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Staffers sift through 11,000 business books each year, choosing the best By: Jacqueline Blais At 800-CEO-READ, an e-commerce business bookseller, the whole staff has access to the best ideas, advice and trends from all the business books published each year.Imagine, then, how quickly staffers jumped on Strength Finders 2.0 by Tom Rath and took the accompanying test (developed by Gallup) to interpret their best strengths. No surprise: 11 of the 15 staffers have empathy as a top strength—good at service, listening, being helpful. As for the company’s two leaders? Their top strengths didn’t match at all. Jack Covert, president and founder, looks for harmonious ways to resolve… Read More