Personal Productivity

Critical skills in leading and managing — whether leading and managing oneself, other individuals, groups or organizations — are skills in decision-making and problem solving.

Sections of This Topic Include

• Critical Thinking
• Creative Thinking
• Decision Making
• Organizing Yourself
• Problem Solving
• Time Management

Also consider

• Personal Development
• Personal Wellness
• Basic Guidelines to Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Planning (Basics)
• Is the Day Before Vacation Your Most Productive Day of the Year?
• 13 Tips to Sleep More and Raise Productivity
• Productivity: Are You Doing What Really Matters?

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Critical Thinking

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Setting Personal Goals

Various Perspectives

Goal Setting Tips
Goal Setting – Powerful Written Goals In 7 Easy Steps!
Practical
Goal-Setting Tips
The
First Secret: One Minute Goals
HOW
TO: Set Relevant Goals
Goal
Setting: The Art of Stretch Targets
How
to Set Meaningful Professional Development Goals in Evaluation: Part 1

Also consider
Self-Assessments
(numerous self-assessments)
Goals
– Setting Personal Goals
Changing
Your Behavior
Basic
Requirements of Learners in Training and Development
Learning
Style Inventory
Reading
Skills
Personal
Productivity
Personal
Wellness

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Library’s
Career Management Blog
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Coaching Blog

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Various Self-Assessments for Personal and Professional Development

Various On-Line Self-Assessments

Selecting from Among Publicly Available Assessments

We have these:

• Asserting Yourself
• Comprehension
  
• Concentration
  
• Critical Thinking
  
• Decision-Making Style
  
• Forgiveness
  
• Getting Interviewed
  
• Gratitude
  
• What Kind of Leader Are You?
  
• Learning Style
  
• Memory
  
• Mindfulness
• Motivation
  
• Personality (DISC)
  
• Personality (MBTI)
  
• Project Mgmnt Skills
  
• Reading Level
  
• Risk Taking Style
  
• Self-Awareness
  
• Strategic Thinking Skills
  
• Stress Level
  
• Thinking Style
  
• Time Management
  
• Vocabulary
  
• Work-Life Balance
  
• Writing Skills

Additional Assessments

• What is Your Risk-Taking Style?
• Organizational Toxicity Test
• Identify Your Strengths and Weaknesses
• Blake and Mouton Management Grid – Self-Assessment
• Skeptic’s Dictionary: enneagram
• Keirsey Temperament and Character Website
• HumanMetrics – Internet online human relationships tests, personality tests
• Extroverts are obnoxious and arrogant – Introverts are snobby and aloof
• IQ Tests. Test your intelligence with these I.Q. Tests , Links online. See if your brain measures up.
• What Makes a Great Pre-Employment Assessment?

Also consider

• Basic Requirements of Learners in Training and Development
• Changing Your Behavior
  
• Evaluations (Many Kinds)
  
• Goals – Setting Personal Goals
  
• Learning Style Inventory
• Personal Productivity
• Personal Wellness

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Reframing for Problem Solving (To See Things Differently)

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https://staging.management.org/personalproductivity/reframing.htm

Designing Your Own Personal and Professional Training Plan

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to Design Your Learning Plan.

Overview of Learning Styles

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McNamara, Authenticity Consulting, LLC

Sections of this Topics Include

What is a Learning Style?

Disagreements With the Importance of Learning Styles

Test – What is Your Learning Style?

Also consider
Personal
Productivity
Personal Wellness
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What is a Learning Style?

Research suggests that each person has a style of learning that best suits
their nature. There are four major classifications of learning styles, including:

• Visual – those who learn primarily by watching
• Verbal – those who learn primarily by reading and writing
• Aural – those who learn primarily by listening and speaking
• Kinesthetic – those who learn primarily by engaging in an activity

Educators and parents are encouraged to learn the style of their students and
children and to adapt their educational activities to the nature of the learner.

What Are
Learning Styles?
Learning Styles
(Wikipedia)
Your
Guide to Understanding and Adapting To Different Learning Styles
Assessing Your Learning Style
Matters of Style
Learning
Styles: Threat or Opportunity?
Adapting
Your Management Approach for Different Learning Styles

Disagreements With the Importance of
Learning Styles

More recently, there are people who strongly question the validity of learning
styles. They point out that people may have preferences in how they learn, but
that has little influence in whether they actually learn or not. Some point
out that scientific research about learning styles have very little validity.

The Learning
Styles Controversy – Arguments For and Against
Is the Learning
Styles Myth Important?
Are
Learning Styles Real?
Are
Learning Styles Just a Fantasy?

What is Your Learning Style?

What do you think? Are learning styles significant enough for you to modify
how you design or select your learning activities? If so, then take this short
online quiz to learn your own learning style.

Learning
Style

Now that you have an impression of your style, what do you want to do with
the way that you learn?

Also consider
Adult
Learning
Concentrating
Continuous
Learning
Learning
in Courses
Defining
Learning
Group Learning
How
to Study
Key
Terms in Learning
Improving
Your Learning
Improving
Your Thinking

Memorizing
Mindsets
– How You See the World
Online
Learning
Self-Reflection
Test
Preparation
Taking
Tests
Types
of Learning
Using
Study Guides

Also consider
Personal
Productivity
Personal
Wellness

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have posts related to Learning Styles. Scan down the blog’s page to see various
posts. Also see the section “Recent Blog Posts” in the sidebar of the blog or
click on “next” near the bottom of a post in the blog.

Library’s
Career Management Blog
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Personal Learning and Development

The focus of the Library is on resources for personal, professional
and organizational development. At the core of these is personal
development. Without personal development, it’s difficult to sustain
professional and organizational development.

