Mind Tools: Essential Skills for an Excellent Career - A collection of strategies for time management, stress management, improving memory and study skills, enhancing creativity, etc.

Executive Coaching Forum - promotes research, resources, and tools on executive coaching, including a free download of the "Executive Coaching Handbook"

Executive Coaching: Inspiring Performance at Work - brief summary of what executive coaching is, why employers use it, and overview of the process.

Getting the Best from an Executive Coach - brief article on what an executive coach does, and how to find a good match with one.

Emotional Intelligence: What it is and Why it Matters - article that discusses how Emotional Intelligence has come to be defined and measured, as well as some of the research linking emotional intelligence with important work-related outcomes such as individual performance and organizational productivity.

Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace - collection of research and resources on emotional intelligence (EI) in the workplace. Reviews model programs, practice guidelines, recommended readings, and more.

The Best Leader Ever - being a leader is different from being a boss; this article lists eight traits that make a leader stand out.

Big Dog's Leadership Page - an extensive leadership guide for new supervisors and managers; provides chapters on the skills and knowledge needed to be an effective leader.

Big Dog's Performance Page - advice on how to achieve excellence and lead by example.

Traits that Predict Job Performance - how personality affects the ability to perform well on the job.

Employee Motivation in the Workplace - explains the basic principles that managers can use to motivate employees.

How to Keep Good Employees - article on the Do's and Don't of trying to hire and keep your best employees.

Strategies for Employee Retention - discusses the job qualities that enhance employee satisfaction, such as personal impact, direction, identity, etc.

Love 'em Don't Lose 'em - Employee Retention and Engagement Resources - website with many resources and ideas for employee retention, based on several years of research on what makes good people stay in their careers.

Psychologically Healthy Workplaces - article on how psychologists have helped businesses become healthier places to work.

Stress in the Workplace - causes of stress and ways of coping.

The Road to Burnout - discusses that burnout often starts with good intentions and high aspirations; describes the 5 stages of burnout and how to prevent them.

Psychiatric Disability in the Workplace - describes strategies for understanding and coping with mental illness in the workplace, from the Academy of Occupational and Organizational Psychiatry (AOOP).

The Management Association, Inc. - a local Human Resources support organization located in Brookfield; provides information on training and development, business solutions and assessment services.

Society for Human Resource Management