Welcome to our personal and career development resources to help you make better work and life choices. Here you’ll find a range of tools, tips and techniques to help you plan, set and achieve your development goals.
Successful managers invest in personal and career development. They achieve their goals by lifelong commitment to personal growth and professional development. Some might argue that creating your own personal development strategy is the most important investment you can make. So, as with any investment decisions don’t forget to factor in your own development and think about the value it adds.
Our personal development knowledge hub contains a growing range of material to help you plan, set and achieve your personal development goals. This section contains some excellent personal and career development resources – from tips and stories to career change advice and key success factors. Use it to think about:
Effective work-life balance and wellness.
Techniques for getting better at what you do.
How to develop your strengths.
Finding ways to do more of what you want to do.
What you need to know, and what skills you need to practice, to develop your career.
Developing your communication and interpersonal skills.
How to deal with job disappointment or loss.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
Personal Development Knowledge Hub
Thought-provoking articles & insights, practical tips & tools, theories, free downloads, and great value products to help your personal development.
What makes a great manager? There are many different ways of answering this question but perhaps the... Read more
Featured What’s the Meaning of Happiness?
Take a few minutes to explore the meaning of happiness at work. What does it mean to be... Read more
Featured The Value of a Good Manager?
What's the value of a good manager? Find out how you can become a manager people really want... Read more
Featured Motivation in the Workplace
What’s your motivation in the workplace? How do you define your work? Are you just doing a job,... Read more
Effective Management Skills
Effective management skills are first and foremost about getting things done. Whatever management is about; you've got to... Read more
Career Builder
Here we start with a career builder story then offer some insights on how to build your own... Read more
Personal Development Stories
What are the benefits of employee training and development? · Acquire new skills and knowledge and develop those... Read more
Motivational Quotes
Motivational quotes provide the inspiration to think, to act, or to simply to give yourself a lift. Enjoy... Read more
Self Motivation
Does self motivation come easy for you? Find out how to achieve “flow” at work and a healthy... Read more
Workplace Motivation
Workplace motivation is one of the most important aspects of good management. Release the power of storytelling to... Read more
What is Time Management?
What is time management? An easy question to answer? Think again, there is a growing sense that it... Read more
Why is Goal Setting Important?
Why is goal setting important? Aristotle had an opinion! Here we discuss three crucial aspects to the answer:... Read more
The Peter Principle
How can you spot a manager who's not up to the job? Can the 'Peter Principle' be used... Read more
Improving Management Skills
One way of improving management skills is to make sure that the right things are getting done. Don't... Read more
The Essence of Leadership
Here is a story which poignantly illustrates the essence of leadership. Thomas Edison led the way from devastating... Read more
Rate Your Happiness
Do you think it’s possible to rate your happiness? Research indicates that far too many managers are unhappy... Read more
Structured Facilitation
Using a structured facilitation approach is one way to ensure team meetings are effective. Use it to help... Read more
Team Facilitation
Good team facilitation starts with being clear about the content of the meeting or workshop. Be clear about... Read more
Structured Workshops
The key to properly structured workshops is matching content with process. Use a clear framework to improve your... Read more
Workshop Facilitation Skills
Improve your workshop facilitation skills in three broad areas: focus skills; inter-personal skills; and your own personal characteristics.... Read more
Goal Setting Leaders
What separates goal setting leaders from the crowd? What kind of impact do you want to have? How... Read more
Define Leadership Excellence
How do you define leadership excellence? Tom Peters uses Dee Hock's ultra short PhD to illustrate his definition... Read more
Business Management Education
Is it time to re-think our approach to business management education? Here you'll find 3 tips to make... Read more
MBA Business School Ranking
Studying an MBA is a huge investment in time, effort and finance. But before you choose, what do... Read more
MBA Starting Salaries
MBA starting salaries are pretty important, given the investment students make in time, effort & finance. So how... Read more
The Secret of My Success
What do you think when you hear someone say: what's the secret of my success? Several things, no... Read more
Goal Setting Tip
If we could offer one, single happiness goal setting tip, it would be 'do what you love'. Try... Read more
Job Burnout
Are you suffering from job burnout or does work energise you? We look at job burnout and suggest... Read more
Management and Leadership Development Training
Management and leadership development training is more than courses and classes. Here we discuss 6 ways to get... Read more
Leadership Management Training
Good leadership management training should draw upon good content but that's not all. To be fully effective, use... Read more
Success Maker
Investing in your own personal development is one way to be a success maker, but the best managers... Read more
Career Builder
Here we start with a career builder story then offer some insights on how to build your own... Read more
HRM and HRD
HRM and HRD: what a difference a letter makes! We define each and discuss the differences in the... Read more
Featured Personal Development Strategy
A personal development strategy begins with a simple premise: your development is your responsibility. Here are 15 tips... Read more
Featured Work Life Effectiveness
What's the best way to develop your work life effectiveness? Try applying strengths-based management to your work life... Read more
Featured Dealing with Job Loss
Dealing with job loss can be one of life's most traumatic experiences. So here is our Plan-A, to... Read more
Peter Drucker Quotes
Searching for Peter Drucker quotes? No management site would be complete without these essential quotes from the... Read more
Learning Quotes
Reflection on learning quotes is time well spent. Whether sparks of inspiration or seeds of wisdom, these quotes... Read more
Quotes About Leadership Success
There’s no shortage of quotes about leadership success. Each leader may be unique but as importantly, what might... Read more
Goal Setting Quotes
Here’s a selection of goal setting quotes which express the value and wisdom of setting goals. Inspire your... Read more
Destination Success
Ever thought about where you’re going? Is your destination success? Try the road less travelled and getting the... Read more
The Daily Drucker
The Daily Drucker - 366 Days of Insight and Motivation. A complete 'thought leadership resource' in one book,... Read more
Quotes on Success
Looking for some insights from the shoulders of giants? Our quotes on success reveal what business leaders have... Read more
Career Goal Setting
Enthusiasm can be central to your career goal setting. But not just being enthusiastic, having an enthusiasm... Read more
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
7 Habits is a classic self-development book by Stephen Covey. Take control of your development, balance priorities, and... Read more
Success Quotes
Our success quotes capture some inspirational and counter-intuitive thoughts about success. Use them to help define what success... Read more
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Really enjoyed session – thought provoking.
Promoted lots of thinking around staff skills. Excellent, keep doing these sessions. Very useful, definitely use these principles.
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