According to the dictionary, Continuing professional development is the means by which members of professional associations maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge and skills and develop the personal qualities required in their professional lives. Continuing professional development ensures that professionals keep developing their knowledge and skills, as well as improve their competence.
Creating Your Own Spring Break Without Traveling Anywhere
This article will give you specific ideas on how to take a vacation in the spring or any other time of the year without booking any travel at all.
How to Deal With Difficult People
In business, like the rest of life we will often encounter people who are just that little more difficult to get along with. Some use the term personality conflict to describe the situation, yet this suggests that there is some sort of unbreakable barrier and that the problem is somewhat unfixable, since it is highly unlikely somebody is going to change their entire personality for the sake of better work relations!
Strategy For Success
In the quest towards achieving success and accomplishment in our lives, a systematic plan of action is needed. Without a plan even the greatest of efforts will be ineffective, eventually degenerating into frustration and wasted time. A guided plan allows one to utilize his/her talents and competencies to the fullest, by focusing them in a coordinated and strategic manner upon a specific outcome.
The Value And Reality Of Implementing Better Project Management
It has now well been accepted that the implementation of project management practices adds value to any organization. One recent study showed a 28% ROI1 from project management initiatives in IT organizations. However, what is the reality in developing and following such practices? Are the returns on investment so easily shown? What are the key steps or processes for these returns to actually occur? Experience and examples from the field, points to the following critical ste…
Project Team Building And Morale
“You have lost your subject when you have lost his inclination; you are to preside over the minds, not the bodies of men. The soul is the essence of a man; and you cannot have the true man against his inclination.”
How to Get the Most out of Your Next Conference
Here’s how to come home rich from your next conference.
How To Make A Net – Work!
A guide on how to positively network for career advancement and employment. The article is written concisely and hits key points designed to teach the reader job searching and career networking etiquette.
Forget the Eagle, Peacock, Owl or Dove … are you a Canary?
As a professional sales person you can and should do what’s necessary to avoid becoming redundant.
To Team or Not To Team
This article helps you think about the question to team or not to team and provides you with some illuminating, and perhaps surprising answers.
Nine Ways to Get Your Productivity Up!
Regardless of the reasons for your lack of energy or passion, there are specific, predictable ways to get past the funk. When you apply these suggestions you will lift both your spirits and your productivity, and begin to give you your rhythm back.
ESCAPE the Holiday Productivity Blahs
Its that time of year again: the time of holiday parties, Christmas cards to write, shopping to do (even online at work!), vacations, family commitments, and more stress. There are ways that we as leaders can counteract all of the distractions and stress and help people be as productive now as at any time of the year.