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Thinking About Career Direction (14)
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You, The Futurist
Optimism in a Changing World
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Managing Your Career
Making the Best of Now, While Planning for Your Future
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Finding Career Direction
Discover Yourself and Your Purpose
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Developing a Career Strategy
Creating Your Ideal Career
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Personal Ansoff Matrix
Gauging the Risks in Your Career Decisions
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Identifying Great Career Opportunities
Setting Yourself Up for Success
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Managing Yourself
Growing in Your Career
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Schein's Career Anchors
Understanding What Inspires You in Your Career
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Possibilities
Unlocking Your Own Potential
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Rebooting Your Career
Finding the Right Role for you
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Holland's Codes
Shaping a Career That Suits Your Personality
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Understanding Your Locus of Control
Taking Responsibility for Your Own Success
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Locus of Control
Are You in Charge of Your Destiny?
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How to Get a Seat on the Board
Positioning Yourself for the Top Table
Understanding Your Strengths (7)
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Core Self-Evaluations
Using Self-Knowledge to Boost Your Success and Wellbeing at Work
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The GIVE Model
Building a Positive Personal Identity
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Test Your Skills
Find The Resources That Will Help You Most
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Personal SWOT Analysis
Making the Most of Your Talents and Opportunities
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StrengthsFinder
Discovering Your True Potential
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Judging Ability Accurately
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Benziger's Personality Types
Checking You're Using Your Natural Talents
Career Tests (6)
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Psychometric Testing
Measuring "Hidden" Traits
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Myers-Briggs Personality Testing
Understanding How We Relate to the World
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The DiSC Model
Understanding People's Personal Styles
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The Hogan Development Survey
Identifying Career Derailing Behaviors
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Behavioral Assessments
How Personality Affects the Way People Do Their Jobs
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The Big Five Personality Traits Model
Matching Roles to Characteristics With the OCEAN Model
Enhancing Your Job (8)
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Work-Life Integration
Blending Work and Personal Time Successfully
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What Is AI?
7 Things You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence
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Creating Job Satisfaction
Getting the Most From Your Job
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Intrapreneurship
Learning to Think Like an Entrepreneur
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Working With Purpose
Bringing More Meaning to Your Career
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Job Crafting
Shaping Your Job to Fit You Better
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The MPS Process
– Discovering Work That You Love
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How to Find the Right Work-Life Balance
Creating a Healthy, Rewarding Life
Effective Working Relationships (29)
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Mutual Respect
Bringing Humanity and Fairness to Work
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Keeping Your Word at Work
Building Trust by Keeping Promises
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David Rock's SCARF Model
Using Neuroscience to Work Effectively With Others
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Boost Your Interpersonal Skills
Building Highly Effective Working Relationships
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Five Ways To Build Rapport Online
Creating Mutual Trust With People You've Never Met
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How to Handle a Personal Relationship at Work
- Navigating the Highs and Lows of an Office Romance
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Working With Rivals
Keeping Your Integrity While Protecting Your Territory
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Conflict Resolution
Key Skills to Clear Up Conflict
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10 Tips for Working at a Client's Site
Transitioning to a Temporary Workplace
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Emotional Intelligence
Developing Strong "People Skills"
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How Emotionally Intelligent Are You?
Boosting Your People Skills
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8 Ways to Improve Self-Regulation
"Feed Your Good Wolf"
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Why Soft Skills Matter
Making Sure Your Hard Skills Shine
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Working With Powerful People
Manage Your Relationships for Maximum Career Satisfaction
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Managing Your Boss
Developing an Effective Working Relationship
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Motivating Managers
Improving Morale and Engagement
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Making the Most of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
How Workplace Communities Can Drive Business Success
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Getting a New Boss
Starting a Positive New Relationship
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Finding Your Allies
How to Build a Strong Personal Support Base
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Professional Networking
Building Relationships for Mutual Benefit
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How to Follow Up After Networking
Turn New Contacts Into Valuable Connections
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10 Ways to Become a Star Team Player
Learning to Excel in a Team
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Working in a Virtual Team
Using Technology to Communicate and Collaborate
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Eldred's Power Strategies
Finding the Best Way to Exert Power
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Gifts in the Workplace
Showing Your Appreciation Appropriately
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Building Trust
Creating Honest, Open Relationships
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Winning by Giving
Succeeding Through Kindness
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Building Rapport
Establishing Strong Two-Way Connections
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Speed Networking
Accelerating Business Relationships
General Career Skills (30)
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Jargon Busting
Communicating Without Creating Barriers
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What Is Legacy Thinking?
