the trend and gives the reader "the meat." The second part of the book is a brief description of various "strengths" (what you naturally do better than most of the population, alphabetically arranged) and tips for utilizing these strengths in the workplace.
  
  I'll admit that this is the only book I've reviewed that I haven't read cover to cover. Instead, I read the introductory section and the brief descriptions of my particular "strengths" (as determined by the on-line test). Since (for example), I don't have the "woo" strength, I don't feel competent evaluating it. However, I found that the strengths I did score well in accurately identified where I tend to excel and described my approach to things well. I feel that I've grown by understanding myself better and the strength-oriented advice has thus far been fruitful.
  
  The opening section on the premise was short and to the point. They forcefully argue for the reader to identify and focus on his strengths yet are careful to recognize that there may exist some weaknesses that necessitate minimizing. Their arguments are logical and compelling; I enjoyed reading it and buy into their thoughts.
  
  As other reviewers have pointed out, StrenghsFinder 2.0 is not so much as book as it is an online test cleverly marketed as a book. Aside from the first section (framing the premise), the rest of the book is pretty useless. After using the sealed code inside the book to access the online test, you receive a printer-friendly recapitulation of the "strengths" in section 2 that pertain to you. You may only take the test once and must purchase another book to gain another access code should you want a co-worker, spouse, or other person to take it. Like other reviewers, I had difficulty actually getting to the online test. I imagine this is party due to my lack of computer skills, and partly due to the awkward layout of their advertised web page. The test takes about 30 minutes, questions are timed (so that you don't think about it too much and answer the way in which your mind naturally works).
  
  In all, StrengthsFinder 2.0 is an excellent premise, a fine analysis of common strengths, and sound advice for persons exhibiting said strengths. But is it really a book? If book is defined as a series of sheets of paper with words/pictures on each page...yes, I suppose it is. If book is defined as a logically presented, complete thesis...then it's not really a book...it's more along the lines of a thick instruction manual, telling you how to take an on-line test. And while the premise, analysis, and advice is good, I argue that it's still incomplete. I find myself wanting to know more about my particular strengths--theory as well as practice, anecdotal as well as statistical. It is my hope that a follow up book (without an on-line component) is forthcoming.
  
  In all, I would recommend this "book" and believe it will be a great aid in leading to vocational excellence and fulfillment.
  
  
• Not as insightful as I expected
  By A23NGLN9NNCZKT on 2007-06-24
  StrengthFinder 2.0 starts with a very interesting premise: We will succeed better in the workplace if we focus on our strengths rather than work on our weaknesses. To this end, it identifies 34 key talents, and provides a one-time online test to purchasers of the book, to find out what their 5 top strengths are. So far, so good. So why have I only given the book 3 stars?
  
  1. This diagnostic is great for those who do not know themselves. For those of us who have gone through a battery of personality tests, and there are many of them free online (the MBTI is one), it doesn't appear to me to offer all that many new insights. I am an INTP on the Myers Briggs test, also known as "The Thinker", and guess what, 4 of my top 5 talents according to StrengthsFinder are in the "thinking" category. (Tell me something new!)
  
  2. While Strengthsfinder tells you your top 5 strengths individually, it doesn't consolidate all this information to tell you what this means on a consolidated basis. It doesn't say for example like the MBTI the percentage of people who have my unique combination of talents, and what the combination of traits means in my interactions/ skillsets at work
  
  3. It doesn't tell you what career you are best suited for given these particular talents
  
  In short, it is useful but hardly earthshattering in insight; my advice is start with the free online MBTI tests, and if you have money to spare, get this book to see if the results tally.
  
  
• Little more than rehash and the website would not work
  By ABDD825E0EV3B on 2007-04-11
  I'd read Now Discover Your Strengths and taken the earlier version of the StrengthsFinder but I could not get the website to work, even with two support calls and an emails. Therefore, I felt like I'd wasted my money.
  
  
• defective code
  By A1GK66JWUHD8TQ on 2007-07-03
  I was, and still am, unable to take the online assessment. By the looks of others on the message board, I am not alone. I e-mailed tech support about the problem. They e-mailed me back my log-in information which was not what I needed.
  
