Internet Training System Helps Managers Improve Leadership Skills

An innovative use of the Internet provides managers with a self paced leadship improvement program that leverages coaching and on-the-job exercises to improve specific managerial skills.

Now managers who want to develop their leadership skills have an Internet resource to guide them. Profiles International, Inc. of Waco, Texas has put a comprehensive self-paced, self-study course online, to be used at work, at home, or wherever managers can connect to the Internet. Called the Profiles CheckPoint SkillBuilder Series, the program consists of eighteen lessons that guide managers through professional development exercises that are integrated into their daily work routine.

Unlike classes and seminars that provide a classroom experience, SkillBuilder is designed to mesh with a managers regular duties so that new ideas and techniques find practical use during the work day in real situations, not simulations. By finding practical, every day applications for the tips and skills contained in each SkillBuilder, participants form new habits that will serve them a lifetime.

A key element of each SkillBuilder is the application of the 'K-S-S principle. It asks managers to identify and make note of the job activities they perform that they want to keep doing because they facilitate productivity, the things they want to stop doing because they waste time or are counter productive, and the things they want to start doing to improve their leadership effectiveness.

The SkillBuilder Series is designed as a follow-up to the Profiles CheckPoint 360° Competency Feedback System, which is an analysis of a managers performance as observed by their boss, fellow managers, and subordinates. Using a survey method, the CheckPoint identifies the managers strengths and the areas in which improved skills would enhance their job performance.

Before the introduction of the SkillBuilder Series, managers were on their own to find materials for self improvement, but now they have an organized system for concentrating on the skills that will help them progress professionally. Each SkillBuilder has a focus on a specific area of management in which a manager seeks to grow. With topics from Achieving Results to Working Competently, the SkillBuilder Series runs the gamut of managerial skills.

The subjects of the eighteen SkillBuilders are:

Listening To Others
Processing Information
Communicating Effectively
Instilling Trust
Building Personal Relationships
Delegating Responsibility
Adjusting To Circumstances
Thinking Creatively
Providing Direction
Facilitating Team Success
Working Efficiently
Working Competently
Taking Action
Achieving Results
Cultivating Individual Talents
Motivating Successfully
Displaying Commitment
Seeking Improvement

More information about the Profiles SkillBuilder Series is available from Bill Tuzin of Transitus Norma, Ltd. Mr. Tuzin works with employers helping them increase the effectiveness of their human capital, improving their productivity and profitability.

Profiles International, Inc. is the worlds leading publisher of employment-related assessments and other resources. Profiles International, Inc. has more than 800 representatives throughout the United States and in over sixty other countries. Its products serve the needs of business, industry, education, and government.

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