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Articles about professional development (0-50 of 8853)
- Transforming Leadership Is Everything
By: Ken Keis | - "Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better."
Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President
1884 - 1972
Transforming Leadership is Everything!
Leadership: The activity of leading; the position of office of a leader; an act or instance of leading, guidance, direction; ability to lead; the func ...
Tags: leading the way, living on purpose, success, wealth, leader, leadership, personal growth, professional development, transforming leadership
- Whatever Happened To Business Ethics?
By: Ken Keis | - "Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules."
Wayne Dwyer
Whatever Happened to Business Ethics?
Ethics: The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation; a set of moral principles; a theory or system of moral values; the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group; a guiding philosophy; a consciousness of moral importance.
Corruption: Impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral pri ...
Tags: leading the way, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, life, career, success, wealth, ethics, business, truth
- The Tyrrany Of Political Correctness
By: Ken Keis | - "Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness."
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book
The Tyranny of Political Correctness
Politically Correct: Conforming to a belief that language and practices that could offend political sensibilities should be eliminated.
The fact is political correctness has gone awry -- destroying the freedom and democracy that permitted it to occur in the first place.
The premise n ...
Tags: leading the way, living on purpose, success, wealth, career, political, correct, personal growth, life, professional development
- Building A Winning Team Takes Skill And Courage!
By: Ken Keis | - "To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise."
Mitchell Caplan, CEO
E** Trade Group
Building a Winning Team Takes Skill and Courage!
Team: Marked by devotion to teamwork rather than individual achievement; to yoke or join in a team; to put together in a coordinated ensemble.
Courage: The mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship; implies firmness of mind and will in the face ...
Tags: leading the way, living on purpose, success, wealth, personal growth, professional development, career, life, team, win
- Help For Autistic Children|high Functioning Autism|how To Teach Reading|reading Across The Curriculu
By: Reading Articles | -
Performance to receive a more structured and leveled lesson plan. The lessons are differentiated according to the groups learning profile. At both the elementary and the secondary level, content area teachers learn to apply the cognitive-based methodology throughout the curricula.
In a Tier 3 intervention setting (K-12), Lindamoodbell collaborates with schools to identify appropriate students for small group instruction. Criteria for inclusion may vary based on ...
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- Assessing For Success
By: Ken Keis | - "Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time, you haven't."
Peter Drucker, Management Guru
1909 - 2005
Assessing For Success: Exposing the Misinformation about Assessments
Assessment: To determine the rate or amount of; to make an official valuation of for the purposes of judgment; to determine the importance, size, or value of something or someone.
Why do most professionals get t ...
Tags: Leading the way, living on purpose, success, wealth, career, assessment, test, norm, ipsative, personal growth, professional development
- Raising The Professional Development Bar
By: Ken Keis | - Raising the Professional Development Bar: Why Most Coaches, Career Counselors, Business Consultants, Educators, and other Professional Developers are Not Qualified to Teach or Advise
Qualified: Having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task. A quality, ability, or accomplishment that makes a person suitable for a particular position or task.
Are the professional developers mentioned in the title really qualified to advise others? In many s ...
Tags: leading the way, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, success, wealth, life, develop, responsible, profession, coach, certifi
- Why Don't You Teach The Way That I Learn?
By: Ken Keis | - "Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."
Abigail Adams, Wife of John Adams
1744 - 1818
Why Dont You Teach The Way That I Learn?
Learn/ing: to gain knowledge, understanding, or skill by study or experience; to find out.
It is generally agreed that knowledge is now doubling in months, not years, and that learning is a foundational value that individuals and organizations ...
Tags: leading the way, living on purpose, success, wealth, learn, teach, adapt, personal growth, professional development
- Creating A Successful Life And Career
By: Ken Keis | - "It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do."
Cory Doctrow, Science Fiction Writer
Creating a Successful Life/Career for Self and Others
Career: an occupation or profession followed as a lifes work; a course or passage.
Life: a way of living; the physical and mental experiences of an individual; a specific phase or period.
In the past, career professionals have suggested that we have ...
Tags: leading the way, living on purpose, success, wealth, life, career, professional, purpose, personal growth, professional development
- Can You Let Go Of Your Negative Thoughts And Events?
By: Ken Keis | - "Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power."
Shirley MacLaine, Actress
1934 -
Can You Let Go of Your Negative Thoughts and Events?
