StrategyDriven Professional Development Forum

Continuous personal performance improvement is the hallmark of every StrategyDriven Professional. This ongoing enhancement of one’s knowledge, skills, and experiences makes a professional more valuable to both his or her current organization and the marketplace in general.
 
 
All professional development activities are performed at some cost. Therefore, it is important to be both deliberate in the selection and efficient in the execution of these activities so to maximize their return on investment. Development activity selection should benefit the professional first and the organization second. As it suggests, efficient execution of these activities means that the activity itself must impart a maximum increase in knowledge, skill, and experience with a minimal amount of effort.
 
Focus of the Professional Development Forum

Articles within the Professional Development Forum focus on the methods used by truly StrategyDriven Professionals in the selection and execution of their developmental activities. Additionally, because organizational characteristics greatly impact professional development, some articles within this forum are dedicated to evaluating this organizational impact on one’s development, growth, and advancement opportunities.

The following articles, podcasts, documents, and resources cover those topics critical to the StrategyDriven Professional’s development, growth, and advancement.

Articles

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Principles

• Artificial Employment Restraints
• The StrategyDriven Professional is Always Employable

Best Practices

• Best Practice – Maintaining Annual, Three, and Five Year Development Plans
• Best Practice – Ongoing, Critical Self-Assessment
• Best Practice – Acquiring Experience Beyond that of Your Position
• Best Practice – Avoid Commoditization
• Best Practice – Critical Organizational Assessments
• Best Practice – Peer Coaches
• Best Practice – Document ‘I’ll Take Care of You’ Promises

Warning Flags

• Warning Flag – Over-reliance on the I’ll Take Care of You Boss

The StrategyDriven Team

Headquartered in Acworth, Georgia, StrategyDriven provides insightful business performance improvement advice to business leaders in Atlanta, the Southeast, throughout the United States, and around the World. Our world class experts are recognized leaders in their chosen fields.

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