March 2012
Beginner
240 pages
3h 44m
English
book
Learn Your Way to Success: How to Customize Your Professional Learning Plan to Accelerate Your Career
by Daniel R. Tobin
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Index
Accommodating, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, 121–122
After-action reviews (AARs), teams, 129
Agenda for personal learning, 1–29
conference planning, 152–153
Four Stages of Learning, 2–5, 85–86
knowledge and awareness, 7–19
learning methods, employer-supported, 20–28
managers as partner is learning, 5–7
self-directed, 2–5
summarize and prioritize agenda, 17–19
Alternatives, imaging and exploring, 70–73
Analysis paralysis, Internet use, 147–148
Apply your learning at conferences, 158–160
Apprenticing, 24
Asking questions, 99–112
asking yourself questions, 105–106
closed questions, 102–103
company jargon, 101–102
empowering questions, 108–110
exploratory questions, 110–112
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