  
• A teaser book on strengths
  By A17AU9I3NPZHV9 on 2007-11-24
  I was excited to read this book and hopefully use it to re-direct or jump start my career especially since this book was so highly touted in BusinessWeek. However, after over 6 months of failed attempts to get the online quiz to work, I have to label this book a BUST!
  
  The first 30 or so pages get you excited learn about a well researched strengths guide. I couldn't stop turning the pages wanting to learn how each strength thrives in different job positions. However, it's a stop down to get to page 31 and realize you have to take the test. The rest of 175 pages are explanations to the strengths you scored high on while taking the online test. The problem is the online test never worked. It kept giving me an error message. Thinking the sight was down I tried taking the assessment at different times and days all with the same results. Then to top it all off, NO RESPONSE from their support time.
  
  It's very dissappointing that a book proclaiming succeeding and growing in leadership appears to have none when it comes to their web site. This is sad because the online assessment is the biggest part to understanding the book and utilizing the book.
  
  Buy another leadership/strengths book since this one appears worthless.
  
  
• Beware: You Only Get Your Top 5 Themes And Not All 34 In Order
  By A3GSYDK6GWMDKY on 2008-03-24
  The book is a quick read and very helpful in getting one to think about one's strengths and the potential complementary strengths to look for in others to offset one's weaker areas, if you work in a team environment. However, once I completed the online test and obtained the resultant reports, I was shocked to learn that I would only get the Top 5 Themes, and the other 29 remain a mystery. Upon contacting the company, I learned that for an additional $550.00 I could then obtain the other 29 themes, as well as their order of ranking. It is obvious to me that this book is being used as a sales "hook" to try to get you to spend more money with the company and may also be being used as a "beachhead" sales device to penetrate into potential corporate accounts. I was not surprised or enlightened at all by the results, as I have been through a number of these types of profiling and behavioral characteristics tests over the years. However, they were "somewhat" useful to reconfirm some of my prior findings as still being current as of today. I would recommend the book and online test if you have never been through something like this before. They are quick and very easy to use. Just be aware that the top 5 themes are only a glimpse of your total "being" and the other 29 are just as important to your knowledge about yourself. However, unless you are willing to cough up another $550.00, you may end up disappointed and still a bit "in-the-dark" about your overall strengths. Good luck.
  
  
  
• Your key to discovering your strengths
  By A1XWCKEPRN6LQA on 2007-03-10
  This book contains the code to take free, online the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment. Discovering your strengths is the first step towards building on them, the proven method for maximizing your effectiveness and performance.
  
  The "must read" book, "Now, Discover Your Strengths" has the code for the original StengthsFinder assessment which is still online, but the StrengthsFinder 2.0 is the newer, updated, improved version.
  
  What ths book does not contain much of is the background theory of the Strengths-Based Organizations movement. So, reading other books in the Gallup Organization series is necessary to get the full benefit of the information.
  
  
• Great expectations - no use.
  By A2HRS74DT4I7DQ on 2007-03-30
  Bought the book with great expectations. Hurrily opened the book in search of the secret code to access the test. Found the 8 digit code and filled it in the right place. And nothing!!! No luck. Once you enter the code there's no turning back and nothing to alter. I failed. The help desk couldn't help me (kept asking me for a 10 digit access code) and the purchase was a total waist as the text in the book is useless if you haven't made the test and know your talents.
  
  
  
  
  
• Assessment NOT Helpful with No Retake Option
  By A3JLVR8Y9WF3YT on 2007-04-02
  The content and types are probably very heavily supported with survey data but, in my case, the top 5 are clearly not my top 5 strengths and a couple that don't show up are much more applicable. After trying to retake it and getting no where with customer service, I have found it to be of minimal help to me since the results are not accurate and they won't let you retake the survey. Ultimately, I am just out the cost of the materials.
  
  
• Optimal Solution for Understanding Yourself
  By A145N9X9GNJMOC on 2007-09-23
  I've been a senior leader of several organizations, and consequently have been exposed to a gauntlet of industrial psychologists, personality tests, intelligence tests, leadership training, cultural orientations, yada yada.
  
