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High Performance Accelerator Program from Art Petty

High Performance Accelerator Program from Art Petty

Filled with practical ideas and approaches to strengthen your performance as a manager, better support your team and drive results, High Performance Accelerator for Managers (live-online + mentoring) is a great next step for your professional development.

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Reinventing Your Career—Purpose and Cause

Reinventing Your Career—Purpose and Cause

For too many experienced professionals, the later stages of their careers feel more like prison sentences than rich opportunities to learn and grow. Yet, investing time to rethink your personal purpose and cause through the lens of your experience, can set the stage for the most productive, rewarding portion of your career and life.

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5 Important Lessons of Successful Career Reinventors

5 Important Lessons of Successful Career Reinventors

For most people, the idea of reinventing themselves in their careers remains a fantasy. However, for those who do move from fantasy and ideas to actions, the career reinvention process is filled with obstacles to be overcome. Here are 5 big lessons learned from some successful career reinventors:

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For Professional Growth, Thin-Slice Behavior Change with the Help of a Swim Buddy

For Professional Growth, Thin-Slice Behavior Change with the Help of a Swim Buddy

Too often, our approach to professional development and growth comes in the form of big, broad solutions and approaches. While these approaches sound appealing, they often don’t address the core behaviors essential for improving performance. Instead, learn to thin-slice your professional development for effective behavior change. It helps to recruit a Swim Buddy along the way.

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“Managing Oneself” 2018-Style

“Managing Oneself” 2018-Style

Peter Drucker’s classic article, “Managing Oneself” may be the best career guide since Ben Franklin penned Poor Richard’s Almanack. Here are six added questions for our era to accompany Drucker’s simply powerful original five.

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Challenging Conversations and Career Success

Challenging Conversations and Career Success

Perhaps the single most valuable piece of career advice I ever received happened early in my career. I’m not certain I understood the importance of this advice at the time, but it stuck with me. The advice is:

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Career Reinvention—Overcoming Your View on You

Career Reinvention—Overcoming Your View on You

For individuals considering a career makeover, it’s imperative to refresh the view on you. To introduce some objectivity into the process and navigate beyond your blindspots, consider asking for help. This article shares a number of ideas to help you better tune-in to others’ perception of your true skills and abilities.

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