HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: New Books from Jossey-Bass   Competencies: achievement orientation, engenders trust, team/interpersonal support, building strategic relationships, self-development Who benefits: individual employees, team leaders, Consultant Usage: staying current in area of expertise What’s it about? I love reading and am a sucker for new books.  Don’t really know if new books are […]

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Business Best Sellers Competency: self-development, Who benefits: people who like to read as part of their development Consultant Usage: background material What’s it about? Points I will concede up front about today’s posting: (1) Professional Blogs are not supposed to be mushy; (2) I am over-the-top in sentimentality; (3) […]

“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.”   Yogi Berra HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Managing Your New Year’s Resolution Competencies: self-development; self-control Who benefits: you Consultant Usage: background material for coaches and trainers What’s it about?  I am ending January by writing my final entry about possible […]

“Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average. Which means you’ve met your New Year’s resolution.”  Jay Leno HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Managing Your New Year’s Resolution Competencies: self-development; self-control Who benefits: you Consultant Usage: background material for coaches and trainers What’s it about?  […]

“It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?”  Henry David Thoreau HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Managing Your Time Competencies: self development; self control Who benefits: you Consultant Usage: background material for coaches and trainers What’s it about? Ha!  According to blogger Peter Bregman, […]

“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.”  Author Unknown HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: New Year’s Resolutions Competency: self development Who benefits: you Consultant Usage: background material for career coaching What’s it about? It’s the first week of a new year.  If you are like about […]

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Competency Development – Part III   Competency: self-development Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce Consultant Usage: reference material What’s it about?  Today is the last post of the year.  If you make New Year’s Resolutions you are probably writing down a (short) […]

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Competency Development – Part II   Competency: self-development Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce Consultant Usage: reference material What’s it about? Today I continue with the second part of a three part series devoted to suggesting workplace competencies and listing one or two of […]

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Competency Development — Part I Competency: self-development Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce Consultant Usage: reference material What’s it about? I started to put together an end-of-the-year list of the top ten best business books of all time (as determined by me […]