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What Is Professional Development? We Unpack the Essentials

Success

Before getting there, let’s unpack the essentials of what skill training really is. Rooted in the belief that skill acquisition doesn’t end after formal education, job training bridges the gap between academic knowledge and practical, on-the-job requirements. Leadership training Leadership skills are fundamental to career growth.

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Do I Really Need a Professional Development Plan?

Eat Your Career

I often create these plans in collaboration with my career coaching clients, and I frequently provide training workshops on this topic. The only “exception” to my rule is for people who are a year or two from retirement. However, one question I repeatedly hear is this: Do I really need a professional development plan?

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How to Become a Certified Coach

Success

When I was invited to a four-day workshop called Transformation and Life Mastery I said, “What the heck?” For clients of Jo Davis , the work is “[finding] meaning, a career change, retirement or planning for it.”. They often have specialized and sometimes medical training on diagnosable mental health issues. After session No.

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IRS update: digital communication and payroll

BMT Office Administration

Paul Mamo, assistant deputy commissioner for Services and Enforcement at the IRS, and Dan Lauer, director of SB/SE, examinations and specialty tax, did something similar at their workshop at PayrollOrg’s annual Congress. He also confirmed FIRE’s eventual retirement, in favor of IRIS. How is it going to spend this money?

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Stacey Abrams’ New Co-Authored Book Details the Struggles Black Entrepreneurs Still Face and Why Business Partnership Differences Can Be Your Superpower

Success

At the Leadership Atlanta workshop on race relations, the moderator invited Stacey to share a secret dream that most people would never have suspected. They dip into retirement savings, run up credit card debt or ramp up slowly while juggling day jobs. These roadblocks keep small businesses small or struggling to grow.

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Pauline Roussel CEO at Coworkies and Co-author of “Around The World in 250 Coworking Spaces” | Driving Collaboration: How Coworking Spaces Foster Connections in Work Communities

Allwork

It’s actually a really interesting question that we are often asked or that we often use to ask when we conduct workshops, like who knows when coworking started? And the reason why Thomas, the founder started it is because he understood that the moment you retire, you become irrelevant for the working society.

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Luck vs. Planning for Success

Office Dynamics

I speak on this topic in my Star Achievement Series® training for executive and administrative assistants. ’ Other participants in my workshop fully believe that a person works hard and prepares themselves and then an opportunity arises and they are the right fit. Welcome to another great Monday!

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