March 15, 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: “Three Rules of Life…1: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. 2: Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. […]
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March 4, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“All you need is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. Mark Twain” Coaching models and practitioners seem to be increasing exponentially these days. There are even organizations and training institutes devoted specifically to this particular intervention—each with different models, approaches and even ethical/professional guidelines. It seems “everyone†is now doing some type of “coaching†[…]
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March 1, 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: “Sleep is the best meditation.” Dalia Lama Humor Break: Bev: Al, what is wrong? You don’t look yourself this morning. Al: Last night I dreamed I had insomnia. I woke up exhausted, yet […]
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February 17, 2013 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. Only 2 percent of human resources executives say yearly evaluations are useful, according to a recent poll of 2,677 people […]
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February 15, 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: “A retired husband is often a wife’s full-time job.”  Bev (from Bev and Al) Humor Break: (Al, from our favorite couple “Bev and Al†is retired but took a part-time job a few […]
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February 6, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Don’t Give Away Your Life Competencies: self-development, stress management Who benefits: anyone Consultant Usage: coaches and career counselors can refer this book to clients What’s it about? There was a rather lengthy period in my career when the word “outsource†was anathema to many in the workforce. It was […]
January 27, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.” Groucho Marx The Towers Watson Global 2012 Workforce Study covers more than 32,000 employees selected from research panels that represent the populations of full-time employees working in large and mid-size organizations across a range of industries in 29 markets around […]
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January 11, 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 “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.†Unknown Humor Break: From Cover Letters Gone Bad: “Please call me after 5:30 because I am […]
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December 28, 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: “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” Edith Lovejoy […]
December 23, 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. In 2011, Oxford Economics built a unique global ranking model based on a weighted composite index to compare and benchmark […]
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