Beginning With the End in Mind
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Encouraging Attention to Detail
How to Maintain High Standards
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How to Be Ethical at Work
Making the Right Call For You and Your Team
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How to Be Conscientious
Building Career Success by Being Bothered
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How to Accept Delegation
Managing Confidently When You’re Assigned an Extra Task
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How to Be Flexible in the Workplace
Responding to Change Quickly and Positively
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Managing Your Emotions at Work
Controlling Your Feelings... Before They Control You
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Getting the Most From Your Appraisal
Building Future Success on Past Achievement
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Professionalism
Meeting the Standards That Matter
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Customer Service Mindset
Getting Passionate About Satisfying Others
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Representing Your Organization at a Conference
Getting the Most from Conferences
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Working Abroad
Making the Most of an Overseas Placement
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Sales Skills for Non-Salespeople
Pitching Your Idea or Product
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When Work Involves Socializing
How to Plan and Enjoy Work Events
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How to Be a Good Role Model
Setting a Positive Example at Work
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How to Be a Great Team Player
Maximizing Your Contribution to the Team
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How to Collaborate Successfully
Sharing Knowledge and Expertise to Drive Innovation
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How to Preserve Your Integrity
Consistently Making the Right Choices
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Developing Commercial Awareness
Understanding How Businesses Make Money
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Being Effective at Work
Essential Traits and Skills
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What Is Psychological Capital?
Becoming a Workplace HERO
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Authenticity
How to Be True to Yourself
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Dealing With Supplier Contracts
Understanding the Terms and Risks of Agreements
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Developing Charisma
Increasing Your Influence in the Workplace
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Working in a Matrix Organization
Working Effectively With Several Bosses
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Working in a Highly Political Organization
Thriving in a Toxic Workplace
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What to Consider When Relocating
Things you Need to Know Before you Move
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Basic Workplace Numeracy Skills Part 1
– Working With Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
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Basic Workplace Numeracy Skills Part 2
Getting to Grips With Multistage Math Problems
Getting Ahead (20)
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Making the Right Career Move
– Choosing the Role That's Best for You
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Getting Noticed
Finding Recognition at Work
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Get the Recognition You Deserve
Learning How to Get Praise
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9 Ways to Future Proof Your Career
Staying Relevant for Tomorrow's World
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How to Ask for a Pay Raise
Evaluating and Negotiating Your Value to the Business
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How Do You Add Value at Work?
Making Yourself Indispensable to Your Organization
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Success Programming
Affirming Your Successful Future
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Mastermind Groups
Harnessing the Power of Collective Wisdom
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What's Your Reputation?
Building a Reputation Consistent With Your Career Goals
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Self-Mastery
Learning Personal Leadership
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Building Expertise
Developing and Using In-Depth Knowledge
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Taking Initiative
Making Things Happen in the Workplace
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The PVI Model
Standing Out From the Crowd
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Developing Personal Accountability
Taking Responsibility to Get Ahead
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The Power of Good Habits
Using High-Performance Habits to Achieve Your Goals
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Intentional Change Theory
Achieving Manageable, Meaningful Change
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Maintaining a Positive Online Reputation
Using the Web to Enhance Your Career
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Increasing Your Visibility
Raising Your Profile at Work
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What Is Personal Branding?
Present an Impressive, Impactful and Authentic Image
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Dweck's Fixed and Growth Mindsets
Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Effort
Getting a New Role (16)
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STAR Method
A Model Approach to Nail Your Next Interview
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8 Criteria for Evaluating a Job Offer
Look Before You Leap
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How to Write a Great Cover Letter
Making First Impressions Count
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Writing Your Resume (CV)
Highlighting Your Skills and Experience
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How to Answer Interview Questions
Responding Confidently While Under Pressure
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How to Ace a Video Interview
Impressing Potential Employers Remotely
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Interview Skills
What to Do Before, During and After Your Interview
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How to Pass Your Probationary Period
Exceeding Expectations During Your Work Trial
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That's Not My Job!
