Language English Role Author Name Tom Rath | Genre Non-Fiction Nationality American | |
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Occupation Author, Researcher, Speaker Subject Business, Health, Wellbeing Notable works Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder 2.0, How Full Is Your Bucket?, Wellbeing Education University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania Books StrengthsFinder 20, Eat Move Sleep, Strengths‑Based Leadership: Great Lea, How Full Is Your Bucket, Wellbeing: The Five Essential Profiles | ||
Strengthsfinder 2 0 by tom rath change the world around you
Tom Rath (born 1975) is an American consultant on employee engagement, strengths, and well-being, and author. He is best known for his studies on strengths based leadership and wellbeing and synthesizing research findings in a series of bestselling books. His books have sold more than 5 million copies and have been translated into sixteen languages.
Contents
- Strengthsfinder 2 0 by tom rath change the world around you
- Tom rath 1 ny times best selling author on wellbeing organizational leadership keynote speaker
- Biography
- Writing career
- Eat Move Sleep
- Publications a selection
- References
Tom rath 1 ny times best selling author on wellbeing organizational leadership keynote speaker
Biography
Rath holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan, and a M.S. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.
After his studies Rath started working at Gallup, Inc., where he participates as senior scientist, consultant and advisor. He served as vice chairman of the VHL cancer research organization and is a regular guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania.
Writing career
Rath’s first book, How Full Is Your Bucket?, coauthored with his grandfather, Donald O. Clifton during his final year of life, became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller upon its publication in 2004. The book was also #1 on the BusinessWeek Best-Seller List.
Strengths Based Leadership (2009), a Wall Street Journal bestseller coauthored with Barry Conchie, is based on Rath’s and Gallup's research on leadership and on what followers expect from their leaders (trust, compassion, stability, hope).
Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements (2010), a New York Times bestseller, coauthored with Jim Harter, is based on Gallup’s research on wellbeing. The book lists five elements of wellbeing as: career wellbeing, social wellbeing, financial wellbeing, community wellbeing and physical wellbeing.
Rath’s most well known book, StrengthsFinder 2.0 (2007), #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, was listed as the top worldwide business bestseller by The Economist in 2011.
Rath’s books made over 300 appearances on the WSJ bestseller list.
Eat Move Sleep
At the age of 16, Rath was diagnosed with VHL disease, a rare genetic disorder that causes cancer cells to appear in various part of the body. Since the time of the diagnosis, Rath has been researching and experimenting with various ways of slowing down growth of tumors in his kidneys, adrenal glands, pancreas and spine.
In 2012, he took sabbatical from his full time position in Gallup to focus on writing a new book, titled Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes which became a New York Times bestseller upon its publication in October 2013. Eat Move Sleep was also recognized as one of the best nonfiction books of 2013 by Apple iTunes. It describes the impact of eating, moving and sleeping on health and everyday energy and offers practical ideas on how to make better health choices. The book emphasizes the interrelatedness of eating, moving and sleeping and encourages focusing on all three in any health improvement program.