November 30, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.†Karen Kaiser Clark Looking for an easy, simple, reliable, and valid way to measure whether a coaching, training or consulting intervention has impact? The “post-then-pre” method of self-report evaluation offers one solution for documenting behavior change. The data collection instruments are relatively easy to develop, use, and […]
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November 26, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Why Talent Is Overrated Competencies: self-development, talent management, performance management Who benefits: individuals with career aspirations, managers and supervisors of high potential employees, coaches Consultant Usage: career development, career coaching, executive coaching What’s it about? Two 22-year olds. Recent college grads. Hired by a large company along with a […]
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November 16, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.†Maya Angelou The leadership and talent management “facts” just keep coming. In fact (no pun intended), thanks to some readers, I now have even more to share with you!  1. Hay Group, a global management consulting firm in a recent study discovered […]
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November 5, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Psychometrics in Coaching Competency: coaching Who benefits: professional coaches and organizational consultants Consultant Usage: various assessment tools for coaching What’s it about? A psychologist tells his patient “I have completed my diagnosis and have determined that you are a psychoceramic.†“What in the world is a pyschoceramic†asks the […]
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October 29, 2008 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Time Management Competency: self-development Who benefits: individuals, coaches, organizational consultants Consultant Usage: coaching, training, consulting for organizational effectiveness What’s it about? I had the pleasure recently of coaching a young woman who has exceptional technical skills along with an extraordinary set of skills we attribute to high emotional intelligence. […]
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October 26, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.†Albert Einstein It’s no secret that leaders have inflated views of their skills and competence–we’ve known this for a long time as it’s a consistent finding in all 360-degree feedback research ((Nowack, K. (1992). Self-assessment and rater-assessment as a dimension of management development. Human Resources […]
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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 5, 2008 by Ken Nowack
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.†Albert Einstein It’s no secret that leaders have inflated views of their skills and competence–we’ve known this for a long time as it’s a consistent finding in all 360-degree feedback research ((Nowack, K. (1992). Self-assessment and rater-assessment as a dimension of management development. Human Resources […]
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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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