July 5, 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 employee orientation, choosing the right candidates to develop, shortages of critical workers, and self-development. From Monster Thinking via Human Capital League: Why Employee Orientation Is So Critical […]
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July 4, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Getting Engaged: A Marriage of a Different Kind Competencies: employee involvement, empowering others, engenders trust, collaboration and team building Who benefits: all levels of management Consultant Usage: organizational consultants, executive coaches, management trainers What’s it about? There is a lot of talk these days about employee engagement. Of course, […]
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July 3, 2012 by Wally Bock
For centuries no one wrote about leadership. Plato wrote about the lives of the noble Greeks and Romans, not about leadership. Sun Tzu wrote about how to win a war. Machiavelli wrote about how to govern a principality and stay alive and out of the torture chamber. The military worked hard to educate better officers. […]
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June 29, 2012 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Meeting Quote:   “A meeting is an event where minutes are taken and hours wasted.â€Â James T. Kirk Humor: “I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency — even if I’m […]
June 28, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about making sure that applicants get a response, online university training and talent development, hiring the right person for the job, and a leadership development glossary. From John Zappe: Survey: Half […]
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June 27, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Management Advice from the Great Yogi Competencies: multiple Who benefits: people with a sense of humor Consultant Usage: future quotes in your practice What’s it about? Summer is upon us. Maybe it is time to take a break from all the serious stuff and enjoy a light-hearted look at […]
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June 26, 2012 by Wally Bock
“You can lead a horse to water,” the saying goes, “but you can’t make him drink,” The best human learning is a lot like horse’s drinking. The horse won’t drink until he’s ready. The best human learning happens the same way. People learn best when they’re ready. Last weekend the air conditioner at our daughter’s […]
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June 24, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week. †Robert Frost The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statics still shows about 9.1% of workers are unemployed. Results from a fairly recent Gallup survey found that currently unemployed Americans have been actively looking for work for a […]
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June 22, 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 amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.” Wilson Mizener Humor Break: Bev: You know Al, I have been thinking about the world we live in. So many […]
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June 21, 2012 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about technology and recruiting, how to make your company a talent magnet, ways to engage top talent, how companies should develop talent, and the “middle” skills gap. From John Sumser: Technology […]
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