Personal Development

The focus of the Free Management Library is on resources for professional, management and organization development. At the core of these types of development is personal development. The library includes the basic resources from which to get started in cultivating personal development.

Sections in This Topic Include: (roughly in probable order of use):

Various Perspectives About Personal Development
Self-Assessments (numerous self-assessments)
Goals - Setting Personal Goals
Changing Your Behavior
Basic Requirements of Learners in Training and Development
Learning Style Inventory
Mindpower
Reading Skills
Student Skills, includes:
- - - Reading Skills
- - - Tips for Studying More Effectively
- - - Tips to Do Better On Tests

Various Perspectives

Personal Development Articles
Identifying Your Values and Morals
Personal Development: A Path to Individual Growth (includes personal visioning)
Complete, Online Self-Help Book
Self Development Tips
The Information Professional's Career Page (tm): @BRINT (tm)
ASTD
Leadership Knowledge Base: Information to Improve Your Leadership Skills.
Career Development Center: Online Career Guides
Career Development Guide
CareerLab: 700-page career, outplacement, HR megasite
Court TV's Legal Cafe: Getting Fired (Other Links)
HR Career Development Resources - Human Resources Net Links
Good Personal Growth Quotes
Your Personal Vision Statement: The Beginning of Your Future
“Ask”: One of the Most Powerful Words in Business Language
Take Time For Your Business Education
The New Global Marketplace Requires the Versatility of a Swiss Army Knife
Driving Higher Levels of Performance on the Corporate Racetrack: Finish First
Brain Based Learning Insights Change Everything About Learning

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Recommended Books

General Information

Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business: by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Includes step-by-step guidelines, tips and tools to effectively lead:
1. Yourself
2. Other individuals in the business
3. Groups and teams in the business
4. Business organizations
5. As well as all functions within the business organization.

Many of the Library's materials about business, leadership and management are adapted from this book. Just click on the title of the book above to see the Index and Table of Contents.

Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision With Nonprofit Staff: by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Includes step-by-step guidelines, tips and tools customized for personnel in nonprofits to effectively lead:
1. Yourself
2. Other individuals in the nonprofit
3. Groups and teams in the nonprofit
4. Nonprofit organizations
5. As well as all functions within the nonprofit organization.

Many of the Library's materials about nonprofit leadership and management are adapted from this book. Just click on the title of the book above to see the Index and Table of Contents.

The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. To get more information about each book, just hover your cursor over the image of the book. A "bubble" of information will be displayed. You can click on the title of the book in that bubble to get more information, too.