Portland Westside Meeting
Do you know who God created you to be?
Our special guest speaker for September is John Bradley, President & Founder of the IDAK Group. John Bradley has specialized in screening new hires for more than 35 years. His client organizations include Fortune 500 companies, family-owned businesses, government-owned agencies, as well as church denominations and mission agencies. During his years of coaching employers, he has developed a simple yet practical model for understanding a person's aptitudes and best job-fit options. His presentation will be filled with nuts and bolts of practical help. John's background includes a B.A. from U.C. Davis; Master of Divinity from Western Seminary in Portland, and a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Faith Evangelical Seminary. His publications include the Talent Discovery Guide (1979), IDAK Career Match (1984), Discovering Your Natural Talents (NavPress, 1991) and Switching Tracks (Revell-Baker Books, 1994). His most recent publication is the online Talent Discovery Guide at www.idakgroup.com/tdg.
Since its beginning in 1980, IDAK has focused on the assessment of a person’s full potential from an organizational and career planning perspective. The name IDAK stands for one’s unique identity: ID = identity, AK = the Hebrew equivalent of unique or uniqueness. The specialty which IDAK has pioneered and has now become its trademark is assessing innate Natural Talents as the key predictor for best job fit. This aptitude specialty is separate from the more commonly measured personality characteristics, work skills, education or training equivalents. IDAK has become recognized nationally as one of a very select few organizations which recognize Natural Talents as critical to the question of maximum productivity and mid-career advancement.
This meeting is designed to help you build your network, wherein you will be invited to introduce yourself & your organization during the meeting, as well as meet with other guests & members before & after the meeting. There will also be a short presentation regarding the Chamber, as well as a special guest speaker in regards to a topic designed to help you Connect, Learn, Grow, Save &/or Engage with your community.
