The 1% Edge Blog - Audio Version

New to the app -  The 1% Edge blog - audio style. Now listen on the go. 

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This Week's Focus: Email Management

Here are the 2 posts: 

Overview - Under The 1% Edge Tab: http://www.the1percentedge.com/2013/09/email-management-essential-productivity.html

Fine tuning - Under Time Management Tab: http://time-management-training.blogspot.com/2012/02/managing-email-is-managing-time.html - 

If this area is a really issue for you -- you'll want to get the book: Organizational Strategies for the Overwhelmed - how to manage your time, space, & priorities, to work smart, get results & be happy -  Kindle - The Book - Nook - Audio Book -  The Seminar -  3Cdset - Pdf-ebook - Mp3 Download - or bring to your organization - resource page

Time & Productivity Tab Added

New to the app: Time Management & Productivity tips. Check out the Time Management tab. New tips will appear a couple of times a week.

Do 1 Thing Different Series Recap

Do 1 Thing Different Series Recap:
Check out all 5 challenges in one post under the 1% Blog Tab.

Do 1 Thing Different - April Challenge

Check out suggestions 3 & 4 under the 1% Blog tab: #do1thing - tweet what you've decided.

Do The 1 Thing Series - Suggestion #2

#do1thing series continues - check out suggestion #2 - the challenge - create 1 simple change: ow.ly/jMe3E or go to the 1%Blog Tab. Make and tweet what you're doing #do1thing.

April is Do 1 Thing Different Month

Check out the 1% Blog Tab - to follow this month's challenge - Do 1 Thing Different. Through-out the month you'll get different ideas. Check out the first idea now!

Follow on Twitter with this hash tag:

#do1thing - tweet what you'll be doing differently this month - take the challenge: Do 1 Thing Different goo.gl/fb/UPybr

Twitter: @joanncorley @1PercentEdgeApp

A Series on Emotional Intelligence

A Series On Emotional Intelligence
On my HR Blog, I will be rolling out a series on Emotional Intelligence (EQ). 

The good news for app users is it will show up automatically under the HR tab - cool huh?m The first and introductory post has already been released. Enjoy!

 If you'd like some immediate resources, you can go to my website - The EQ Resource Page

Friday Reflection

Friday Reflection: You are your most important asset; your mind, body, spirit, heart. Treat it with care...remember, you cannot give out of an empty wagon.

Career Success Lies Beyond the Job Description

This Week's Focus for Managers: Going Beyond the Job Description - learn about competencies - look under the MIM Podcast Tab

Reminder: these posts are for the benefit of those who opted to get learning prompts for the app via email rather than "push notifications" when they first downloaded the app.

Management insight

Featured Lesson/ Mini-podcast under the MIM Tab - The Three Esteems of Highly Productive Teams

Focus & Choices

Thursday Thought: Staying focused is about choices. "Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from our desired result."

Coaching Prompt

What is the one thing you will do different this week?...remember the benefits of determined focus.

New Tab - Management-in-Minutes

New to the app  - management training via mini podcasts.  This resource as has a host site where you can access the transcript and both can be accessed via iTunes.

I recommend you take notes under the NOTES TAB while listen; perhaps share some thoughts on the discussion wall.

However you decide to use it - here's an opportunity to build your knowledge base by embedding learning into your lifestyle.

Extra tip: Have your team download the app and it's content for individual or group coaching or for lunch/learns and staff meetings.

Let me know how it's going....use the CONTACT TAB to share feedback or the RECORD TAB as well.

To your professional success!
JoAnn

New Tab - Personality Survey!

New Tab Added - Personality Survey
Just added a Personality Survey you can take right in the app.This takes mobile learning and training to a new level - the ability to take a Personality Test/Survey right in the palm of your hand. And...if you're a manager - your staff can take it too.

Would love your feedback...on this new capability.
Helping you maintain your professional edge via mobile learning, JoAnn

Integrity and Accountability- Integral to Balance

I gotta say - when I see this title of Glen's next article, I think "what"? It's worth a read to learn how he lays out his case.

Glen's series is exclusive to the app. So if you just happen to run across this post and don't have the app, you can download it here: The 1% Edge Portable Coach - professional development in the palm of your hand.

