November 16, 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: “In Los Angeles on Black Friday, a woman pepper sprayed Wal-Mart shoppers who tried to cut in line.â€Â Craig Ferguson  “It’s Cyber Monday, when everyone shops online. As soon as I woke up […]
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November 15, 2012 by Sandra Mashihi
This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise:Â Help clients become aware of how they cope with work and life adversities. How […]
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November 15, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about why you may benefit from hiring from within, why skills and experience are irrelevant when hiring, bridging the hiring gap for college graduates, and why most firms […]
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November 14, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: To Writes Make a Wrong Competencies: written communication, oral presentation Who benefits: the grammatically challenged (or at least stretched), public speakers seeking self-insight Consultant Usage: those who write proposals and/or reports for clients What’s it about? If you think “grammar†is an elderly relative two levels above you on […]
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November 13, 2012 by Wally Bock
Just a couple of weeks ago, Ron Thomas asked, “What’s So Hard About Succession Planning?” Conceptually, succession planning looks pretty simple. The plan should help you identify and develop people for important positions in your company forever. But that entails long-term thinking and disciplined execution and lots of hard work. Alas, it seems to be […]
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November 11, 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. Half of all employees who say that they do not feel valued at work report that they intend to look […]
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November 9, 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: “A female reporter wrote to me after reading (my) article yesterday and said, ‘For almost 30 years, I’ve been feeling guilty for leaving at 6 to try to catch that last inning of […]
November 8, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces on why most leadership development programs fail, integrated talent management, HR and recruiting technology, and what’s next for leadership development. From Kevin Eikenberry: Why Most Leadership Development Efforts […]
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November 7, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: I was there Competency: leadership Who benefits: those who have responsibility for attracting, developing and retaining leaders; students of leadership Consultant Usage: background material for organizational consultants, executive coaches, management/leadership trainers What’s it about? What do war and peace have in common? Leadership. Doesn’t matter if we are writing […]
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November 6, 2012 by Wally Bock
If you want great performance you need great people. They won’t show up fully formed. You need to develop them. And that can’t be the job of one person, deep in the bowels of HR. It must be the way you do business, not something bolted on. It should be pervasive. Talent development should be […]
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