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Company Overview

Mind Tools' mission is to "help people around the world learn the practical skills needed to excel in their careers."

To do this, Mind Tools teaches and publishes practical, proven skills and techniques that, used together, show themselves in high personal effectiveness, good leadership, career success and even happiness. Material is instantly available online, meaning that people can access training wherever they are in the world, whenever they need a specific skill.

MindTools.com’s online resources include a members’ area (the Mind Tools Club), online e-book training programs, free online articles and a free newsletter.

Mind Tools resources focus on the following skill areas of management and soft-skill training: personal effectiveness, leadership, time management, team management, communication, stress management, goal setting, and career and life planning.

MindTools.com was established in 1996 by James Manktelow, who is a well-known authority on time management, personal effectiveness, stress management and leadership, as well as the author of seven books on these topics. Mind Tools now serves more than visitors each year, coming from more than 120 countries.

Who Mind Tools Helps

MindTools.com serves both consumer and corporate customers.

1. Managers and professionals
Mind Tools free newsletter reaches more than managers and professionals around the world every two weeks.

2. Practitioners
Mind Tools resources are used by Trainers, HR professionals, Career Counsellors, Coaches and other practitioners, to help their clients learn key management and soft skills.

3. Corporate customers
Mind Tools resources are also used by corporate clients to supplement their employee training and development program for management and soft skills: The skills Mind Tools teaches apply across industries and job-types.

Unlike other career-related sites, Mind Tools is “corporate-friendly”, focusing on helping people develop rather than encouraging career changes. Mind Tools therefore supports both employees' objectives of personal development AND employers' objectives of employee retention.

What Mind Tools Offers

More than free skill builder articles available on the site, with new articles added every week.
Free newsletters every week, featuring news, tips and recent articles.
A membership area, the Mind Tools Club. This provides members with extended resources and daily new materials, which include skill building and training articles, Bite-Sized training lessons, audio interviews, audio book reviews, coaching clinics and a lively members' discussion forum.
In-depth e-book learning programs in time management, stress management, leadership and life design.

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