Your Invisible Toolbox: The Technological Ups and Interpersonal Downs of the Millennial Generation
Rowena Crosbie and Deborah Rinner, Tero International Inc.
For the first time in American history, there are four generations coming together in the workplace. This brings a whole new set of challenges to modern business. Your Invisible Toolbox tackles the challenges many millennials face with a unique set of research-based tools, put together in an easy-to-apply road map to success.
“Called by multiple names – soft skills, employability skills, 21st-century skills – they are the critical skills necessary to go along with the hard skills, digital fluency, creativity and innovation that modern work and life demand. Rowena and Deb put it all together in one place – Your Invisible Toolbox – simple to understand, adaptable and ready to work when you want to enhance your life.” – Scott Raecker, director, The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center
“Your Invisible Toolbox is a wonderful compilation of actionable ideas and strategies to make you successful. … The book is arranged so it can be easily read but also so that it can be read in parts or used as a quick reference guide. It has a place in collegiate leadership classes and will be a benefit to all who read it. As a lifelong scientist and educator who has interacted with thousands of students, I recommend this book for anyone starting or about to start their career and also for those established individuals that want to be fully successful.” – Steven Leath, president, Iowa State University
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Your Invisible Toolbox: The Technological Ups and Interpersonal Downs of the Millennial Generation
Rowena Crosbie and Deborah Rinner, Tero International Inc.
For the first time in American history, there are four generations coming together in the workplace. This brings a whole new set of challenges to modern business. Your Invisible Toolbox tackles the challenges many millennials face with a unique set of research-based tools, put together in an easy-to-apply road map to success.
“Called by multiple names – soft skills, employability skills, 21st-century skills – they are the critical skills necessary to go along with the hard skills, digital fluency, creativity and innovation that modern work and life demand. Rowena and Deb put it all together in one place – Your Invisible Toolbox – simple to understand, adaptable and ready to work when you want to enhance your life.” – Scott Raecker, director, The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center
“Your Invisible Toolbox is a wonderful compilation of actionable ideas and strategies to make you successful. … The book is arranged so it can be easily read but also so that it can be read in parts or used as a quick reference guide. It has a place in collegiate leadership classes and will be a benefit to all who read it. As a lifelong scientist and educator who has interacted with thousands of students, I recommend this book for anyone starting or about to start their career and also for those established individuals that want to be fully successful.” – Steven Leath, president, Iowa State University
Read more reviews here
Kirkus Review
A storehouse of timely advice well-suited to the intended audience.
"Crosbie and Rinner focus on what they call “invisible tools,” the skill set used to achieve successful social interactions. They contend that these abilities, more than any technical skills, are the true ingredients of lasting professional advancement. Many of the lessons specifically target the collective alienation caused by technological hyperconnectedness. To counter this, the authors encourage millennials to remember names, pen personal notes, listen attentively, and confidently court strangers. Other lessons are meant to examine biases, encouraging the embrace of diversity, a proper respect of cultural differences, and a searching examination of one’s assumptions and stereotypes. "
Read the entire Kirkus Review here.
"Crosbie and Rinner focus on what they call “invisible tools,” the skill set used to achieve successful social interactions. They contend that these abilities, more than any technical skills, are the true ingredients of lasting professional advancement. Many of the lessons specifically target the collective alienation caused by technological hyperconnectedness. To counter this, the authors encourage millennials to remember names, pen personal notes, listen attentively, and confidently court strangers. Other lessons are meant to examine biases, encouraging the embrace of diversity, a proper respect of cultural differences, and a searching examination of one’s assumptions and stereotypes." -Kirkus Review
Read the entire Kirkus Review here.
A storehouse of timely advice well-suited to the intended audience.
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Your Invisible Toolbox LIVE Show on YouTube
The show, "Your Invisible Toolbox" airs every Monday at 9:03 a.m. central and runs for 17 minutes. It is the ideal amount of time to enjoy a cup of coffee and get fortified with the latest and best interpersonal skills to impact business success. If you want to be alerted to when the show is going to air, subscribe to our YouTube channel and stay tuned!
Your Invisible Toolbox LIVE Show on YouTube
The show, "Your Invisible Toolbox" airs every Monday at 9:03 a.m. central and runs for 17 minutes. It is the ideal amount of time to enjoy a cup of coffee and get fortified with the latest and best interpersonal skills to impact business success. If you want to be alerted to when the show is going to air, subscribe to our YouTube channel and stay tuned!
Your Invisible Toolbox - The Book for Personal & Career Growth
Ro and Deb's podcast interview with Michael Libbie on authoring a book that has been in the making for seven years. The interview covers how you can use the book, the information packed inside and the fact even non-millennials can read it and win.
Your Invisible Toolbox - The Book for Personal & Career Growth
Ro and Deb's podcast interview with Michael Libbie on authoring a book that has been in the making for seven years. The interview covers how you can use the book, the information packed inside and the fact even non-millennials can read it and win.
About the Artist Kevin Wilson and Book Cover
Kevin Wilson is a freehand airbrush artist based out of Edmonton, Alberta. Working mostly with different types of metals, consisting of shapes, colors and custom airbrushing.
The piece created for the cover of the book is custom and titled Your Invisible Toolbox. Two faces on the piece are cut from metal and attached to the base making it three-dimensional. The toolbox that connects the two individuals is subtle, reflecting the nature of interpersonal tools that remain in the background in positive human interactions.
About the Artist Kevin Wilson and Book Cover
Kevin Wilson is a freehand airbrush artist based out of Edmonton, Alberta. Working mostly with different types of metals, consisting of shapes, colors and custom airbrushing.
The piece created for the cover of the book is custom and titled Your Invisible Toolbox. Two faces on the piece are cut from metal and attached to the base making it three-dimensional. The toolbox that connects the two individuals is subtle, reflecting the nature of interpersonal tools that remain in the background in positive human interactions.
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Since 1993, Tero International has earned a distinguished reputation as a premier interpersonal skills research and corporate training company. Professionals from locations around the world are graduates of Tero's workshops and hundreds of leaders turn to Tero for their executive coaching services.
Your Invisisble Toolbox: The Technological Ups and Interpersonal Downs of the Millennial Generation was written with the millennial worker in mind and offers insights for business professionals of every generation. The book's authors Ro Crosbie and Deb Rinner tapped Tero's vast resources and research in writing this must-read book. A copy belongs on every desk and on every night stand. Click HERE to order a copy.
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