Comparing the Realities of a New Role With Your Job Description
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Get Ready for Promotion
Showing What You Can Do
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Promotion Selection Panels
Creating a Great Impression for Everyone
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Assessment Centers
Succeeding in Recruitment Tests and Exercises
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Changing Career Within Your Organization
Staying Challenged With a New Role
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"Re-Interview" for Your Own Job
Getting Rehired After a Company Restructure
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"Disrupting" Your Career
Finding a Rewarding Career Path
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Into the Deep End
Gaining Control in an Unexpected New Role
Key Career Points (14)
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How to Recover From Job Loss
Staying Strong and Moving On
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Starting a New Job
Getting Used to Your New Role
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From Technical Expert to Manager
Learning the Management Skills You Need in Your New Role
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Surviving a Company Merger
Taking Control and Proving Your Value
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Coping With Job Loss
Dealing With the Emotional Turmoil of Losing Your Job
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I'm Back!
Returning to Work After an Extended Absence
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Making the Most of a Career Break
– Using Time Off Work Productively
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A Happy Ending
Wrapping Up Your Current Role Before Moving On
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Returning From Vacation
How to Handle Work After a Break
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Planning a Later-Life Career Change
How to Start a New Career in Your 40s, 50s, or 60s
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Beware the Mid-Career Slump
– Bouncing Back From a Career Plateau
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7 Steps for Managing Your Retirement
Preparing for Life After Work
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Achieving Quick Wins
Securing Early Success for Long Term Results
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Kelley and Conner's Emotional Cycle of Change
Keeping Going When You Make a Voluntary Change
Mentoring and Coaching (7)
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Mentoring Agreements and Coaching Plans
Establishing Ground Rules for a Successful Partnership
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Mentoring
A Mutually Beneficial Partnership
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Mentoring Skills
Using Your Knowledge and Experience to Help Others
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Finding a Mentor
Getting Support From the Right "Someone" Who's Been There Before
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Mentoring: An Essential Leadership Skill
Mentoring from a Mentor's Perspective
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Coach Yourself to Success
Learning to Help Yourself
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Reverse Mentoring
Learning Across Organizational Hierarchies
Finance for Non-Specialists (8)
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Understanding Accounts
Basic Finance for Non-Financial Managers
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Managing a Budget
Setting and Sticking to Financial Targets
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How to Cut Costs
Reduce Your Budget the Smart Way
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Preparing and Implementing a Traditional Budget
Projecting Future Income From Past Performance
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Zero-Based Budgeting
Reviewing Finances From the Bottom Up
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Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
Understanding What Really Drives Costs
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Financial Accounting
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Words Used in... Corporate Finance
Understanding Different Sectors (8)
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Managing in Nonprofit Organizations
Exploring the Charity Sector
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Professional Services Organizations
Understanding How They Work
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Managing in Public Sector Organizations
Exploring the Challenges
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Working in a Public-Facing Role
Strengthening Your People Skills
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Working for a Small Business
Understanding the Pros and Cons
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Working in a Family Business
Understanding the Pros and Cons
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Entrepreneurial Skills
What You Need to Start a Great Business
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Working for Yourself
Surviving and Thriving in Self-Employment
Understanding Culture (15)
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The Seven Dimensions of Culture
Understanding and Managing Cultural Differences
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Handy's Four Types of Cultures
Choosing the Best Culture for Your Organization
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The Cultural Web
Aligning Your Organization's Culture With Strategy
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Deal and Kennedy's Cultural Model
Understanding Rites and Rituals in Corporate Culture
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The Competing Values Framework
Analyzing Corporate Culture
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Cultural Intelligence
Working Confidently in Different Cultures
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Cross-Culture Communication
Good Collaboration Is a Must
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Cross-Cultural Leadership
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Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions
– Understanding Different Countries
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Wibbeke's Geoleadership Model
Effective Cross-Cultural Leadership
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Cross-Cultural Business Etiquette
Learning the Ins and Outs of Global Business
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Avoiding Cross-Cultural Faux Pas
Understanding the Impact of Cross-Cultural Differences
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Avoiding Cross-Cultural Faux Pas: Body Language
Not Giving Offense When Working Abroad
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Avoiding Cross-Cultural Faux Pas: Clothes
Dressing to Impress, not Offend, While Abroad
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Avoiding Cross-Cultural Faux Pas: Food
Making the Best Impression
Dealing with Challenges (24)
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What Is Discrimination?
