August 31, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“The only real training for leadership is leadership.†Anthony Jay In my executive coaching assignments I see “leaders” today who seem to have never learned the basic skills of supervision, management and leadership practices. Some have been moved from highly successful “specialist” roles where they relied on technical skills and competencies to roles where building […]
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August 29, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Honesty is the Best Policy – Unless You are a Fool, in Which Case We Have Come for Your Money Competencies: integrity, is trustworthy (organizational level), ethics Who benefits: concerned people Consultant Usage: useful background for organizational consultants and executive coaches What’s it about? Doing research for this Blog […]
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August 24, 2012 by Michael Baroff
We spend much of our life in the pursuit of and the doing of “work”. Work can provide us the grist for maintaining a livelihood, developing a career, and personal satisfaction and growth. At the core of this pursuit are the underlying goals to discover and develop who we are; to engage in relationships with […]
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August 15, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Humble Listening is the Key Competency: listening Who benefits: all of us can improve this skill Consultant Usage: only useful if you wish to attract or retain clients; especially useful for executive coaches What’s it about? Ram Charan is one of my favorite bloggers. In my estimation he is elevated […]
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August 8, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room Competency: self-development Who benefits: intellectually curious people, librarians Consultant Usage: possibly useful to IT and systems consultants What’s it about: What’s not to […]
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July 30, 2012 by Yosh Beier
Why do smart people defend stupid ideas? It’s easy to blame organizational culture – think about the Not-invented-here syndrome so nicely described in Morten Hansen’s book “Collaboration”. But there is clearly a personal and very emotional component to it. A recent study (Blind in one eye: How psychological ownership of ideas affects the types of […]
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July 29, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. A couple of recent surveys suggest that most workers really don’t want their boss’s job. In a US based survey […]
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July 27, 2012 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: “The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.†– Dale Carnegie Humor Break: Today’s humor break is a more or less true story […]
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July 24, 2012 by Wally Bock
“One rap on HR professionals is that they aren’t particularly business savvy or focused enough on the strategic elements of managing a company.” That’s how John Hollon begins his post, “Ten Tips to Help Prove the ROI of Your Training Program.” The tips in his article are good ones. And if you’re in HR and […]
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July 22, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“This employee should go far — and the sooner he starts, the better we’ll be.” “Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig.” “He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.” Anonymous Employee Reviews from U.S. Federal Evaluations One of my doctoral dissertation committee member […]
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