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Site Overview

August 3, 2017 0

So we don’t want to waste your time so here’s a brief overview of the site. The site is all about practical information and advice that will help you succeed in your career. They (whoever […]

It's All About People and Minds

Career and job-related content on how to work with people, including content on the different personalities and how to deal with them.  It is essential information for any job since every job in every career works with people.  Each person, including yourself, has a unique personality.  Understanding how people "tick" is key to being able to effectively work with them.  The Career skills builder program has two classes of people and minds.

Business Analysis

The business analysis section discusses how to handle analyzing and solving business problems.  Business analysis is a necessary skill that will get you to the right solution in the right time.  No more jumping to conclusions and knowing the answers without really figuring out what the best solution is.

Career Politics

Do you think you can avoid politics in your organization?  No way! This section discusses the best way (in our opinion) to handle and even thrive with politics in our organization.  It's a system to put you in the best position to succeed.  It also includes a class called "The Politician in You" and an eBook of the same name (email us and will send it to you for free).  

Present and Communicate

Presentation and communication skills are so critical to career success.  This content covers a variety of topics and techniques to improve your presentation and communication skills.

Topics include:
  1.  Creating presentations including strategies for creating different type of presentations (e.g. formal, informal, status, etc.)
  2. How to communicate via text and emails or as we like to call it how not to get in trouble
  3. eCourse on Presenting and communicating
  4. Some fun videos
  5. Articles from non CSB companies that we think are relevant (yes, we like them!)
All topics on the CareerTransformer website are important and will help you advance and be happy in your work life, this one is particularly important.

Improve Everything

All materials relating to process and business improvement.  In order to advance in your work or career you need to stand out.  Learning how to improve your function or business is key to getting ahead. Some call it process improvement and there are career in this field.  We call it business or organization improvement and provide a methodology and a variety of techniques to help you.

These include:
  1. Process Improvement methodology
  2. Tools to help you define problems
  3. Six Sigma and Lean Lite
  4. Understanding the Big Picture
  5. Categories for improvement
The content contains courses, articles and even some fun stuff.

Project Management

While project management may be a profession, and a good we believe that everyone should be a project manager.  Why?  Because in almost all cases you will have projects to complete in your career.  This may be projects you participate in, projects you run or projects that are only for you.  In each case knowing how to be a project manager will help you enormously in your career.

In this topic we will provide you:
  • A course called "Everyone is a Project Manager"
  • Articles on project management
  • Fun content
  • Suggested tools to help you be a project manager
You don't have to be PMP certified to be an excellent project manager.  The information we provide is, in our opinion, the right way to learn and approach managing projects.

Leading and Managing

One of the most talked about subjects in careers is management and leadership.  This topic contains materials on how to be the best manager possible and how to be a leader.

Topics include:
  • Management principles
  • Management system
  • How to manage
  • Managing performance and career development
  • Leadership principles
  • Emotional Intelligence
This is an incredibly important topic for your career, that is, if you want to advance and be a manager.  Too many people are put in the position of manager without the proper training.  This will get you on your way and help you to be the best manager and leader possible.

Time Management

While we like all topics on our site, time management is particularly important.  Why?  Because it helps in getting things done, in prioritizing your work and organizing your life. What do we focus on?

  • A course called "Yes, You have too much to do."
  • A book, available on request - "The Anti-CRS System"
  • Articles on the best time management tools and techniques
This is an area that there are literally hundreds of websites and books.  We believe that great time management depends on you developing and sticking to a system, your system.  We can help you develop a system tailored to you, for free of course!

Health & Wellness

Let us be honest, we are not a Health and Wellness site but we do believe it is a necessary part of everyone's career and life.  So like most of our content, we have included relevant practical information on health and wellness as well as some of our favorite sites provided by health and wellness experts.

Money

While we are not a site dedicated to providing financial information career content wouldn't be complete without some information on finances.  The team at CSB Training has a lot of financial services experience.  We have a combined 50 years experience working at Fidelity Investments in our prior lives.  This content includes articles that we wrote and articles that we think are relevant to your financial health.  The information is practical and can be put to use right away.

Your Daily Work Life

If there is a catch-all category on the website this is it but please don't ignore it because the topics included in this area are very, very important. The topics include:

  • Dealing with people in the office
  • Office etiquette
  • Executing your job
  • Managing Upward
  • Working with Teams
  • Managing and Attending Meetings
  • Dress and Act the Part
There is a course called "Your Daily Work Life" which sets the stage and many other articles and content to keep you going on the right path.  While this stuff isn't glamorous - it is important.




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