Recognizing and Responding to Unfair Treatment
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10 Ways to Overcome a Fear of Networking
Forging Connections Authentically and with Confidence
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Recovering Your Reputation
Lose Your Label and Regain Your Standing
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How Resilient Are You?
Find Out How to Bounce Back From Problems
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How to Cope With a Midlife Crisis
Managing Milestones and Transitions
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8 Ways to Beat Loneliness in the Workplace
Preventing People From Feeling Isolated
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Working Through Grief
– Managing Your Return to Work
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Open-Plan Offices
Etiquette for Focus, Collaboration, Productivity, and Health
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Asking for Help
Getting the Support You Need Without Looking Weak
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Putting Your Parenting Skills to Work
Unlocking Your Transferable Skills
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Living With a Lack of Job Security
Coping with Job Uncertainty
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Surviving a Downturn
Managing Your Career in an Unstable Economy
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Generation Y's First Recession
Standing Out While Blending In
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Overcoming a Lack of Qualifications
Gaining the Skills You Need
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling
– Overcoming Invisible Barriers to Success
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Career Progression in a Flat Organization
Furthering Careers Without Promotions
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Escaping Micromanagement
Becoming More Independent
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Combining Parenthood and Work
Understanding and Managing the Challenges
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How to Juggle Caregiving Responsibilities and Work
Keeping it Together When Work and Care Commitments are Pulling You Apart
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Doing More Than One Job
How to Juggle Multiple Roles
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Career Setbacks
Getting Back on Track
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Developing Resilience
Overcoming and Growing from Setbacks
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Whistleblowing
Understanding the Issues and Risks
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Making Amends
Moving on After a Mistake
Dealing with Difficult People (11)
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Rude Customers
Staying in Control During Confrontations
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Beware the "Duper's Delight"!
Beating the Kick of Lying and Cheating
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Five Ways to Deal With Rudeness in the Workplace
Saying "No" to Uncivil Behavior
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How to Work With Irritating People
Dealing With Minor but Persistent Annoying Behavior
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Good Manners in the Office
Realizing There's No Excuse for Discourtesy
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Egos at Work
Managing a Co-worker's Superiority Complex
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How to Deal With Difficult People
Learning to Fight Back... on Your Terms
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7 Ways to Use Office Politics Positively
Getting What You Want Without "Playing Dirty"
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Dealing With Bullying
Identify and Deal With Bullying at Work
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Working With Lazy People
Motivating Idle Colleagues
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Dealing With Bossy Co-Workers
Managing Dominant People in the Workplace
Further Resources
Bite–Sized Training (7)
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Personal PEST Analysis
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Finding Your Unique Strengths
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Networking Skills
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Managing Up
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Personal SWOT Analysis
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Finance Management
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How to Manage a Budget
Learning Streams (3)
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Handling "Politics" Learning Stream
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Mindset for Success Learning Stream
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Plan Your Career Learning Stream
Book Insights (65)
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Rise
By Patty AzzarelloÂ
This thought-provoking book looks at three actionable steps that can help you progress in...
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What is Your WHAT?
By Steve Olsher
This book is a guide to finding a career that's based on your passions.
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Reinventing You
By Dorie ClarkÂ
Discover how to create your own personal brand, and how this can enhance your...
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Finding Your Element
By Ken Robinson and Lou AronicaÂ
This book looks at how you can find your "Element," and do more work...
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Indispensable
By David Cottrell
In this Book Insight, find out how to become indispensable to your organization.
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Ready to Be a Thought Leader
By Denise Brosseau
This book sets out a seven-step plan to help you maximize your impact. Learn...
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Getting Ahead
By Joel GarfinkleÂ
This book highlights three vital traits that will help you advance in your career.
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No Excuses
By Brian TracyÂ
This book helps you stop making excuses, so that you can take better control...
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Power
By Jeffrey PfefferÂ
This controversial book looks at how to play the inevitable 'power game' that occurs...
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The Happiness Advantage
By Shawn AchorÂ
Which comes first - success or happiness? This book looks at how achieving happiness...
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Networking for People Who Hate Networking
By Devora Zack Â
If you struggle with networking, this practical book helps you build connections in a...
