1 We are grateful to www.pokernews.com and www.pokersyte.comfor all of the poker definitions in Play to Your Strengths.

2 Purnell, The Today Show. (As spoken by Marcus Buckingham)

3 Ibid.

4 Harter and Schmidt. “Business Unit Level Relationship Between Employee Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, and Business Outcomes.” Journal of Applied Psychology: 268-279.

5 Buckingham. Go Put Your Strengths to Work.

6 Peterson and Park. Psychological Inquiry:141-146.

7 DeRoo and DeRoo. What’s Right With Me.

8 Peterson Park, Nansook. Journal of Organizational Behavior: 1149-1154.

9 Purnell, The Today Show.

1 A Better Way to Work™

2 Shepard, Working With Careers: 179-180.

3 Quinn, Robert. Harvard Business Review: 77-83.

1 Gilbert. http://news.com.com/2100-1022_3-5740885.html.

2 An Inconvenient Truth. http://climatecrisis.org.

3 Hawkins. Power vs. Force.

4 “Understanding James Woods www.toppoker.org/poker-players/james-woods.html.

5 Buckingham. Go Put Your Strengths to Work.

6 Buckingham and Clifton. Now, Discover Your Strengths.

1 Garcia. Poker Player Online. www.pokerplayernewspaper.com/.

2 Buckingham. Go Put Your Strengths to Work.

3 Blanchflower. Dartmouth College Department of Economics.

4 Gore. Navigating Change.

1 We are grateful to the leaders at the Coaches Training Institute for this powerful perspective that shifts all of our coaching conversations. (www.thecoaches.com)

2 Gladwell. Blink.

3 Whitmore. Coaching for Performance.

1 Shaw. Group Dynamics.

2 Katzenbach and Smith. The Wisdom of Teams.

3 Buckingham. Go Put Your Strengths to Work.

1 Black. “The Road to Recovery.” Gallup Management Journal:10-12.

2 Cameron, Dutton, and Quinn. Positive Organizational Scholarship : Ch. 8.

3 Ibid.

4 Ibid.

5 Tichy.“GE’s Crotonville: A Staging Ground for Corporate Revolutions.” Academy of Management Executive: 99-106.

6 Luthans and Avolio. Authentic Leadership: Chapter 16.

7 Grotenstein and Reback. All In. 8. Ohm. “Leadership and Culture: the close connection.” www.thefreelibrary.com/_/print/PrintArticle.aspx?id=152994006.

1 Buckingham. Go Put Your Strengths to Work.

2 Ibid.

3 Pickett. The American Heritage Dictionary.

4 Pladott.“Positive Psychology and Positive Organizational Scholarship.” www.ontrackcoaching.com/articles/positivepsychology.htm.