October 15, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Positive Leadership Competencies: leadership, self-development Who benefits: project leads, team leaders, supervisors, managers, executives Consultant Usage: general education, coaching education, referrals, training materials What’s it about? I have been coming across the term “positive leadership†in my never ending search for material for my postings. I decided to delve […]
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October 8, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Human Sigma: Managing the Employee-Customer Encounter (2007) Competencies: customer service, leadership, communication skills, empowering others, driving change, strategic planning Who benefits: employees, customers, organizations’ bottom-line Consultant Usage: multiple uses in training and consulting, executive coaching What’s it about? Any professional book with a quote from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie […]
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October 1, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Finance and Accounting for the non-Financial Manager Competencies: financial management, self-development Who benefits: upwardly mobile non-financial employees, consultants to executives and managers Consultant Usage: coaching referrals, consultant self-development What’s it about? Last week I discussed using this site for review of literature and other sources related to competencies. In […]
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September 24, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: none Competencies: all Who benefits: you Consultant Usage: up to you What’s it about? I thought that before I make a suggestion or two today, I would review with you (okay, with myself with you invited to join in the thinking process) what I am trying to accomplish with […]
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September 17, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER “God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.”  Isak Dinesen (pseudonym for Danish author Karen Blixen) Title: The Last Lecture Competency: self-development Who benefits: anyone who can read or watch TV Consultant Usage: coaching, stories for trainers What’s it about? My […]
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September 10, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: The Manager’s Conflict Resolution Handbook Competency: conflict management Who benefits: supervisors, managers, employees Consultant Usage: handout for training classes, coaching others What’s it about? This booklet showed up in the mail about two weeks ago, a day or two after co-coaching a friend of mine who is having a […]
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September 3, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Harvard Business Review (HBR – September 2008) Competencies: self-development, career management, communication, interpersonal effectiveness, interpersonal sensitivity/empathy, adaptability/stress tolerance, visionary leadership, financial leadership, technological leadership, strategic problem analysis, depth of industry knowledge, Who benefits: employees, managers and supervisors, executives Consultant Usage: career consultants, organizational consultants, leadership trainers and consultants, executive […]
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August 27, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Smart Talent Management Competencies: talent management, strategic planning Who benefits: organizations Consultant Usage: senior level business and organizational consultants What’s it about? I have just finished reading my colleague Ken Nowack’s most recent posting (see posting immediately below this one) about talent retention and I am having a Sherlock […]
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August 20, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Simplexity Competency: self-development Who benefits: anyone interested in expanding her or his horizons Consultant Usage: recommending this book to others may enhance your credibility What’s it about? Look, simply put, this book is not for everyone. It is unlikely that anyone who reads this book will learn anything that […]
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August 13, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage Competencies: talent management, visionary leadership, strategic planning, strategic problem analysis Who benefits: boards of directors, executives, organizational consultants, graduate students in human resources Consultant Usage: internal and external organizational consultants What’s it about? I am without reservation a BIG fan of the author, […]
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