Resources for Managers and Professionals

Assessments:

As a manager or individual contributor, you strive to do better every day, focusing on improvements. To do that effectively and efficiently, you need to identify what’s working (and what needs to be improved) before you can move forward confidently.

You’ll get that confidence with Beth Kennedy and Benatti Training & Development. Choose from more than 50 career and organizational development assessments – or let us refine the options, and deliver the targeted assessments that spark success!

The most powerful assessments include:

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

  • MBTI LogoShapes a positive appreciation of the differences between people
  • Reveals varying styles in thought patterns, work habits, and communication skills
  • Can improve how you handle conflict, change, communication, collaboration and enhance your leadership skills

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For clients ready to take the MBTI® instrument, let’s get started by clicking on the link below.

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Check MBTI Step II Sample Report Check MBTI Communication Style Report
Check MBTI Work Styles Report Check MBTI Team Report

AAI LogoWork Behavior Inventory (WBI)

  • Results in greater business efficiency, awareness of work style, leadership style, and emotional intelligence
  • Assesses leadership competencies and provides specific strategies for every level

To take the WBI click on link below and insert your password.

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ARSENAL LogoThe ARSENAL: Stress Resiliency Assessment

  • Can help individuals and organizations take control of stress and create development plans to build stress resilience
  • Presents a summary of each of the seven best practice areas that most influence your ability to combat the negative effects of stress and your current level of performance in each area
  • Includes a Developmental Plan Outline that you can use to help you begin working on resiliency areas immediately

To take the Arsenal click on link below.

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Multidimensional Leadership Profile (MLP) – 360 Assessment

  • Clarifies leadership patterns, personal resources, interpersonal behavior, and specific managerial competencies
  • Provides detailed feedback on strengths, and the direction for areas of needed development

Learn more about these and other assessments that can literally change the way you work, with a free half-hour consultation!

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Articles from Beth Kennedy, MS, CAGS, CLTMC:

  1. Extreme Resilience….. Four Strategies for Success!! [PDF]
  2. Stress Management for Career Success [PDF]

Recommended Website Resources:

Recommended Career & Leadership Books:

100 Conversations for Career Success – Laura Labovich & Miriam Salpeter

Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Brand – William Arruda & Kirsten Dixsen

Ditch. Dare. Do! – William Arruda & Deb Dib

Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type – Paul Tieger

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It – Michael Gerber

The E-Myth Manager: Why Management Doesn’t Work–And What to Do about It – Michael Gerber

Expert Resumes For Career Changers – Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark

Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths – Timothy Butler

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t – Jim Collins

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck–Why Some Thrive Despite Them All – Jim Collins

I’m on LinkedIn–Now What??? (Third Edition): A Guide to Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn – Jason Alba

Job Search Magic: Insider Secrets from America’s Career And Life Coach – Susan Whitcomb

Leadership and the One Minute Manager – Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, and Drea Zigarmi

Now, Discover Your Strengths – Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! – Dr.Seuss

Six-Week Start-Up: A Step-by-Step Program For Starting Your Business, Making Money, And Achieving Your Goals! – Rhonda Abrams

StrengthsFinder 2.0 – Tom Rath

The Art of Speed Reading People: How To Size People Up and Speak Their Language – Paul Tieger

The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done – Dave Crenshaw

The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life – Laurie Beth Jones

The Strategy Book (Financial Times Series) – Max McKeown

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey

True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series) – Bill George

Type Talk at Work (Revised): How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job – Otto Kroeger, Janet Thuesen and Hile Rutledge

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful – Marshall Goldsmith

Wishcraft: How To Get What You Really Want – Annie Gottlieb and Barbara Sher

What other resources transformed your career, your way of thinking, or the choices you made? Tell us about them!

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