Marcus Buckingham is a global researcher and New York Times best-selling author focused on unlocking strengths, increasing performance, and pioneering the future of how people work. Building on two decades of experience as a Senior Researcher at The Gallup Organization, he then leveraged his data-based discoveries to build a tech company focused on helping people find and contribute their strengths at work.

He is the author of two of the best-selling business books of all time; he has two of Harvard Business Review’s most circulated, industry-changing cover articles; and his latest book, Love + Work, has been heralded by Forbes as one of the ten must-reads for career and leadership.

Marcus now leads People and Performance research at ADP Research Institute, spearheading groundbreaking global studies on Workplace Resilience and Employee Engagement, and his strengths assessments have been taken by more than 10 million people worldwide.