About Mind Tools

Essential Skills for an Excellent Career

Hello, we're Mind Tools.

We're here to help you learn the practical, straightforward skills you need to excel in your career. (You can explore the menus on the left hand side to see our core skill areas.)

Used together, these skills can help you become exceptionally effective, be a great manager and leader, be more successful in your career – and even become happier at work.

We call these skills "mind tools", because that's what they are. We believe that anyone can learn and use these simple processes and techniques to make the very most of their careers.

Established in 1996, our site helps more than people each year, as well as providing cloud-based/web 3.0 training solutions to companies and government agencies worldwide.

Members of our team are based in four continents. They comprise career experts, business people, coaches, writers, editors, and journalists – all of whom are focused on helping you make the very most of your career.

Mind Tools was founded by James Manktelow, who CEO. James has written seven books on leadership, team management and personal productivity: WorkLife: Manage Your Time; WorkLife: Manage Stress; Mind Tools; Stress Tools; Make Time for Success! (written with Namita Anand); How to Lead: Discover the Leader Within You; and Team Tools: Build and Lead an Excellent Team (written with Felix Brodbeck and Namita Anand).

Prior to Mind Tools, James' career spanned marketing, production and project management, business and systems analysis, software development, and consultancy for major clients in many European countries. He has led teams at all corporate levels, and has worked, with others, to build two successful companies. James earned his MBA at London Business School.

Testimonials:

"Your stuff is always timely and helpful. Sometimes in an extraordinary way, never banal. Keep up the good work."

Thomas M. Graham, Ph.D., Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

"I love your website and resources – they are of great use to me and keep me inspired when things start getting a little flat at work and I need to find a fresh approach to things."

Jacqueline Bates, Manager, New Learning Technologies,
New South Wales, Australia

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