February 27, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Social Intelligence (book) Competencies: interpersonal skills, oral communication, conflict management, building strategic relationships, interpersonal sensitivity, self-development, stress tolerance, engenders trust, team building (to a lesser degree) Who benefits: anyone seeking to improve their abilities to interact more effectively with others Consultant Usage: especially useful to those doing work related […]
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February 20, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time Competencies: time management, stress management, stress tolerance, adaptability, achievement orientation, self-control, psychological well-being, cognitive hardiness, emotional fitness, physical well-being, workplace health and safety Who benefits: anyone and everyone Consultant Usage: self-development, coaching, training programs What’s it about? Don’t bother reading this unless you […]
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February 13, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (book, biography) Competencies: leadership, conflict management, decision-making, team building, inter and intrapersonal skills Who benefits: coaches, leadership and management consultants, instructors and teachers in business education, leadership education, management development, any manager, supervisor or employee who enjoys reading biographies Consultant […]
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February 6, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Managing Your Boss (article) Competencies: influence skills, negotiation skills, communication skills, building strategic relationships, building trust, adaptability Who benefits: all employees Consultant Usage: training, coaching What’s it about? Greetings from Zihuatanejo, Mexico. I am in my Mexican office: a folding chair with log footstool in a small corner of […]
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January 30, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Microtrends (Book) Competency: strategic planning, change management Who benefits: planners, researchers, entrepreneurs, HRD professionals Consultant Usage: self-development; otherwise limited, except for recommendation to clients What’s it about? January is almost over. For some of us it is the month we do our personal planning and goal setting. For even […]
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January 23, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: What Leaders Really Do (Book) Competencies: Leadership, Managing Change, Driving Change Who benefits: Senior managers and students of leadership Consultant Usage: Coaching What’s it about? As I sit here writing this entry I occasionally look outside and see the rain coming down. The rain is a popular topic in […]
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January 16, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: CCL, NTL, SDI Competency: Leadership, self-development, interpersonal communication styles, managing differences/conflict Who benefits: Leaders, employees on fast track…or hoping to get on the fast tract, practitioners Consultant Usage: Coaching, self-development What’s it about? It’s still January, not too late to do some self-development planning for the year. Here’s my […]
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January 9, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Cognitive Fitness (Harvard Business Review – November 2007) Competency: Self-development, work/life balance, decision-making, problem-solving Consultant Usage: Start with self; may be useful in coaching others Who benefits: Anyone with a brain (really!) What’s it about? Okay, if you are reading this around the time it was posted you are […]
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January 2, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Five Minds for the Future (book) Competencies: Adaptability, Strategic Problems Solving, Interpersonal Sensitivity/Empathy, Oral Presentation, Technological Leadership, Change Management, Visionary Leadership, Decision Making Who benefits: This book will be useful to practitioners who derive their work from the concept of multiple intelligences and especially EQ. Consultant Usage: For the […]
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December 28, 2007 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: MITOPENCOURSEWARE (Website) Competencies: Self-Development, Leadership, Oral and Written Communication, Financial Leadership, Technological Leadership, Strategic Problem Analysis, Influence, Negotiation, Driving Change, and many more Who benefits? Anyone needing a college course or a university education who cannot afford either the time off and/or the costs associated with an on-site location. […]
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