The Career Excellence Club Tour (4 of 7)

TOUR: Expert Interviews and Book Insights

Expert Interviews:

Career Excellence Club Expert Interviews are in-depth interviews with world experts in key skills areas. By listening to these interviews on your PC or iPod/MP3 player, you can build your skills and knowledge quickly and easily, and become much more aware of career issues that can arise, so that you can counter them if they do.

Recent interviews include:

Creating We, with Judith Glaser (24mins) Learn how to build a healthy business culture with distinguished consultant,Judith Glaser. In this interview, find out how to build an environment that rewards good teamwork and discourages office politics.
Rewire or Rust! with Robert Critchley (31 mins) Age discrimination is damaging both for individuals and for organizations. Find out why managers can't afford to discriminate, and what older workers can do to counter discrimination.
One Person/Multiple Careers, with Marci Alboher (31mins) In this interview, we talk to writer/speaker/coach Marci Alboher on the unusual topic of "slash careers,” which involve doing more than one job at a time. Find out how to succeed in two or more fulfilling careers at the same time.
Resiliency, with Cal Crow (30 mins) Part of being successful is resiliency: the ability to rebound from setbacks. Find out how you can build resiliency and self-efficacy - and, from this, build success.
Are We Hardwired for Success?, with Chuck Martin (30 mins) In this interview with well-known researcher and author Chuck Martin, we explore how identifying your strengths and your weaknesses can help you - and the people around you - become more productive and happier at work.
The Power of Nice, with Robin Koval (24mins) In our interview Robin Koval, President of the highly successful advertising agency, the Kaplan Thaler Group, we learn that, contrary to popular opinion, nice people do finish first! (And also live longer, are healthier and have more lucrative lives!) Learn how Nice and Successful go hand-in-hand in every aspect of your life, both personal and professional.
Managing Your Email Before It Manages You, with Mike Song (32 mins) Here we talk to Mike Song, one of the authors of "The Hamster Revolution". Hear how we don't need to be helpless in the face of more and more messages, and learn some the low-tech but high-impact solutions that you can start using TODAY!
Unsticking Your Career, with Tim Butler (31 mins) In this interview with Dr Tim Butler of Harvard Business School, we talk about his new book "Getting Unstuck". In it, he explains how to treat apparent dead ends as new frontiers, and discusses the practical steps we can take to get from "impasse" to "new path".

Remember that these are only a few of the interviews within the Career Excellence Club. You'll find many more inside!

Book Insights

Career Excellence Club Book Insights are detailed reviews of new and classic management, career development and self-development books. Using them, you can quickly and easily keep yourself up-to-date with the latest ideas and thinking, and learn about ideas that you want to develop and explore in more depth.

Reviewed by Mind Tools' expert reviewers, they are available either in MP3 format that you can listen to on your PC or iPod, or as PDF transcripts that you can download and read.

Recent Insights include:

		Thinking About Tomorrow, by Susan Crandell Do you ever feel there may be something missing, even if your career is successful? Find out how 45 men and women beat their mid-career blues; and gather some ideas for your own future.
		12: The Elements of Great Managing, by Rodd Wagner and James K Harter Learn about the 12 qualities are that highly-productive people tend to find in their workplaces - according to a massive Gallup survey - and how you can create the same levels of engagement with your job.
		One Billion Customers, by James McGregor China - one of the world's most dynamic economies - is a mystery to most Westerners. Author James McGregor helps to unlock it, based on his experience of doing business in China for nearly two decades.
		Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman Prominent psychologist Dr Martin Seligman explains why looking on the bright side may be the key to everything, from success at the office to physical health. And he also shows HOW you can become an optimist.
		Career Intelligence, by Barbara Moses We review "Career Intelligence, the Twelve New Rules for Work and Life Success", a useful book on positioning yourself intelligently to make the most of your opportunities in today's rapidly changing job market.
		The Effective Executive, By Peter Drucker This management classic made Peter Drucker a legend in university MBA programs and corporate boardrooms around the globe, and is a definitive guide on managing knowledge workers - and managing yourself.
		Made To Stick: Why some ideas survive and others die, by Chip and Dan Heath Find out how to make your idea or message utterly memorable with this book's "six principles of sticky ideas". While their approach draws on insights from the world of advertising, it will work for anyone who needs to communicate powerfully.
		What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, by Marshall Goldsmith Celebrity executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shows you how to identify the skills you need AND the traits you need to leave behind if you're going to move on in your career.
		The Speed of Trust by Stephen M R Covey This is one of the most high-profile new business books around, but what does its title actually mean? Find out what the benefits of working at the speed of trust are, and what you can do to inspire trust in others.
		Repacking Your Bags, by Richard J Leider and David A Shapiro This life design book that will help you work out where you are now, where you’d like to head next in your work and personal life, and what baggage you do – and don’t – need to get there. Find out more!
		What Happy Companies Know, by Dan Baker, Cathy Greenberg and Collins Hemingway We review "What Happy Companies Know", a great book on creating a positive and successful workplace, with an interesting and highly relevant psychological angle on the subject.
		Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge, by Geoffrey M Bellman Helena Smalman-Smith reviews this practical and common-sense guide to an issue many of us face - working successfully with others to complete projects when we have little direct authority.
		Winning, by Jack & Suzy Welch We look this powerful and insightful book, co-written by one of the world's most influential business leaders. Find out what you can learn from this important book.

As with the Expert Interviews, there are many more Book Insights inside the club, and they're all instantly available the moment you join!

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