Avid Learner

Resource Center

If you’ve already attended a Star@Work^® program and are looking for tools and tips to help you on the path toward star performance, you’ve come to the right place. This page also includes all of the tools you need to tell the Star@Work^® story to others in your organization. If your role involves educating decision-makers, gauging interest or building awareness, these tools can help. We encourage you to consult your Avid Learner representative to learn the best ways to use these tools, and to get coaching on how to best get your message across.

Applying the Work Strategies

Star@Work^® program participants are eligible to receive bi-monthly emails from Avid Learner consultants with reminders about opportunities to apply the star performer work strategies. Click here to register to receive these emails.

Examples of these emails can be viewed by clicking on the document name below:

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Articles

Click here to read "From Erasable to Irreplaceable: How to Improve Your Odds of Winning in the Global Job Market," by David Huffner and Keith Bean.

Click here to read or download a Fast Company article on Robert Kelley and the star performer work strategies.

Click here to download a reprint of the Harvard Business Review article, “How Bell Labs Creates Star Performers” from Amazon.

Books We Recommend

Click here to contact Avid Learner with your suggestion for a book we should recommend to our visitors. Here are some we like:

“Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time,”
by Brian Tracy.

“HOW TO BE A STAR AT WORK: Nine Breakthrough Strategies You Need to Succeed,” by Robert E. Kelley. Click here to order it from Amazon.

“Managing Up: How to Forge an Effective Relationship With Those Above You,” by Rosanne Badowski.

“Now, Discover Your Strengths,” by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton.

“The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations,” by John P. Kotter, Dan S. Cohen.

“What Color Is Your Parachute 2003: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career,” by Richard Nelson Bolles.

Development Plans

How do star performers boost their productivity? They set specific, time-bound goals-a simple process that helps them achieve something of value. We're all born with this goal-directed behavior. We use it in our everyday lives to get what we need. For instance, if you need a new pair of shoes, you go to the store and buy them. You plan a summer vacation to the beach, and you take it. This is goal-directed behavior in its simplest form.

In the Star@Work^® sessions, learners decide which aspects of their performance need improvement. They create personal development plans to accelerate their performance. And they partner with a coach to get support in achieving meaningful goals.

Click here for instructions on how to complete a Development Plan.

Click here to download a Development Plan Form.

PowerPoint Presentation Slides

Click here for presentation slides on the Star@Work^® Series.

Research, Results and Evaluations

Click here to find out why measuring knowledge worker productivity is so difficult.

Click here for a summary of the pathbreaking research on knowledge worker productivity conducted by Dr. Robert E. Kelley.

Click here for a list of documented results from recent Star@Work^® training implementations.

Click here to view project summaries.

Click here to read comments from learners who participated in Star@Work^® training.

Web Sites

Click here to visit the web site of Allearnatives, specializing in telework, geographically dispersed teams, and work-life issues.

Click here to visit the web site of Dr. Robert Kelley.