November 1, 2013 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.†Stephen Covey Humor Break: Bev: There is a little story today in the […]
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October 25, 2013 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don’t have to be that good to be much better. Any time you […]
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October 20, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Research from the Aberdeen Group shows that only 31 percent of organizations have a formal strategy for designing, implementing and […]
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October 18, 2013 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “A particularly troubling and consistent finding from our survey is what the future holds for Wall Street. Many of the young professionals who will one day assume control of the trillions of dollars […]
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October 16, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: A 12-Step Life-Happiness Program for Everyone Competencies: self-development, managing self, stress management Who benefits: Anyone 12 or older Consultant Usage: good for healing self; help heal others What’s it about? I was recently reading an interesting article on Huffington Post about a man who devolved into a mid-life crisis […]
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October 9, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care Competency: self-development Who benefits: primarily those living in the United States Consultant Usage: depending on your client may be useful background material What’s it about? The October issue of Harvard Business Review has a number of important articles that would be of […]
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September 27, 2013 by Ken Nowack
Most medium to large size organizations have some version of “high potential†programs. These are programs designed to identify and prepare future leaders for larger roles. These elite pools of employees are often officially or unofficially labeled as “hiposâ€, “rising Starsâ€, “fast trackersâ€, or “the chosenâ€. Companies often don’t come right and tell you if […]
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September 27, 2013 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option.”  Steve Pavlina Humor Break: Bev: Al, what do you think is the worst job in the world? Al: Being a clerk at […]
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September 25, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Devolution of Power Competency: leadership Who benefits: those interested in a fresh and unique view of leadership Consultant Usage: something to think about for consultants at the organizational level; possibly useful background material for coaches; can be used to raise questions in management and leadership classes. What’s it […]
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September 15, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. A 2012 study in the journal Occupational Medicine suggests that older men with stressful jobs and little decision latitude are […]
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