Marcus Buckingham graduated from Cambridge University in 1987, with a master’s degree in social and political science. During his seventeen years with The Gallup Organization, Buckingham helped lead research into the world’s best leaders, managers, and workplaces. He drew on this research and used it as the basis for two bestselling books: First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Best Managers Do Differently (coauthored with Curt Coffman) and Now, Discover Your Strengths (coauthored with Donald O. Clifton).  His new book, The One Thing You Need to Know (The Free Press) was released in March 2005.
 
A subject of in-depth profiles in The New York Times, Fortune, and Fast Company, Buckingham, now an independent consultant, author, and speaker, is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on employee productivity and the practices of leading and managing. He is a member of the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management. He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.

In his presentation, Marcus Buckingham will answer these questions.  Drawing on tens of thousands of interviews with the most effective managers and leaders, Marcus will get to the core of great managing, and great leading, and pinpoint the significant difference between the two.  He will identify the one controlling insight at the heart of each and show you how the world’s best have put these insights into practice.

From his presentation you will learn:
·The three emotions which create high performance teams.
·What separates the great manager from the great leader.
·The two talents you need to excel at each.
·The three skills you need to excel at each.