NegativeMarked by denial, prohibition, or refusal; marked by absence, withholding, or removal of something positive; denying a predicate of a subject or a part of a subject; denoting the absence or the contradictory of something; lacking positive qualities; disagreeable; marked by features of hosti ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, failure, guilt, negative, freedom, relief, future
- Maturity - Don't Leave Home Without It
By: Ken Keis | - "Age is no guarantee of maturity."
Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicars Daughter, 1998
Maturity -- Dont Leave Home Without it!
MaturityOf or relating to a condition of full development; characteristic of or suitable to a mature individual; based on slow, careful consideration; having completed natural growth and development; having undergone maturation; having attained a final or desired state; having achieved a stable growt ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, mature, maturity, old, young, experience
- What Is Your Mindset Toward Money And Materialism
By: Ken Keis | - "Lack of money is the root of all evil."
George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist and Socialist
1856 - 1950
What is Your Mindset toward Money and Materialism?
MoneySomething generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment; officially coined or stamped metal currency; a form or denomination of coin or paper money.
Materialism A preoccupation with or stress upon materials rather than intellectual ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, materialism, money, personal growth, professional development
- Reject The Victim Mentality
By: Ken Keis | - "We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves."
Marilyn Manson, Musician
1969 -
"The price of greatness is taking responsibility."
Sir Winston Churchill, British Politician
1874 - 1965
Reject the Victim Mentality. Take Personal Responsibility!
Victim: One who is acted on and usually adversely affected by a force or agent; one ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, victim, personal growth, professional development, mentality, take responsibility, responsible
- Making A Smart Start
By: Ken Keis | - "...the root causes of transition failure always lie in a pernicious interaction between the situation, with its opportunities and pitfalls, and the individual, with his or her strengths and vulnerabilities."
Michael Watkins, The First 90 Days: Critical Success Factors for New Leaders at All Levels
Making a SMART Start
Guest Author: Dr. Brian J. Fraser
First impressions matter, especially when you are starting a new job.
...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, new job, smart start, credibility
- Decreasing Clutter And Chaos
By: Ken Keis | - "A life lived in chaos is an impossibility . . . "
Madeleine LEngle, Science Fiction Novelist
1918 - 2007
Decreasing Clutter and Chaos!
Clutter: To run in disorder; to fill or cover with scattered or disordered things that impede movement or reduce effectiveness.
Chaos: A state of utter confusion; a confused mass or mixture.
Do you ever feel there is just too much stuff in your life?
Do yo ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, clutter, chaos, organize, clean, overwhelm
- Replacing Rage With Composure
By: Ken Keis | - "If you do not wish to be prone to rage, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase."
Epictetus, Roman (Greek-Born) Slave and Stoic philosopher
55 AD - 135 AD
Replacing Rage with Composure!
Rage: Violent and uncontrolled anger; a fit of violent wrath; insanity; violent action; an intense feeling.
I suspect that most of us reading this article have had a moment of rage. On one occasion, I was thankful ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, rage, composure, life, opportunity
- Success Requires Effort!
By: Ken Keis | - "Whenever I hear, "It can't be done," I know I'm close to success."
Michael Flatley, Creator of Lord of the Dance
Success Requires Effort!
Success: A degree or measure of succeeding; favorable or desired outcome or results; the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence.
Effort: Conscious exertion of power; hard work; a serious attempt; something produced by exertion or trying; the total work done to achieve a particular end.
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, effort, contribution, life, journey, luck
- The Gift Of Challenges And Problems
By: Ken Keis | - "The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem."
Theodore Rubin
The Gift of Challenges and Problems
Challenge: A stimulating or interesting task or problem.
Problem: A question raised for consideration or solution; an unsettled question; a source of perplexity or vexation.
The only people who dont have problems are no longer living. ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, challenge, problem, overcome, survive, solution
- What Is Stress Costing You?
By: Ken Keis | - "If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress, and tension. And if you didnt ask me, Id still have to say it."
George Burns, Comedian
What is Stress Costing You?
Stress: Pressure, strain, or force that tends to distort a body; a factor that induces bodily or mental tension.
-Are you one of the millions of people being negatively affected by stress?
Tags: success, health, welness, wealth, stress, life, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, humor, control
- There's No Better Time To Invest In People
By: Michael Nicholas | - How often have you heard people say that their employees are their greatest asset? Often, is my guess.
These are such easy words to say aren't they, but unfortunately, as the saying goes, "actions speak louder than words." Many businesses claim to recognise the unique and irreplaceable value of their employees; however, the true test is how they behave towards them in practice.
