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Two new books, by Robert Schout, are scheduled for release in 2025.
Articles
Explore our provocative articles. Allow them to trigger introspection, new thought, dialogues and spur new action. After reading you may wonder “what can I do?” Contact us! Have a discussion. We won’t push you or persuade you or try to over-sell you something that you don’t need. We are servant leaders. We will honestly offer you our best ideas for moving forward. If our services can help then we would welcome the opportunity.
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- Personal Growth and Self Help
- Stress Management

7 Practices for Building Credibility Among New, Emerging and Young Leaders
You have what it takes to lead. Now, you have to communicate and show these strengths to others.

10 Things Principled People Do in the Face of Unprincipled Practices
Principles must be strengthened, not weakened, by winds of change, stress or when confronted by the unprincipled actions of others.

15 signs that people haven’t grown up at work and 8 ways to make them grow up or go!
Everyone ages but not everyone grows up. Learn what to do when immaturity shows up at work.

6 Self-Confidence Builders that Help You Withstand All Winds of Doubt
You have an ocean of abilities inside. Now, combine them with confident beliefs and practices.

8 Things Good Managers Do that Make Their Best People Leave
You do good work and want the best for your people, but are you unintentionally driving them out the door?

Please say it isn’t so! Managerial Missteps During Times of Personnel Transition
Check out our list of 10 missteps as a personal accountability checklist!

Happiness Factors: Simple addition and subtraction for happiness at work.
Happiness is not an elusive possibility. It is real and it is imminently possible for everyone, at work, and in life.

True Yourself: Balancing Your Wheel of Life
Take time each day to true yourself and lead a more balanced life.

Do’s and Don’ts for Allies and Advocates
Learn to stand up and speak up when your voice matters most to others.
Video
Performance Accountability and Monitoring Practices
Personal Resilience@Work
Spirited Leadership
Forgiveness at Work
Work Overload, Work Fixation and Work Addiction
The Impact of Communication Styles at Work
Audio
Don’t have time to read an article? Listen and learn from our audio selection. Let some of the lessons, perspectives, insights, tips and strategies play in your mind and find their way into your practice. If something intrigues you and you want more, contact us! Each audio is a piece of a PowerSkills seminar.
Listening Styles@Work
ADKAR and Change
Negotiation Jui Jitsu
Battling Internal Burnout
Diagnose Conflicts using Five Sources of Conflict



PowerSkills Training & Development Inc. partners with Schout It Out LLC to expand your world of learning and lessons for work and life. Schout It Out offers books and resources for children and adults.
- Illustrated Children’s Books remind children (ages 3-7 years old) that they can do anything in life.
- Poetry books inspire and bring peace to people each day. Free downloadable poems are available.
- Upcoming audio books help adults meditate and recenter themselves throughout the day. Free samples of mindful meditations are available.
schoutitout.com coming May 2025!
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