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Win
By Frank LuntzÂ
Read the transcript for this Book Insight.
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Networking Like a Pro
By Ivan Misner, David Alexander, and Brian Hilliard
Having a solid professional network is more important than ever, but most of us...
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Disaster Proof Your Career
By Patrick ForsythÂ
This practical book explores how to manage your career path, so that you can...
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Linchpin
By Seth GodinÂ
Linchpins' are people who are vital to the smooth running of an organization ...
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Emotional Intelligence
By Daniel GolemanÂ
The concept of emotional intelligence is well-known today, but it only sprang to prominence...
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Talent Is Overrated
By Geoff ColvinÂ
Find out more about this book's premise: that 'deliberate practice' really can lead to...
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Family Wars
By Grant Gordon and Nigel NicholsonÂ
Whether it's big or small, any family business can suffer from sibling rivalry, power...
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What Color Is Your Parachute? (2019 edn)
By Richard N. Bolles
Author Richard N. Bolles discusses getting the salary you want, making better career choices...
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You, Inc.
By Harry Beckwith and Christine Clifford BeckwithÂ
Find out why the 'art of selling yourself' is a key life skill for...
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Five Minds for the Future
By Howard GardnerÂ
In this book, psychologist Howard Gardner proposes five 'mindsets' that will be essential if...
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Get Out of Your Own Way at Work
By Mark Goulston
There are several simple behaviors which will stop you from advancing up the career...
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There
By Marshall Goldsmith
This book shows you how to identify the traits you need to leave behind...
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
By Stephen R. Covey
This classic book is a guide to how you can be more effective in...
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Trust Works!
By Ken Blanchard, Cynthia Olmstead, and Martha Lawrence
In this Book Insight, discover four ways to build trust.
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The Encore Career Handbook
By Marci AlboherÂ
This guide to later-life career change is packed with practical tips, including case studies...
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StandOut
By Marcus BuckinghamÂ
This book and accompanying self-test help you make the most of your strengths at...
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Before Happiness
By Shawn Achor
In this book, positive psychologist Shawn Achor explains how you can change your perception...
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The One Thing
By Gary Keller, With Jay Papasan
In this Book Insight, discover how to use "success lists" instead of To-Do lists...
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How Successful People Grow
By John C. Maxwell
In this book, learn 15 steps that you can take to become the person...
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The Million Dollar Race
By Kirk HallowellÂ
In this Book Insight, find out how you can discover, prepare for, and land...
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The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace
By Cy Wakeman
In this Book Insight, find out how to boost your motivation and get more...
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Promote Yourself
By Dan Schawbel
This book shows you how to get ahead at work in the digital age.
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Triggers
By Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter
Marshall Goldsmith explains how "triggers" around us can make us act in self-harming ways...
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Black Box Thinking
By Matthew Syed
Owning up to making mistakes and then learning from them is crucial to success...
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The Achievement Habit
By Bernard Roth
Stop trying to achieve your goals and actually do it. That's the message from...
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Do Over
By Jon Acuff
In this book, Jon Acuff talks about actively seeking an engaging and fulfilling career...
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Better Than Before
By Gretchen Rubin
Author Gretchen Rubin sets out some strategies for adopting, and keeping, good habits. Find...
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Deep Work
By Cal Newport
Focusing intently on a task for a long time can bring meaning to your...
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Presence
By Amy Cuddy
In this podcast, we review "Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges,"...
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If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?
By Raj Raghunathan
Most people would agree that being successful makes you happy. But author Raj Raghunathan...
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Peak
By Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
Practice doesn't always make perfect. Authors Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool explain the effects...
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Emotional Agility
By Susan David
Author Susan David offers some advice on recognizing and accepting all of our emotions...
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Live Large
By Elizabeth B. Crook
Author Elizabeth B. Crook discusses some of the best ways to live and work...
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Thriving Abroad
By Louise Wiles and Evelyn Simpson
Authors Louise Wiles and Evelyn Simpson examine the practical necessities of working abroad, and...
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Up Is Not The Only Way
By Beverly Kaye, Lindy Williams and Lynn Cowart
Authors Beverly Kaye, Lindy Williams and Lynn Cowart discuss how being honest with ourselves...
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Alive at Work
By Daniel M. Cable
Author Daniel M. Cable examines how workers can use the "seeking system" to feel...