Articles & Resources

Business articles presented complimentary by Professional Development Associates:

• Negotiating from the Buyer's Perspective - Tips to strengthen your position whey you are buying position in a negotiation.



• Selling Your Ideas: How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes - What is the real reason why bosses say no to new ideas and what you can do about it.



• Motivating Employees - How to make the psychology of persuasion work for you.



• Change vs. Transition - An innovative look at the distinction between change and transition. This article discusses why resistance occurs and both personal and organizational ways to manage the human side of the change process.



• Comments from a Dead Russian Dissident - Reprint of a Fortune article, which explores a ground-breaking approach to finding solutions to problems. This new approach TRIZ, is currently in use in organizations as diverse as NASA and Procter and Gamble.

Downloadable resources presented by Professional Development Associates:

• Problem Solving Guide (click to download ppt) - Detailed view of PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) process.



• Strategic Thinking (pdf) - Excellent Article by Ann Hermann on the link between Creativity and Strategic Thinking.



• Successful Team-Building Techniques for Managers (click to download ppt) - MWEA Administrator's Workshop.



• Effective Team Member Assessment (pdf) - A printed or electronic tool to evaluate the performance of individuals on a team. Can be used for project teams, functional teams, executive teams, etc. Questionnaire can be modified to fit any organization's needs and practices.



• Global Leader of the Future Inventory (pdf) - Developed for a Fortune 100 company. Later expanded for use by any organization that seeks to determine developmental needs of their leaders. Excellent multi-rater tool to evaluate individual and group performance.  Can be modified. Available in either paper or electronic formats.



• Professional Effectiveness Assessment (pdf) - Sample, full version of a  multi-rater report. This report can be made available in either paper or electronic formats.



• DeBono's Six Thinking Hats (ppt) - A powerful and fascinating tool to assist individuals and teams pool their thinking energies.