《优势视角:社会工作实践的新模式》全面阐释了优势视角的基本理论框架及其在社会工作实践中的应用。优势视角超越了社会工作的传统理论模式，其关注点在于个案的优势、潜能和成绩，这一突破在社工领域具有“范式革命”的意义。

DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST EVERY DAY? Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths. To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on the bestseller lists and ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions to discover their top five talents. In its latest national bestseller, StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular assessment, language of 34 themes, and much more (see below for details). While you can read this book in one sitting, you'll use it as a reference for decades.

这本书讲解的是一套识别个人优势并将其发挥为才干的方案，最终目的是将才干变为优秀的工作表现。这套方案的核心是网上进行的优势识别器（Strengths Finder）测试，里面有34个主导“主题”及其成千上万的组合。读者通过这些测试和这本书的讲解，来了解如何最有效地将自己的优势和才干转化为个人和事业的成功。