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Professional Development – The StrategyDriven Professional is Always Employable

Always employableEconomic downturns worry employees at all levels of the organization. Whether an executive, manager, or individual contributor, marketplace uncertainty brings employment risk. As businesses retrench to protect precious resources while maintaining quality and productivity, every organization member is asked to do more with less, to work harder and longer than before. Consequently, frustrations run high and job satisfaction low. Yet these same professionals cling to their positions out of the fear of the unknown because it appears to them that, in the depressed market, no one is hiring.


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Information on how to develop and maintain a complete LinkedIn profile, as well as its benefits, are further discussed in the following StrategyDriven articles:


Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven Principal is a StrategyDriven Principal, and Host of the StrategyDriven Podcast. For over twenty years, he has served as trusted advisor to executives and managers at dozens of Fortune 500 and smaller companies in the areas of management effectiveness, organizational development, and process improvement. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here.

Talent Management Best Practice 1 – Ensure Employability

Decades ago, an individual typically had the opportunity to work for their entire career within one company. Times have changed. Process automation and streamlining as a form of cost reduction has driven corporate rightsizing; eliminating the lifelong job security of times past and heightening employment risk. Combined with evolving employee tastes and a need to increase productivity, talent development takes on new importance.


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StrategyDriven recommends a number of programs and resources to help further develop executives, managers, and employees. These are included in our:

  • Practices for Professionals: tried and true actions that enhance personal performance effectiveness and efficiency
  • Tools for Professionals: products and services that help professionals become more organized, connected, and efficient
  • Recommended Resources: print, audio, video, webcast, and seminar resources that have significantly contributed to the successful business planning and execution activities of StrategyDriven Contributors and for which we believe the benefits outweigh the required time and financial investment