  This book/body of knowledge/tool does 2 things extremely well. By well, I mean in an optimal way measured by the degree of understanding relative to the time investment. First, for an investment of maybe an hour at minimum, and an additional few hours to explore the guidance and begin to consider the implications and choose new behaviors, etc. you get, in my opinion, the best single, and correct perspective about yourself than any combination of the other methods mentioned above, period. It is not just directionally correct, like a horoscope type paragraph that would be true for anyone who read it, but rather a set of desciptions of your strengths that just "nail it" and descibe you as you know yourself. It tells you about yourself in a way that you can understand, regardless of whether you or anyone who is around you has ever articulated it.
  
  The second thing it does well is offer a rational and empirically validated framework that is just long overdue. It is a simple truth that has been so elusive. It addresses a major reason why leadership is so rare in business - the modern organization strangles out your ability to contribute by trying to fix what you will likely never be much good at, or hate doing even if you end up with some level of proficiency at it.
  
  Get it, read it (25 minutes) and take the online test (35 minutes). If you are like me and the 50 people around me who've infectiosuly taken and immediately recommended this thing to their inner circle of friends and family, you will absolutley find value in it. But like anything, an idea or a tool is only as good as it is put to use. A master craftsman never blames his tools. Remember to act on it and that is something for which only you can be responsible.
  
  
• The Online Quiz Doesn't Function - Only Received "Error"
  By A2SU6JFFP4GYRN on 2007-10-20
  The book was enticing, especially because the leader of a meeting I attended this week recommended it. I purchased it on a Thursday, sat down to take the assessment on this Saturday morning, and after 35 minutes of the quiz, NO RESULTS! Instead of results, my computer screen just said, "Error. Please contact customer service."
  The company must not work weekends because 6 hours later, no response, not even a thank you, we'll get back to you later. The three times I relogged onto the website, I waited while it said, "Please wait. Calculating your results." and then the same error message. If you're busy, this is not for you. The book is pricey and absolutely useless without results from the quiz. Based upon my experience, DON'T BUY IT.
  
  
• Why the book?
  By AORF2P2R52ZVT on 2007-08-08
  Really, the reason for this book is to get the access code to take the online StrengthsFinder assessment. The book doesn't give you much more information than what you get online, so it's clearly just a ploy to make more money. If they really wanted to give people more value with the book, they should include more occupational information, and more information about using your strengths throughout the lifespan. Or, how about a section for counselors to help them utilize the StrenghsFinder in the career counseling process?
  
  
• Useless questionaire and results
  By A3AIFKME104UHU on 2008-01-13
  The book is nothing but a description of a collection of personality types which I could have gotten from any other book on say Myer Briggs types. The questionnaire, which was supposed to give me my personal types gives me my 5 types which I already know (thank you). How difficult is it for me to say for example that I am driven by competition or that I am an activator!!!
  Now I have 5 types and I am sitting to link up the 5 descriptions and be able to say what is the single me. The descriptions in the book are too general or maybe I had too high opinions of the book from Gallup. I have seen a similar way of things by Gallup in other areas. They are good in creating a process for creating survey etc but the content in survey (if you pardon my language) is BS. Its just my humble opinion. Take it or leave it.
  
  
• Identifying Talents: Not "Become Anything that You Want to Be"
  By A3Q04XXGGED746 on 2008-06-13
  We have all heard the adage that, if you work hard enough, you can become anything you want to be. Rath challenges this. We all have different strengths, and very seldom is someone very successful in something that is not his/her strength. Don't follow the path of greatest resistance!
  
  Rath criticizes the widespread societal practice on dwelling on failure instead of success. For instance, there is excessive attention paid to poor grades in school instead of to the good ones. He also believes that talents are innate, and change little through life. He even cites a study (p. 18) that indicates that the child's personality traits at age 3 are very similar to those at age 26.
  
  After extensive research, the Gallup Organization developed a list consisting of 34 common talents, each of which is described in this book in a separate chapter. I will briefly describe a few of them. A person with the Analytical talent is good at picking apart ideas, projects, etc., not to destroy them but to make them work better. He/she would do well in marketing, database management, or medical research. A person with the Intellection talent likes mental activity. He or she would do well in studies of philosophy, literature, or psychology. The Learner constantly wants to learn something. He/she might learn best by teaching.
  
  Evidently, this book has hit the chord. It has been a bestseller for many years, has been translated into several languages, and has been used by businesses, schools, community groups, etc.
  
