May 31, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“Eighty percent of success in life is showing up” Woody Allen The 2012 ICF Global Coaching Study (12,133 responses from 31 countries) provided coaches with the opportunity to comment on a range of issues facing the industry in the future, including: regulation of coaching; obstacles; and opportunities. A majority of coaches (53%) believed that coaching […]
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May 29, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others Competency: business development, sales/consultative sales orientation, external customer service, customer service orientation/focus/principles, relationship building, influence skills, persuasion skills Who benefits: anyone who needs to sell products or ideas Consultant Usage: especially useful for sales consultants and trainers What’s it about? […]
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May 26, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“Good habits are worth being fanatical about.” John Irving In raising Indy, our 6-month year old guide dog puppy in training, we have learned a lot again about just how long it takes to learn a new habit. Some of our guide dog puppies we raised seemed to take forever to learn new habits but […]
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May 21, 2013 by Wally Bock
I’ve been spending some time with i4cp’s report, Accelerating High-Potential Employees on the Path to Leadership. It’s the kind of document that you read, mull over what you’ve read and read some more. The part I’ve been reading lately is about using high profile stretch assignments in leadership development. Here’s a key quote from the […]
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May 10, 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: “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.†Benjamin Franklin Humor Break: Bev: Al, it says here in this article that when you give a public speech you should follow the […]
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May 3, 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: “I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.†George Canning Humor Break: “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.†Mark Twain Stat of the Week: I declare this week as “Anti-Stat†week. […]
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April 30, 2013 by Wally Bock
Evidence-based decisions are good. We all seem to agree on that. But once you do, you run up against a warning from economist Richard Thaler. “You can’t make evidence-based decisions without evidence.” So, where do you find evidence to use for your talent development decision making? Look for knowledgeable interpretations of research studies. Interpretation is […]
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April 26, 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: “It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?†Henry David Thoreau Humor Break: “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the […]
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April 24, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Joys and Frustrations of Giving Competencies: self-development, managing self, achievement orientation, leadership Who benefits: all readers Consultant Usage: much of this book addresses issues of networking … which is the life blood of external consultants and of some importance to internal consultants What’s it about? This week and […]
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April 19, 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: “It has always seemed strange to me… the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we […]
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