Unfortunately, companies in which staff are actually led and managed in a way that is ref ...
Tags: leadership, leadership coaching, leadership development, professional development, Michael Nicholas
- The True Power Of Great Leaders
By: Michael Nicholas | - A major element in improving leadership effectiveness is the ability to overcome blocks to progress and access more of our true power.
Most people don't realise that moving past their doubts and fears to expand self-awareness and self-confidence can be exhilarating. It's also a crucial process for leaders, both from a personal perspective and in facilitating and encouraging growth in others. The doubts and fears can otherwise grip us in a way that inhibits action and makes us powe ...
Tags: leadership, leadership coaching, leadership development, professional development, Michael Nicholas
- Take Time To Celebrate!
By: Ken Keis | - "Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast -- you also miss the sense of where you are going and why."
Eddie Cantor, Comedian and Singer
1892 - 1964
Take Time to Celebrate!
Celebrate: to observe a notable occasion with festivities; to refrain from ordinary business; to honor as a holiday with ceremonies.
Do you take time out to celebrate your wins and successes in life?
Have yo ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, celebrate, time, life
- The Cry For Competence
By: Ken Keis | - "The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it."
-Laurence J. Peter
US educator and writer
The Peter Principle
1919-1990
The Cry for Competence
Do we really have a crisis in terms of individuals competence in their various fields of endeavor? Yes, Yes, and Yes!
Competent: Capable, fit, qualified, able.
For the book Credibility, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner researched the chara ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, competence, incompetent, personal growth, professional development, goals, motivation
- Creating A Flake-free Zone
By: Ken Keis | - "I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments."
-Nathaniel Emmons
Creating a Flake-Free Zone
Although true success is built on trust and truth, in North America there seems to be a drift toward being "flaky."
Websters defines flake as a markedly eccentric person or oddball. More and more, that slang term is being applied to a persons lack of professional ...
Tags: success, wealth, integrity, personal growth, professional development, living on purpose, character
- The Spirit Of Abundance
By: Ken Keis | - "The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise occurred . . . unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way."
-John Wolfgang von Goethe
The Spirit of Abundance
Would you like MORE abundance in your life? If your answer is Yes, read on. If not, read on anyway, so you can help others have more.
Tags: health, wellness, wealth, living on purpose, abundance, personal growth, professional development
- Success Is A Team Sport
By: Ken Keis | - "The speed of the person is the speed of the team."
-Lee Iacocca, Past President of Chrysler Corp
Success is a Team Sport
The speed and degree of our personal/business success is always influenced by the team that surrounds or supports us.
Team: a number of persons associated in work or activity; a group on the same side of a match.
As my personal and business experience continues to grow, lifes truths are becomin ...
Tags: success, team, living on purpose, money, personal growth, professional development
- Help With Reading| Reading Tutoring| Help For Dyslexia| Reading Help| Reading Methods
By: Lindamood.bell | - 1. Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes: ( general )
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, internationally renowned for educational programs and research, has pioneered instructional models to develop the sensory-cognitive processes that underlie reading, spelling, comprehension, critical thinking, and math. Lindamood-Bell Learning Centers provide one-on-one instruction using our groundbreaking instructional methods; Lindamood-Bell
Professional Development offers workshops ...
Tags: Learning center for dyslexia| Learning center for autism| Teacher professional development
- Are You A Giver Or A Taker
By: Ken Keis | - "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give."
-Sir Winston Churchill, British Politician 1874 - 1965
Are You a Giver or a Taker?
To give: to bestow by formal action; deliver or to yield to another.
To take: to get into one's hands or possession; grasp, seize, capture, or defeat.
How would your friends, family, or co-workers characterize you -- Are you a giver or a taker?
Here is an example of ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, give, giver, giving, take, personal growth, professional development
- The Magic Of The Moment
By: Ken Keis | - "When we are capable of living in the moment, free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts."
-Joan Borysenko, A Woman's Book of Life
The Magic of the Moment
This moment -- the very one that includes reading this line -- is really the only piece of time that you (we) occupy. Yesterday is a cancelled check and tomorrow is a promissory note. I know that is one of many clich ...
Tags: success, wealth, living on purpose, personal growth, professional development, in the moment, past, future
- The Power Of Your Thoughts
By: Ken Keis | - "Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death."
