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by Jared E. Thatcher (Author)
Where can we learn all the soft-skills necessary to do our job as a parent? There is an unlikely source that can help us to improve our skills - Business. Did you realize that businesses world-wide spend over $300 billion dollars a year to training their employees? Much of that training is in soft-skills. Teamwork, leadership, active listening, communication, conflict resolution, ethics, time management, planning, problem solving, strategy, goal setting and achievement, process design, emotional intelligence, coaching, mentoring, change management, user experience, design thinking, persuasion, and the list of soft-skills goes on and on. Why not take advantage of the training, tools, and methods that have been developed by business and apply them to your parenting, and teach them to your children? These soft-skills can give them a competitive edge in life. Parenting the Lean Way is all about providing additional tools in your parenting toolbox that will make you wonder how you ever got along without them.
Author Biography
Jared E. Thatcher is the world's leading expert on Lean Parenting(TM), his advice and business parenting tools are used by parents in over 130 countries. He has lectured all over the world and speaks three languages. He is a management consultant working with international charities, fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and small businesses, helping them solve problems, analyze data, and implement Lean into their organizations. He earned his MBA in International Business from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, which included study at EADA Business School in Barcelona, Spain. He has his Lean Bronze Certification (LBC) from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and has his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. An eighth generation Oregonian, Jared lives outside of Portland, Oregon with his wife and four children. They love spending time outdoors and enjoying all the beauty the Pacific Northwest has to offer.
