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The “Continued Education” Skill
The “Continued Education” skill is simply the ability to constantly learn new techniques, master changing technologies, keep up with changes in an industry, and the like. Perhaps it is not a “skill”...
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COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS! “Get Good” At Them!
Communications skills are the number one skill area that our research identified. They include: Getting your ideas OUT of your head and into someone else’s head by Effective speaking Effective writing...
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Information + Analysis = Critical Thinking . . . Howard Gardner has it right!
Two of the most important of the “Critical Skills” are the skill of acquiring information and then doing something with it to solve a problem or draw a conclusion. This is the essence of “Critical...
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Core Competencies for Medical Residents
Chicago Medicine has an excellent article entitled “Milestones in Graduate Medical Education” by Louis J. Ling, MD and Laura Edgar, EdD, CAE in its February 2013 edition. This article deals with...
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The Impact of Sequestration on Skill Training – Devastating
“America’s economic future depends, at least in part, on the skills of its workforce. Although policymakers face difficult decisions, our nation must continue to invest in those skills to maintain our...
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The Change in the Original “Analysis” Skill – Today’s Technology Requires TWO...
Alvin Toffler warned us long ago in his 1970 book, “Future Shock.” In that book he said, the “future shock” will be “the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future. It...
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New Book –“The Critical Skills”
I just recently put up the draft chapters of “The Critical Skills.” Please feel free to check it out and make comments as appropriate.
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Develop Your “Interpersonal” Skill Set
The “Interpersonal Skill” is defined in many ways from multiple sources. My own definition of the skill is as follows: The “Interpersonal Skill” is not a skill that enables you to “win friends;”...
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Commencement Address . . . Some Time Ago . . .
I gave a few high school commencement addresses – typically they were as follows The student body president was eloquent in her remarks reflecting on the students’ experiences in high school and her...
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A Brave New World
At the middle of the twentieth century at the end of World War II, the United States was near full employment, Europe, Japan and China were devastated, and the US had virtually no competition in the...
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“Future Proof” Students With The Relevant Skills
“Future Proof” is a nice choice of words for meeting the challenges facing students over the coming decades. The Singapore Independent describes the effort in Singapore to “Future Proof” students. “We...
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When Learning at Work Becomes Overwhelming
A recent posting by David DeLong in the Harvard Business Review titled “When Learning at Work Becomes Overwhelming” addresses the problem of employee education in a world where technology is advancing...
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Continuous Education – Connect With John Chancellor!
The eighth (and often overlooked) Critical Skill is Continuous Education. We live in an ever-changing world where significant and fast-paced developments in technology, world wide competition and...
View ArticleA “Critical Skill” Necessary for the Next Ten Years Is . . . . . . .
Excellent article about the need for a specific “critical skill” over the next ten years. Guess what it is!! Worth a read . . . click on the link HERE! The post A “Critical Skill” Necessary for the...
View Article“All About Skills” is on iTunes.
The new podcast, “All About Skills,” is now up on iTunes. You can check it out with the link below or simply by clicking on the icon. All About Skills The post “All About Skills” is on iTunes. appeared...
View ArticleFederalist Papers – Essay #34
In Essay #34, Concerning the General Power of Taxation, Alexander Hamilton hammers home the concept of concurrent powers – that the national government must have at least equal or greater powers than...
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Essay #36, Concerning the General Power of Taxation, brings to a close Hamilton’s focus on the need for the central government to have the power of taxation. He addresses the following lingering...
View ArticleContinuous Education – World Class Learning at Your Fingertips!
One of the eight “Critical Skills” is Continuous Education – and it’s right at your fingertips! Rather than watch cable news or mindless (but entertaining) TV series, why not focus on learning...
View ArticleIgnorant or Stupid? You CAN’T Fix “Stupid,” but You CAN Fix “Ignorant” by...
“Ignorant” and “stupid” are adjectives, but they are not the same thing. If a person is “stupid,” then he/she does not have the ability to understand something due to insufficient intelligence or brain...
View ArticleChristie Hefner Discusses Continuous Education
Christie Hefner discusses Continuous Education – one of the Critical Skills – in an episode on “It’s All About Skills.” Christie is no stranger to leadership. She graduated Summa cum laude from...
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