  
  
• Not worth $20, not worth even $1
  By AOUKASM8Z3O9A on 2008-02-08
  A couple of words of warning:
  
  First, the Web site that goes with this book (and which contains the all-important "strengths" test the book is geared around) is quite buggy - lots of user complaints on the related forum, plus my own experience was an unhappy one - when I completed the test I was abruptly transferred back to the logon page, where I found that I was completely locked out - my old password was dead and I couldn't create a new password that worked.
  
  Second, the "report" generated by the test was weak and inane. It identified not strengths but only some of my work habits - far from being the same thing. The suggestions at the end of the report were likewise tepid.
  
  In short I would suggest this book is big on hype, low on useful information. I see all the glowing reviews and can only wonder at them.
  
  
• Leverage Your Strengths for Success!
  By A2K4XIEAA8YA7X on 2007-03-10
  Each copy of this book comes with a unique evaluation code. Use it to take an on-line evaluation which takes about 20 minutes to complete.
  
  Once complete, you will be presented with your top five Strengths along with a personalized guide and Action Plan creator. Think DISC on steroids. This tool provides very specific suggestions on how to leverage those strengths to help you become more successful!
  
  This review authored by Tony Marriott, your information source for Phoenix Real Estate
  
  
  
• New Strengthsfinder Reports Very Helpful
  By A135J5XQ4DKR8P on 2007-04-11
  I've been using the StrengthsFinder assessment for some time with my career coaching clients. We have not encountered any technical issues in taking the assessment (as some reviewers have noted). While the book is not nearly as in depth as Buckingham's "Now, Discover Your Strengths," I don't believe it was intended to be. The real benefit is the updated and more useful reporting available with version 2.0.
  
  Finally, I noticed that some reviewers did not believe their results were 100% accurate. We need to remember that this assessment measures TALENTS which can become strengths, if they are not already developed. Perhaps that's the case with some of those folks.
  
  
• We can do what we set our mind to do
  By A2021X20GGJLT4 on 2008-01-07
  While I agree that it is great to hone in on what your "natural" talents and strengths are, I disagree with the author that we can't do whatever we set our mind to do. I believe the mind is a very powerful tool and if we have a goal that we set our mind to achieve but don't possess the "natural talent" for it, that we are still capable of accomplishing it. This has been proven throughout history. If we only spent time on "what we are good at" we are limiting ourselves from personal and professional development.
  
  
• bunk
  By AZ00756QZVHL5 on 2008-02-08
  This was not helpful - the results were vague and contradictory.
  And the follow up implementation plan had little "real world" value.
  Plus I didn't learn anything I didn't know - I found myself thinking "no...duh" a lot.
  
  I heard the first book was good and the writer is a very engaging speaker. (I think the second book just made a money-making gimmick out of it - typical sequel syndrome)
  
  
• Too General to be highly useful
  By A3MSX6KR7CVA4U on 2007-05-24
  At the age of 35, I thought that this book could help me hone in on specific strengths to assist me in developing a plan for a career change. While the book may be useful for someone right out of college, I thought that the themes identified were too general. They are attributes that anyone who is even mildly reflective would already know about him/herself. For example, output included statements like "you are stimulated by learning and should be engaged in work where you are given an opportunity to learn new things." Of course I already know this because I answered about 5 questions confirming that I like to learn! Perhaps if the program gave more examples of ways in which these strengths could be applied, it would be more useful for someone like me.
  
  
• Don't waste your time
  By API9HATQ3ZLHH on 2008-05-06
  Total waste of time. Many/most of the "strengths" they list are contradictory, overlapping or basically unscientific. To determine 39 separate values in a 20 minute test is impossible, and you end up with a mishmash of vague descriptions that in some way could apply to anybody. It got my top strength right on - but then, I could have told you what that strength was. The other four were vaguely worded and not descriptive.
  
  I would discourage anyone from investing too much thought, time or effort based on what this book tells you.
  
  
• Strengths Finder 2.0 Review
  By A2IV330AT6RE60 on 2007-03-15
  This book was easy to use and it had some insightful information. I spoke to others who took the test and we all agreed that at least 1 of our top 5 was not a strength of ours. It confirmed the same results I had with the Myers/Briggs test. So I would say that it is pretty accurate.
  
  

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