Do You Have A Holistic Life Vision For Professional Success?

Guest SME Glen Baugh continues his series on professional success by address this question. (@glenbaugh)

Article title? Vision Casting at Home: What’s Work Got To Do With It?  You can find Glen's article under his Tab....enjoy!

Guest Blogger Discusses Balance

Is Balance An Important Component to Professional Success?

Editor's Comments: I've asked myself that question, wrestled with it, and Glen has made me consider it once again.

I am happy to introduce Glen Gaugh as Guest Blogger for the next few weeks on the subject of professional success. He brings a unique view as he is not from a traditional corporate setting.  This post is the introduction.  The rest of his series will be exclusive to The 1% Edge Portable Coach App. As an SME (subject matter expert), Glenn has his own tab on the app.  If you've not downloaded it, you can do so here - for now it's still free. Get app here. If you want to follow the topics in the series on Twitter - you can do so with hashtap #1%EdgeApp.

One final note - many of you who have seen my Twitter profile have commented on my tagline, "let's put the human back in human resource."  Glen's post is a reminder of the human component of the workplace experience.

Guest Subject Matter Expert - From Down-under!

Your Professional Edge - Take Charge of Your Learning

Editor's Notes: For the next few weeks The 1% Edge Portable Coach App will have a special guest - leadership development expert from "down under" Louise Thomson. As I've been working out the use of the app to achieve my overall goal of employee training & development world-wide (under the premise of mobile - global - social), I will be inviting guest SMEs - subject matter experts to have their own Tab on the app that will house their information during their guest appearance. Louise's Tab - is labeled Global People (2 swipes to the left)

Louise Thomson
Australia

Louise, like me, is a believer in the employee training revolution. One of the components of the revolution is that people no longer be fully dependent on their company for their professional development - but take charge of that themselves.  If you've not read my piece on the revolution - click here.

Additionally, part of that is learning to learn different. Louise points out there are many opportunities to learn that we are just not seeing. I invite you to read her post below and go to her tab and try out the self-directed learning outline that she has designed. Let her know your thoughts. This truly is an example of learning to learn differently.

A Leadership Development Handbook

As a regular facilitator of a five day leadership program I am constantly reflecting on activities, events and issues which have groomed my strength of leadership. As I share snippets of my past to flavour the leadership topic of discussion, it’s evident that most days have and still do present opportunities to hone and practise leadership.

Given people’s busy lives, the simple leadership development opportunities are passed unnoticed and we only become conscious for the need of leadership development when we’re confronted with the absence of leadership, a new role/job which requires leadership experience or when it’s blatantly obvious – being offered to attend a ‘leadership’ program.

With a belief that we are in charge of our own learning and that the journey has no end point I found myself typing these ‘snippets of my past’ to form the creation of the Leadership Development Handbook.  As you flick through the pages (there are only a few), you’ll discover a collection of tips, activities, experiments and research across a breadth of leadership subjects. However, the answers are not glaringly obvious or as a matter of fact, many are not there!

Your challenge is to experiment, to reflect and to let your fingers do the searching. You’ll discover a plethora of information at your finger-tips and a network of people who are prepared to share their ‘wisdom’ and ideas to keep you interested, challenged and to keep you on the leadership development track.

The audience and approach to the use of this handbook is open and varied: whether it’s for you, with a desire to develop your own leadership capacity or that of the people whom you’re responsible for in a business – check out ‘Swapping Chairs’ for a few ideas!

Contact Our Guest: Louise Thomson GLOBAL PEOPLE Learning Design, Facilitation and Leadership Development Practice Mobile: 0458 130100 Skype: globalpeoplelou Twitter: GlobalPeopleLou Email: globalpeople@sandhurst.net.au

Introductory Welcome Video

I recommend you view this first...

Welcome to your set of lessons to get and keep your professional edge. Lessons are in a couple of formats - short learning bites (2-4 minutes) or longer (5+ or more minutes).

Please take the time to watch this video.   It contains important information about how to make the most of this unique learning experience.  This welcome video includes an important first lesson.

Note: Ignore this "Read Article" button through-out the app.  Accessing the site via this button deactivates the link.