April 19, 2011 by Wally Bock
“Fueling Business Growth Tops CEO Agendas around the World” is the headline announcing the Conference Board’s latest CEO Challenge report. Growth has never entirely been off the CEO radar even during the financial crisis, but now it’s firmly at the top with “talent,” “cost optimization,” and “innovation” in a virtual tie for second place. The […]
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April 12, 2011 by Wally Bock
This last week, I’ve been poring over a Deloitte working paper titled “Leadership by Design.” You can read a description on the Deloitte site and then download the paper, or jump right to the download. They say that the paper is intended to address fundamental questions about “how we approach leadership in organizations.” Here are […]
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April 10, 2011 by Ken Nowack
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Research from George Washington University suggests that the annual cost of being obese is $4,879.00 for […]
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March 29, 2011 by Wally Bock
Karen O’Leonard’s excellent post on the Bersin Blog is titled “Building Expertise through Continuous Training” Among other things, she noted how Autonation reaped significant productivity and sales gains from changes to its training program. The company changed from a single, five-day program to shorter sessions spaced out over weeks. Between sessions, new sales trainees work […]
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March 27, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous — everyone hasn’t met me yet.† Rodney Dangerfield    Being a leader can be a lonely place. The higher you go in an organization the least likely you are to have colleagues and reports provide you with honest and candid […]
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March 25, 2011 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 productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.” Peter Drucker Humor Break: Memo from Management: To maximize productivity and make us more efficient, we are going […]
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March 23, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Failure Happens! Competencies: self-development, managing self, adaptability/flexibility/stress tolerance, self-control Who benefits: all of us Consultant Usage: good background information for executive coaches and management trainers What’s it about? My favorite vacation destination is Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Many friends and acquaintances have said “Where?â€Â “Never heard of it!â€Â I ask them, […]
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March 20, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness†Richard Carlson Perceptions of stress at work are quite high with several recent studies by Envisia Learning Inc. suggesting that 40% to 65% of all executives and employees rate their jobs as being very or extremely stressful with significant impact on work/family balance […]
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March 16, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Does Your Company Allow for Heroes? Competencies: customer service, sales and marketing Who benefits: primarily senior managers and executives, secondarily anyone interested in delivering excellent customer service Consultant Usage: important for executive coaches and trainers who are involved with a client’s customer service or sales and marketing What’s it […]
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March 13, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Why join the Navy if you can be a pirate?” Steve Jobs For over 40 years, one robust theory of career choice has been based on the idea that choice of vocation is really an expression of personality (Holland, 1973). A person can be described as having interests associated with each of six personlity types […]
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