Contents: Case Studies | New from CPP | Products | Reader's Poll | Events

Shaffer Title Uses Myers-Briggs^® Assessment to Develop Common Language, Jump-Starting Growth

Shaffer Title incorporated the MBTI^® assessment into its training and development and team building programs as a communication tool. Learn how the Myers-Briggs^® instrument, along with CPP Professional Services helped to improve the organization's productivity, resolve conflicts and enhance job satisfaction. View case study >>

Using the MBTI^® Tool to Enrich Emotional Intelligence — Leader's Resource Guide by Roger R. Pearman

A high IQ is often highly prized, but it is emotional intelligence, or EQ, that more directly correlates with leadership success in the workplace, the community, and one's personal life. This comprehensive trainer's resource guide contains tools to create and deliver powerful workshops on type and EQ. Author Roger Pearman explains the parallels between type and emotional intelligence and shows how to link MBTI results to enhanced emotional intelligence. He draws on his wealth of consulting and training experience to help practitioners use specific MBTI results to teach emotional intelligence competencies. View Resource Guide >>

New from Davies-Black^® Publishing

Great Leadership: What It Is and What It Takes in a Complex World by Anthony Bell

According to leadership development expert Antony Bell, there are three fundamentally different types of leadership:

1. Leading organizations—focused primarily externally on the effectiveness and relevance of the organization;
2. Leading operation—focused primarily internally on the efficiency and responsiveness of the organization's operations;
3. Leading people—focused on bringing out the best in the people who work there.

To learn more about these three dimensions of leadership in Bell's book Great Leadership, click here. >>

Last Reader's Poll Results

Last time we asked: "How does your organization or your clients' organization deal with burnout?" Here's how you responded:

• Burnout is not an issue for us, everybody loves Monday mornings. - 8%
• Burnout is an issue, but what can you do about it? - 49%
• Burnout is definitely an issue, and we have a committee to address it. - 2%
• Burnout is an issue and we actively address it. - 35%
• Burnout was an issue for us, but we addressed it and continue to monitor progress. - 6%

Business Focus of the Month — Work/Life Balance

The results from the last Reader's Poll above illustrate that 49% of respondents feel that employee burnout is an issue, but don’t know what to do about it. Employee burnout in the United States is on the rise, indicating a strong need for work-life balance. How does your organization or your clients' organizations facilitate employee work-life balance? Participate in this month's Reader's Poll for your chance to win an Introduction to Type^® Library — a $129.00 value. Take the poll >>

2007 Conferences and Events

• NACE 2007 - May 29-June 1, 2007
• ASTD 2007 - June 3-6, 2007
• SHRM 2007 - June 24-27, 2007
• NCDA 2007 - July 6-8, 2007
• APT 2007 - July 11-15, 2007
• APA 2007 - August 17-20, 2007
• MBTI^® Workshops - Ongoing 2007

Let us know if you're going to be at any of these shows — we'd love to meet you there. And if you have recommendations for other shows we should attend, we welcome your suggestions. Email us at cpp_insider@cpp.com.

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