Don’t look back; someone may be gaining on you.  Satchel Paige
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Title: Keeping up with the competition
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: you
Consultant Usage: reference source
What’s it about? Summer is coming to an end soon. Kids will be going back to school. Will you?
My friend Dr. Terry Paulson once told me years ago that if you were not devoting at least 5% of your time to keeping yourself up-to-date in your field of expertise, you were losing value to your company and losing out to others who are actively managing their careers. There is an old country song that has this line: “If you are standing still, you are falling behind.â€Â Two very different sources. Same story.
I know this Blog has a large Southern California readership, so today I thought I would look at some SoCal education options for the Fall.
USC has a somewhat unique program for physicians Master of Medical Management and its long time successful Management Development Program (7 Saturdays beginning Sept. 12).
USC also offers a two day program beginning September 15, Talent Management: Creating Competitive Advantage, featuring an all star line-up of Jay Conger, John Boudreau, Ed Lawler, and Brian Schipper (Cisco Systems). (PS: August 24 registration deadline)
Haven’t got the money or the time? You can still check out some of USC’s free Webinars.
Over at UCLA you have the well-known and highly successful Executive Program that has been around since 1954 and just keeps getting better and better. This after work program runs from October through March and registration closes soon.
For you HR types UCLA offers the week long Advanced Program in Human Resource Management: Visionary Global HR Management That Drives Business Results. Program begins September 21.
Loyola Marymount University offers a number of certificate programs in its Personal and Professional Development series. Included are certificate programs as a Pharmacy Technician, in Medical Terminology, Human Resources, and IT Program and Portfolio Management.
Cal State Northridge offers The Certificate in Mediation and Conflict Resolution beginning August 27.
Cal State Long Beach offers a wide range of business and management programs and certificates including HR, career development, and finance.
Cal State LA offers Business Management (Post-baccalaureate) Online Courses as well as Introduction to Medical Interpretation & Translation: English/Spanish course that may be of interest to some of my friends in the medical field.
Finally, last but by no means least, one of my personal favorites because of the quality of the instructors, practical applications guaranteed, and a beautiful campus, Caltech in Pasadena offers programs and certificates in business development, project management, technology management, leadership development and marketing technology. You don’t have to be an Einstein to enroll; but you may feel like one after taking one of these courses.
Happy learning. Catch you later.
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Bill Bradley
Bill Bradley (mostly) retired after 35 years in organizational consulting, training and management development. During those years he worked internally with seven organizations and trained and consulted externally with more than 90 large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools.
