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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December 19, 2007 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTICIONER Title: Making Judgment Calls (Harvard Business Review Article) Competencies: Judgment; decision-making Who benefits: Anyone who wants or needs to improve their judgments and/or make better decisions. Consultant Usage: Coaching, performance management/evaluation, training handout What’s it about? Sports fans second-guess the coaches of their favorite teams. Marriage counselors wonder how two […]
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November 26, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.†Peter Drucker Every year since 1983, Bain and Company has surveyed executives in various industries to weight and rate the level of satisfaction and use of over 100 popular tools (e.g., benchmarking, six sigma, corporate blogs). With over 8,504 […]
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November 6, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Words Will Never Hurt me” Unknown If performance feedback was a drug, many of us could be easily sued for malpractice. One of the most cited research studies on performance feedback is based on meta-analysis by Kluger and DeNisi who reviewed over 3,000 studies (607 effect sizes, […]
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October 30, 2007 by Ken Nowack
“Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.†Aldous Huxley I have a habit of collecting some “facts” that I read in both academic non-academic journals. I try sometimes to go back to […]
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