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Conflict Web Cast On-Demand | Case Studies | Products | New from CPP | Reader's Poll | 2006–07 Events

Now Available On-Demand: Conflict Web Cast

CPP's Web cast "Innovative Conflict Management for Organizations" was broadcast live on September 14th and is now available for on-demand viewing. Over 500 people tuned in to hear guest speakers Ed O'Neil, PhD, director of the Center for the Health Professions at UCSF, and Ken Thomas, PhD, co-author of the TKI instrument. The Web cast highlights how conflict resolution techniques can be used to increase organizational effectiveness and develop essential leadership skills.

View the Web cast >>

Advancing Leadership Skills to Build a Safer Health System: A UCSF Case Study

The UCSF Center for the Health Professions integrated CPP assessments like the MBTI^® and TKI instruments into their leadership programs to help advance broad improvement in the nation's health care system. Through the acquisition of conflict management, leadership, and communication skills, participants have become better able to understand their strengths and development needs as change agents, communicate effectively, and build effective teams.

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New from Davies-Black^® Publishing

Is Your Genius at Work? 4 Key Questions to Ask Before Your Next Career Move by Dick Richards

Is Your Genius at Work? takes career planning to a new frontier, showing how ordinary people can make profound life changes and achieve extraordinary personal and career fulfillment. Drawing on the wisdom of modern sages, ancient philosophies, spiritual traditions, and 20 years of research and study, Dick Richards has crafted a journey of self-discovery to help readers find the one core quality that fuels their soul and drives their success: their true genius. Click here to learn more >>

Meet Dick Richards and learn to practice skills from Is Your Genius at Work? by attending a Workshop on Genius and Purpose. The workshop will enable you to:

• Communicate concepts of genius and purpose, and the significance of those concepts for work and career choices
• Counsel others to recognize their genius and purpose in both one-on-one and group settings
• Counsel others to apply those concepts to work and career choices

Click here to learn more and find a location near you >>

Gain Unique Insights into Customer Decision Making

Would it help your business grow if you knew how your customers made buying decisions? Of course it would! For any business, CPP Research is the only place to gain the insights and information you need to know your customers better than ever before.

Learn about your customers here >>

Business Focus of the Month — Team Dysfunction.

Participate in our Reader's Poll. We'll share the results with you in the October issue of CPP Insider.

What are the top five causes of team dysfunction? Take the poll >>

Last Month's Reader's Poll Results

Last month we asked: "Where should your next CEO come from?" Here's how you responded:

These results map to findings that show the three most commonly held functions by S&P 500 CEOs are Finance, Operations, and Marketing. In detail, 27% of the CEOs held positions in Finance, followed by 25% with positions in Operations and 24% with positions in Marketing.
—Leading CEOs: A Statistical snapshot of S&P 500 leaders, SpencerStuart, February 2006

Tradeshows

• NACADA National Conference - October 18-21, 2006
• HRMAC Summit - October 24, 2006
• ICDC - November 1-5, 2006
• Training 2007 - February 26-28, 2007
• NACE 2007 - May 29-June 1, 2007
• ASTD 2007 - June 3-6, 2007
• SHRM 2007 - June 24-27, 2007
• APT 2007 - July 11-15, 2007
• APA 2007 - August 17-20, 2007
• MBTI^® Workshops - Ongoing 2006-2007
  
  Are you a career counselor? Click here to learn about CPP's workshop "Career Development Using the Myers-Briggs^® Assessment" at a university campus near you. The 5-hour workshop provides beginners, as well as seasoned MBTI users, with innovative techniques and vital insights to take full advantage of the unique instrument in their career counseling center and practice. View workshop dates and locations >>

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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