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Leadership and Business Content Releases – January 2025
"To be effective, we must manage ourselves."
WELCOME TO 2025!
In today's corporate world, being able to effectively manage yourself is not just a nice-to-have skill—it’s essential for professional success. Self-management includes practices such as goal setting, prioritizing, and self-care, all of which are critical for achieving and maintaining high performance levels.
Self-management starts with setting clear, achievable goals. Goals give us direction and purpose, allowing us to concentrate our efforts on what truly matters. In a corporate setting, this means establishing both short-term and long-term objectives that align with the organization's vision. By setting specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals, employees can create a roadmap for success that encourages motivation and accountability.
Once goals are in place, the next step is prioritizing tasks. With our days overflowing with countless responsibilities and deadlines, knowing which tasks need immediate attention and which can wait is key. Prioritization helps us maximize productivity and ensures that critical tasks are done efficiently. For instance, by using techniques like the Eisenhower Matrix, corporate professionals can sort tasks based on urgency and importance, keeping the focus on high-impact, high-value activities. [The Eisenhower Matrix is a time management tool that helps prioritize tasks based on their urgency and importance. It categorizes activities into four quadrants: urgent and important, important but not urgent, urgent but not important, and neither urgent nor important.]
While goal setting and prioritizing are fundamental to self-management, self-care is equally important. The demands of the corporate world can lead to stress and burnout if not managed properly. Incorporating self-care practices such as regular exercise, adequate sleep, and mindfulness can significantly boost overall well-being and productivity. A balanced approach to work and personal life not only improves mental and physical health but also supports sustained high performance.
Ultimately, mastering self-management is about cultivating a mindset of continuous improvement and resilience. By regularly reflecting on personal performance, seeking feedback, and adapting to changing circumstances, professionals can navigate the complexities of the corporate world with greater agility and confidence. Embracing self-management as a dynamic and evolving practice empowers individuals to thrive and excel in their careers, creating a positive ripple effect throughout their organizations.
Be sure to check out this month's OFF THE SHELF Self-Management bookshelf and Percipio's ever-growing library of courses and videos.
As you explore our library of leadership and business courses, books, audiobooks, summaries, and book club selections, we encourage you to consider how you can leverage them in your learning solutions.
Our commitment to providing valuable resources for business professionals never stops. Every month, we're thrilled to unveil fresh English courses that focus on popular business skills.
We just released these On-Demand Leadercamps!
- Leadercamp on-demand: The Trusted Learning Advisor
- Leadercamp on-demand: Navigating Layoffs
And these Skillsoft Leadership Development Program Powered by MIT Sloan Management Review courses:
- Conducting a Great Interview
- Mastering Interpersonal Communication for Leadership Success
- Leading Your Team After Layoffs
- Strategic Questioning for Smarter Decision-Making
And a Podcast:
- MIT Sloan Management Review Podcast on Ethically Sourced Creativity: Shutterstock’s Alessandra Sala
These new Leadership and Business courses:
- Basic Budgeting Concepts for Non-financial Professionals
- Storytelling for Leaders
- Running Inclusive Meetings
As well as these exciting new Microlearnings:
- Using Feedback in Digital Change
- Managing Digital Change Remotely
- Celebrating Digital Transformation Milestones
- Essentials of Digital Change for Leaders
- Crafting a Digital Communication Plan
- Crisis Management in Digital Transformation
- Best Practices for Enabling Digital Adoption
- Cybersecurity Threats: A Quick Guide
- Data Privacy Regulations: What You Need to Know
- Best Practices for Protecting Sensitive Data
These new Business Tech Courses:
- Six Sigma Black Belt: Data Collection
- Six Sigma Black Belt: Measurement Systems and Metrology
- Six Sigma Black Belt: Basic Statistic
- Six Sigma Black Belt: Probability
- Six Sigma Black Belt: Process Capability
And these Digital Transformation Courses:
- Effectively Communicating Change: Strategies for Digital Transformation
- Overcoming Resistance to Change: Strategies for Successful Change Management
- Methods, Tools, and Technologies for Driving Digital Success
- Leveraging Cloud Computing to Enhance Digital Transformation – Part 1
- Leveraging Cloud Computing to Enhance Digital Transformation – Part 2
- Essentials of Business Process Automation for Digital Transformation
- Leveraging RPA at Work
- Fundamentals of Data Analytics
- Understanding Big Data fundamentals
And Podcasts
- MIT Sloan Management Review Podcast on Never Too Much AI: Upwork’s Andrew Rabinovic
- MIT Sloan Management Review Podcast on The Risks of Too Much AI: Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn
As well as these CAISY AI Simulations:
- CAISY Scenario: Addressing Digital Change Concerns
- CAISY Scenario: Effective Digital Change Communication
- CAISY Scenario: Overcoming Digital Change Resistance
- CAISY Scenario: Facilitating Agile Digital Change
And additionally, these Productivity and Collaboration Tools (PaCT) Courses:
- Inserting & formatting tables in Word 365 (2024)
- Getting started with Planner (2025)
- Creating your first cloud flows in Microsoft Power Automate 2025
- Managing cloud flows in Microsoft Power Automate 2025
And SkillsBenchmarks!
- AI-Driven IT Operations Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)
- Ethical AI Practices in IT Competency (Intermediate Level)
- AI-Powered IT and SRE Operations Competency (Intermediate Level)
- Generative AI Foundations with Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)
- Generative AI for Site Reliability Engineering with Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)
- Team Leadership Skills
- Team Development and Management Strategies
- Cultural Competence in Team Leadership
- Effective Business Leadership
- Effective Use of Technology in Business
- Innovation-Driven Leadership in Business
- Critical Thinking for Business Leadership
- Personal Leadership Styles for Self-Development
- Self-Leadership Development
- Inclusion in Personal Leadership Development
To see a comprehensive listing of course releases, in both English, and localized languages, please download the Leadership & Business Roadmap below.
Leadercamps
We've curated an incredible lineup of captivating topics that are sure to leave you inspired. Get ready to be immersed in fascinating discussions that are both thought-provoking and relevant to your interests.
Get ready to elevate your leadership skills to new heights! If you can't make these live Leadercamps, you can still watch the on-demand replays on Percipio!
OFF THE SHELF BOOK CLUB
SELF-MANAGEMENT MONTH
This month, OFF THE SHELF is featuring a bookshelf of resources to help you navigate the demands of modern life. From insightful books on time management and productivity hacks, to guides on prioritizing, mindfulness and self-care practices, we have curated a selection that is sure to equip you with the tools and strategies needed to excel in both your personal and professional endeavors. Dive into these resources and begin your journey towards greater efficiency, well-being, and fulfillment.