-James F. Byrnes, Politician 1879 - 1972
The Power of Your Thoughts
Thought: The process of thinking, serious consideration, reasoning power, opinion and belief
So what are your thoughts saying to you?
I dare suggest that almost everything each of us has or has not accomplished is a result of our thinking.
...
Tags: wins, success, goals, living on purpose, opportunities, failure, personal development, professional development, growth
- Arne Duncan Brings New Vision To The Post Of Secretary Of Education
By: Jamie Hanson | - Many people were a bit leery of President Obama's choice of the Superintendant of the Chicago Public School system, Arne Duncan, to take the reins at the U. S. Department of Education. However, the choice is not too surprising as the two men are close personal friends and share many of the same ideas about education reform. The president has outlined what he calls his Five Pillars of Education and put it into the hands of Secretary Duncan to create the initiatives to drive the education departm ...
Tags: teaching certification, professional development for teachers
- Professional Development Opportunities In Maryland Provided By The Maryland Technology Academy
By: Gretchen Vuvalgee | - In 1998, the Maryland State Department of Education established the Maryland Technology Academy through House Bill 1347. The Maryland Technology Academy is meant to provide opportunities for professional development to the K-16 teachers in the state of Maryland. The Academy focuses on the use of technology to improve teaching methods and to generate a strong positive impact on the learning of the students. The program is also meant to encourage the use of technologies in education to improve the ...
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- Discover The Ultimate Path To Personal And Professional Development
By: Ranju Kumar | - The path to personal and professional development is about learning how to improve yourself and grow. Personal development requires a personal change. It depends upon what your interests, dreams and goals are. There is undoubtedly a link between personal and professional development. You cannot achieve your dream without this.
Deciding what exactly you want to do with your life and career must be your first step towards personal and professional development. Once you have decided ...
Tags: Personal Development, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Inspirational speaker
- Coaching: An Essential Ingredient In Professional Development Of Academic Staff
By: Evelyn Bos | - In professional development programmes the intention is always to provide the participants with personal and professional growth and establish a long-lasting form of learning.
Involving them with a meaningful learning experience, where action and reflection are important ingredients, is therefore crucial (Petty, 2007; Slepkov, 2008; Maeda, 2001).
Many of the more conventional forms of professional development, such as conferences, workshops, lectures and mass staf ...
Tags: professional development, coaching, higher education, staff development, career coaching
- Know More About Becoming A Successful Inspirational Speaker
By: Dr. Richard Baiz | - Have you always dreamed of being a successful inspirational speaker on professional development? There are a large number of people who have had this dream and succeeded at it. Individuals like John C. Maxwell, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, and Jim Rohn are all motivational speakers on professional development. These individuals, and others in the industry, engage in a number of activities like authoring books, holding conventions, and similar events in order to share their insight as a leader and ...
Tags: Personal Development, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Inspirational speaker, Earn while you Learn, personal development course
- How To Become A Successful Inspirational Speaker On Professional Development
By: Ranju Kumar | - Have you always dreamed of being a successful inspirational speaker on professional development? There are a large number of people who have had this dream and succeeded at it. Individuals like John C. Maxwell, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, and Jim Rohn are all motivational speakers on professional development.
These individuals, and others in the industry, engage in a number of activities like authoring books, holding conventions, and similar events in order to share their insight ...
Tags: Personal Development, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Inspirational speaker
- Professional Development Tools: How To Effectively Use Inspirational Books, Audios And Videos
By: Lynn Pierce | - What books are you currently reading? What audios are in your car? One of the quickest ways to master anything is to read books, listen to audios and watch videos on the subject. These are your tools for professional development and business success.
If you're spending free time reading novels or listening to music, you're missing a major key to personal and business success. People who achieve high levels of abundance generally read two or three inspiratio ...
Tags: personal growth, business success, personal development, professional development
- Personal Success Strategy: Take A Millionaire To Lunch
By: Lynn Pierce | - Take a millionaire to lunch and you may find a new mentor. Spending the money to be mentored by an expert is a key strategy to personal success. In this past year, every new idea I have learned has come from the time and money I spent to be with successful mentors.
Mentors are invaluable. There is no such thing as a self-made millionaire. Everyone has had help with some phase of professional development. You can go a long way toward life mastery and busines ...
Tags: mentor, personal success, business success, personal development, professional development
- Personal Growth Quiz: Test Your Level Of Self-esteem
By: Lynn Pierce | - Every day I hear people from all walks of life saying things that literally cut them off from their own personal growth and total abundance. Things like, I just cant seem to get ahead, or I cant believe I always do such stupid things. Hearing those things is such a shame because its so unnecessary.
