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I’m Getting Engaged!!!

July 4, 2012 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Getting Engaged: A Marriage of a Different Kind Competencies: employee involvement, empowering others, engenders trust, collaboration and team building Who benefits: all levels of management Consultant Usage: organizational consultants, executive coaches, management trainers What’s it about? There is a lot of talk these days about employee engagement.  Of course, […]




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Who Knew This Guru?

June 27, 2012 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Management Advice from the Great Yogi Competencies: multiple Who benefits: people with a sense of humor Consultant Usage: future quotes in your practice What’s it about? Summer is upon us.  Maybe it is time to take a break from all the serious stuff and enjoy a light-hearted look at […]




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The Changing Career Paradigms (Or Not)

June 24, 2012 by Ken Nowack

“The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week. ” Robert Frost The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statics still shows about 9.1% of workers are unemployed. Results from a fairly recent Gallup survey found that currently unemployed Americans have been actively looking for work for a […]




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The Customer Wins! The Customer Wins!!!

June 20, 2012 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: A 180° Turnaround for Customers Competencies: customer service, sales, marketing, strategic planning Who benefits: everyone! Consultant Usage: Vital resource for sales/customer service consultants and trainers, important background information for executive coaches whose clients are involved in sales/customer service and sales/customer service planning What’s it about? Wouldn’t it be great […]




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The Gratitude Advantage with Health

June 16, 2012 by Ken Nowack

“Gratitude is fertilizer for well-being.” Kenneth Nowack If you want to change the world, have a lasting impact on your community, create a meaningful and psychological healthy workplace, develop a safe community, loving family or meaningful partnership–it all starts with you. Several recent research studies have focused on the power of gratitude giving as a […]




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You Cheat – Honest!

June 13, 2012 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Cheat, And the Whole World Cheats With You Competency: ethics Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: in my humble opinion, mandatory reading for any consultant What’s it about? If you are a regular reader you already know that ethics is a big deal with me.  I am proud of the […]




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The Fallout of Abusive Supervision

June 10, 2012 by Ken Nowack

“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their jobs done.” Peter Drucker There is pretty solid research suggesting that working for a competent jerk might not only create a psychologically unhealthy climate for talent engagement, productivity and retention but it might also be harmful to your personal […]




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Do Trees Really Fall in the Forest if Nobody Hears Them?

June 3, 2012 by Ken Nowack

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” Ken Blanchard Feedback seems to be pretty important at work–particularly from one’s boss. What do you think leads to the most disengagement in talent? 1. Little or no feedback 2. Negative feedback 3. Positive feedback Positive and Negative Feedback Recent research suggests that feeling emotional hurt, being given critical feedback […]




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Check Out Your ARSE

May 30, 2012 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Website Delight Competencies: leadership, self-development Who benefits: assholes and non-assholes Consultant Usage: fun spot to explore What’s it about? Okay, let me acknowledge that you haven’t even begun to read my review today and already you are disgusted!  Look, today I am just a reporter.  Not even a very […]




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Can We Describe People Accurately with Existing Personality Models?

May 20, 2012 by Ken Nowack

“People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.” Francois de la Rochefoucauld Who are you and how might others describe your basic personality? Personality refers to patterns of relatively enduring characteristics of behavior and the psychological classification of different types of individuals, ranging from normal (“bright side”) to abnormal (“dark […]




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