October 4, 2011 by Wally Bock
Founders, especially charismatic or dominating ones, are the stuff of folklore in American business. Sometimes they live on in their company’s name, as in “Dell” or “Boeing” and they always live in the stories we tell about them. Steve Jobs is the most recent example of the breed, which is why there have been so […]
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October 2, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“First get your facts; then you distort them at your leisure” Mark Twain How do you know if your coaching intervention was successful? You can always use the “smiley face” approach and just ask for client reactions. Want an improved way to measure client reaction to evaluate your coaching intervention? The “post-then-pre” method of self-report […]
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September 28, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Getting Understood! Competencies: communication skills, influence skills Who benefits: all employees Consultant Usage: background material for communication consultants and trainers What’s it about? Today is a 3-in-1 offering on communication skills. Want to improve your oral communications and influence skills? Try Talk Less, Say More. This book got my […]
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September 21, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Not the Three Musketeers Competencies: leadership, communication skills, managing diversity Who benefits: leaders and leader wannabes Consultant Usage: Good background material for coaches, leadership and communication consultants and trainers What’s it about? When I first came across this post I thought “Oh boy, an article about my boyhood heroes, […]
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September 20, 2011 by Wally Bock
The Hay Group has just released a provocative new whitepaper titled “Leadership 2030” which, they promise will give us insight into “what successful leaders will look like twenty years from now—the skills they’ll require, the nature of the organizations and employees they’ll oversee, the trends and issues they’ll be forced to confront” They make good […]
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September 14, 2011 by Bill Bradley
“All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.â€Â Winston Churchill HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Learn from the Worst Competency: leadership, self-development, managing self Who benefits: anyone Consultant Usage: great stories for coaches and trainers What’s it about? Mistakes, who needs them? Actually we all do. Nothing worth doing goes […]
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September 13, 2011 by Wally Bock
I love to learn, but I hated school. I hated facing in the same direction as all the other boys and girls. I hated the reality that a lot of the time the class went only as fast as the slightly-below-average learner, when I wanted to forge ahead briskly. And, truth be told, there were […]
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September 9, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Imagine you have a new colleague at work and your impression of that person is not very favorable. A few weeks later, you meet your colleague at a party and you realize he is actually a very nice guy. Although you know your first impression was wrong, your gut response to your new colleague will […]
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September 6, 2011 by Ken Nowack
When: September 9, 2011 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM New Location Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP 11377 West Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CAÂ 90064 West Tower, Rm. 1031 Warning: Feedback Might Be Dangerous to Your Health Presented by Ken Nowack Within 1/5th of a second, our brain can recognize harm and danger in social interactions […]
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September 4, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” Aaron Levenstein  Another edition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Hooray for U.S. work ethics! According to he Center for American progress in 2010, 86 […]
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