Sections in This Topic Include

Adult
Learning
Concentrating
Continuous
Learning
Creative
Thinking
Critical
Thinking
Learning
in Courses
Defining
Learning
Group Learning
How
to Study
Key
Terms in Learning
Improving
Your Learning
Improving
Your Thinking
Learning Styles
Memorizing
Mindfulness
Mindsets
Online
Learning
Reading
Skills
Reframing
Self-Reflection
Self-Assessments
Systems
Thinking
Taking
Tests
Types
of Learning
Using
Study Guides
Writing
Skills

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have posts related to personal development. Scan down the blog’s page to see
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blog or click on �next� near the bottom of a post in the blog.
Library’s
Career Management Blog
Training
and Development Blog

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Online Resources to Develop Reading Skills

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McNamara, Authenticity Consulting, LLC

Sections in This Topic Include

What is Reading?
Types of Reading
Skills Needed in Reading
Test – What is Your Reading Level?
How to Improve Your Reading Skills
How to Improve Your Comprehension
How to Improve Your Vocabulary
Free Trainings
General Resources

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According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 20 percent
of adults cannot read a newspaper. Those adults struggle to find employments,
usually have lower incomes and lower quality jobs and more stress in their lives.
Fortunately, there are a variety of innovative programs to try address this
national crisis.

What is Reading?

The concept of reading might seem simple to people who have been reading for
years, but it still useful to read a definition to get more clarity on what
it is that you might have been doing for years. These links also breaks down
the specific steps that people go through in order to actually accomplish effective
reading, and mention the five key components for effective reading.

What is Reading?
(for children but useful to adults)
Five
Components of Reading
What
is Reading?
What is Reading?

Types of Reading

There are numerous types of reading, for example, intensive, scanning and skimming.
There are also different perspectives on the types of reading. However, all
types require the basic ability to discern the meaning of words.

Types of Reading
Explanation
of Different Types of Reading
Five
Types of Reading
3
Most Essential Reading Skills Your Students Need
Types
of Reading
Unit
3: Reading Efficiently: The Sub-Skills of Reading

Skills Needed in Reading

Remember that skills are developed from practicing what you know. You might
consider starting a networking group to share support and accountabilities to
develop skills in reading. Be sure to see the topics farther on below about
comprehension and vocabulary.

Reading
Skills Pyramid
What
Are the Skills Needed for Reading?
What
Are Reading Skills? –They’re Not (Only) What You Think

Test – What is Your Reading Level?

What Reading Level
Are You?

Based on the results of that test, you might consider the many suggestions
in the following section.

How to Improve Your Reading
Skills

It is not enough just to get new information about reading. Keep in mind that
skills are developed by practice. The information in some of the following articles
overlaps. You might interpret that information to be the “core” practices
needed in improving your reading skills.

7
Pleasurable Ways to Improve Your Reading Ability
What
Are the Skills in Reading?
6
Techniques for Building Reading Skills in Any Subject
Improving
Your Reading Skills
Improving Your
Reading Ability
Is
Reading English Hard? How to Improve English Reading with 8 Easy Steps
5-step
guide: How to improve your English by reading simple books
Scientific
Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes
How
I Learned to Read 300 Percent Faster in 20 Minutes
Speed Reading Hacks:
How to Triple Your Reading Speed While Improving Your Comprehension

How to Improve Your Comprehension

Comprehension is being able to understand what you are reading or hearing from
someone. That requires you to listen to what is being conveyed and to interpret
what the writing or speaker is intending to convey.

Comprehension:
The Goal of Reading
6
Essential Skills for Reading Comprehension
Improving
Reading Comprehension
Meaning
of Comprehension
How
to Improve Reading Comprehension: 8 Expert Tips
How
to Improve Your Reading Comprehension
10
Reading Comprehension Strategies All Students Need
Improving
Your Reading Comprehension Skills in College
Strategies
for Improving Reading Comprehension Skills

Also consider
Interpersonal
Skills

How to Improve Your Vocabulary

Vocabulary is the collection of words conveyed by a person or in writing in
order to communicate with the reader or listener. The more words that you understand
in your personal vocabulary, the more effectively you will comprehend what the
speak or writer is intending to convey. The term “vocabulary” is sometimes
used interchangeably with the term “lexicon“.

Test Your Vocabulary
Easy
Ways to Improve and Expand Your Vocabulary:
Seven Tips for Learning New Words
25
Ways to Improve Your Writing Vocabulary
10 Sure-Fire
Strategies to Improve Your Vocabulary
Word
Up: How to Improve and Enlarge Your Vocabulary
This
Is How To Sound Smarter By Improving Your Vocabulary
16
Websites to Super Charge Your English Vocabulary
Games
to Build English Vocabulary Skills

Also consider
Dictionaries
Glossaries
Language
Translation

Free Trainings About Reading Skills

Be sure to see the link in the sidebar about forming your own study group in
which you can share support and accountabilities to undertake some of the following
free trainings.

SkillsShare courses about
reading skills
University of
Reading
Alison’s free trainings
GCF Global
5
Resources for Free Reading and Adult Literacy Education Online
Learn
to Read, Write and Spell – Free
Free
Online English Courses for Adults
We All Can Read

General Resources About Reading Skills

The following resources provide a broad overview of the concept of reading.

What is Reading?
Reading (Wikipedia)
Reading
Matters: What is Reading?
On Reading, Learning
to Read, and Effective Reading Instruction: An Overview of What We Know and
How We Know It

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Personal
Development
Personal
Productivity
Personal Wellness
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Improving Your Brainpower

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