If you were fully aware of how you talk to yourself and talk to the world about who you are, youd be shocked. Were all guilty of this to some small degree, ...
Tags: build self-esteem, personal success, personal growth, personal development, professional development
- Create A Personal Manifesto For Personal Growth And Professional Development
By: Lynn Pierce | - A manifesto is a series of statements clarifying what you stand for in your life as well as what you won't stand for.
Having a personal manifesto helps keep your focus on who you are and your purpose in life. I created my personal manifesto as a certificate with a personalized logo and it's up on the wall in front of my desk.
You may be wondering why it's so important for women in business to have some ...
Tags: personal growth, personal development, professional development, women in business
- Daily Spiritual Practice: The Foundation For Your Breakthrough To Personal And Professional Developm
By: Lynn Pierce | - Down through the ages, great thinkers, inventors, artists, statesman and philosophers have credited their spiritual connections for their successes.
If this seems like a strange place to begin, you may be wondering what this has to do with our topic of success and life mastery.
Daily spiritual practice is the foundation everything else builds upon to create an abundant life.
In ...
Tags: professional development, personal growth, mentor, personal development
- Effective Ways To Develop The Professional Self In Mental And Physical Ease And Supremacy
By: Garry Connolly | - The first suggestion is to learn how to deal with a problem in a patient way. One must learn how to use patience to develop their management skills. This is a very good mental exercise that allows an individual to handle a stressful situation in a calm, relaxed and efficient manner.
An individual who wants to further the development of their professional self should learn how to analyze in a non-judgmental way. This allows an individual to make fewer mistakes in the future.
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Tags: empowerment, personal development, professional development, self help, women empowerment,
- Your Holistic Perspective To Physical And Mental Supremacy
By: Garry Connolly | - When we are dealing with the physical world, we must look into the importance of perspective. This means that we must also understand the importance of having a holistic perspective. None of us would only buy part of a house or a house without a roof. This is why we must not except part of a perspective but must instead look at a whole perspective. When an individual buys a house the individual inspects the inside and outside of the house. The individual looks at the roof, the house space, the f ...
Tags: empower, continuing professional development, personal development action plan examples,
- Two Ears, One Mouth. How Long Should You Talk?
By: Amy Nutt | - Q The real question is - how long will your audience pay attention?
A In business, or business presentations, timing is everything, according to Christina Kaya, who heads Kayaco Seminars, specializing in communication skills development for business. Holding the attention of your listeners for the duration of a presentation is easy when you understand that there are predictable patterns in the way people pay attention. Speakers who know how to work with these attention patterns ca ...
Tags: professional development
- Great Managers Attract (and Keep) Great Talent
By: Amy Nutt | - Widespread research suggests that people do not leave organizations; they leave their managers. The implication of this finding is that managers who are respected and seen as supportive of the people who work with them are indispensable to successful organizations. Without them, competent people may leave their current organization in search of better treatment. The resultant costs of recruitment, engagement and subsequent retention can be enormous. Less tangible are the indirect costs associate ...
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- The Risky Business Of Project Management
By: Amy Nutt | - Undertaking any project, whether in-house or in partnership with a professional services firm, entails risk. Project risk is defined as any area of concern that could prevent a project from achieving all of its benefits. Project risk requires careful management and involves identification, assessment, and mitigation.
It is important at the beginning of any project to go through the risk identification process. Not all project risks are obvious. When identifying risks, look for are ...
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- Project Management-tips On Creating A Project Culture That Ensures A Foundation For Project Success
By: Amy Nutt | - Although sometimes it seems that projects take on a life of their own, the simple fact is that projects don't manage themselves. It takes the energy and commitment of a number of people to take a project from the initial idea through inception. As more companies embrace the concept of self-directed work-teams that work on specific projects, project management, will become a more vital element of the workplace. The following checklist will help you create a successful project management office:< ...
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- Leading Into The Future
By: Amy Nutt | - The subject of leadership goes to the root of organized human behavior. Leadership is so integral to who we are that it's difficult to imagine human history without it. Would great cities have ever been built without it? Would nations have been forged? Indeed, could any great endeavor have been accomplished without leadership? Very likely, no.
It is little wonder, then, that leadership continues to be a very high priority in modern organizations and promises to remain one into t ...
Tags: Leadership Training, Professional Development, Canadian Management Centre
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