Mike’s Bookmarks
Leadership and ‘Soft’ management skills
There are a number of sites (including RSS feeds) that can provide support and collaborative platforms for the development of ‘soft’ skills and collaboration required to compete in the global marketplace. We monitor, browse and recommend the following. Check them out (or bookmark this page and enter through our site – we keep this updated and refreshed). Just click on the link to see a fuller description.
In addition, we have added a number of technical links that may be of interest. If you would like us to consider adding your site, send us a note.
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Management Knowledge |
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Herding Cats – Project Management Ideas, comments, and resources about project management from field experiences and resources of Glen Alleman Key Performance Indicators The free Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Library is a community of business professionals that provides a catalogue of KPIs for identifying & prioritizing the KPIs that really matter for your organization’s success. Our partners use Key performance indicators (KPIs) as monitoring tools to bring focus on critical aspects of a business. We are prepared to establish mutually agreed KPIs with customers with a regular monitoring schedule. |
Coaching and General Leadership |
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Change This Mainfestos and book summaries inspired by Seth Godin and others. Great source of briefs on effecting management change. |
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The Leadership Hub Phil Dourado (The Little Book of Leadership) – on-line community groups with a variety of interests |
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Top 100 Leadership Blogs A list (with links) of 100 top leadership blogs as compiled by Christina Laun of Best Universities site |
Developing Entrepreneurs, Markets and Manufacturing |
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Association for Manufacturing Excellence Dedicated to developing manufacturing excellence – we belong to this network on LinkedIn. |
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Blogs on Marketing, Learning and Training |
| 800-CEO-Read – management book publishers |
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Creativity, Critical Thinking, Decision-Making Leave it to the US military (Air War College) to put together a great listing of links to materials and sites dealing with Creativity, Thinking Skills, Decision-Making, Problem Solving. Check it out! |
| Duct Tape marketing – John Jantsch |
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Harvard Business – Roster of Business Blogs A roster of leading business thinkers who have blogs. There are 30+ blogs by leading thinkers on innovation, change, marketing and leadership – all with RSS feeds. |
| Life Beyond Code – Rajesh Setty |
| Seth Godin – marketing guru |
| Stephen Downes – on E-Learning & collaborative education |
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Training Within Industry Bryan Lund’s blog on training, process improvement and lean techniques. Excellent source of practical tips & material references |
Other Links of Interest |
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Fabricators and Manufacturers Association International Full service industry site – with link to www.thefabricator.com |
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More Presentations – Presentation Zen Blog from one of the real zen masters of presenting – Garr Reynolds |
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Resource for PPT users – Slideshare A network for PowerPoint users – lots of excellent presentations, tips and downloads – an excellent resource |
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Speaking & Presentations – AllTop Recently I had someone ask me about shortcuts and tips on doing presentations – many of us are busy professionals who have not had specific training in this – check out this very useful site. |
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Steel Plate Fabricators Association Industry group for ferrous and non-ferrous custom designed and fabricated steel and alloyed plate for heavy industry |
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Steel Works – American Iron and Steel Institute Trade organization for the steel industry – producers, suppliers, customers |
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Where do I find it? – Association of Steel Distributors Non-profit industry association – forum and exchange of info. Roster lists members and links to sites to find materials |
