April 15, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: more decision making books and articles Competencies:decision making, judgment, self-development Who benefits: anyone seeking to improve their judgments and/or decision making abilities Consultant Usage: significant listings of current reference material on the comptencies of decision making and judgment What’s it about? I want to thank Time Magazine for doing most […]
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April 8, 2009 by Bill Bradley
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: decisions, decisions, decisions Competency: decision-making Who benefits: those interested in how each of us makes a decision Consultant Usage: background material for coaching the decision-making competency What’s it about: I love the numbers game “Sudokuâ€. I play […]
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April 5, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” John Lennon Another edition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. “Most of the investment in organizational training and development is wasted because most of the knowledge and skills gained (well over 80% by some […]
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March 29, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” John Wooden  Coaching has been around as long as anyone can really remember. Executives have always had trusted advisors, mentors, Board Members and outside confidants to help them succeed. Mostly it has been informal but in […]
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March 25, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: public speaking Competency: oral presentations Who benefits: those who make oral presentation or public presentations Consultant Usage: self-development or coaching tool What’s it about? One of my all time favorite opinion polls was conducted many years ago by a major newspaper in London. Can’t remember which one, but never could […]
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March 22, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.” Ara Parasheghian I really wanted to believe that Santa Claus was real. I really wanted to believe the tooth fairy was the Federal Reserve. I really wanted to believe that leaders are made and not born. I […]
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March 18, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: A Primer in Positive Psychology Competency: self-development Who benefits: any individual Consultant Usage: important background material for all HRD consultants What’s it about? I woke up grumpy this morning. Didn’t sleep well. Blah, blah, blah. So am I going be Captain Grumps for 16 hours and take it out […]
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March 15, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“The quality of leadership, more than any other single factor, determines the success or failure of an organization.” Fred Fiedler & Martin Chemers It’s not surprising that research suggests unequivocally that leadership has tremendous impact on talent engagement, retention and productivity ((Nowack, K. (2006). Emotional intelligence: Leaders Make a Difference. HR Trends, 17, 40-42)). Can […]
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March 11, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything Competencies: self-development, coaching talent, mentoring, empowering others, performance management, creativity, innovation Who benefits: individuals, supervisors and managers, coaches Consultant Usage: highly recommended for executive coaches What’s it about? Today, dear reader, you shall be treated to an extremely short posting reviewing […]
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March 4, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: The Top Ten Leadership Books of All Time Competency: self-development Who benefits: self Consultant Usage: list might be useful to pass on to clients or customers What’s it about? As you may recall, last week I thought my tolerant bosses might fire me for writing about a book that […]
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