May 11, 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: “Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” Robert Orben Humor Break: The following Notice was […]
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May 10, 2012 by Wally Bock
Hay Group’s seventh annual Best Companies for Leadership study is now out and ready for discussion. Go to the firm’s site to learn more. Start on the page, “How do the Best Companies fill their talent pipeline and develop leaders?” where there are pointers to more information about the study. The study always draws comment […]
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May 9, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Round’um up! Bring’um in! Keep’um Happy! Competencies: customer service, sales Who benefits: anyone in customer service or sales; however most articles are written for senior management Consultant Usage: good read for sales and customer service consultants What’s it about? Today’s post is brief. Harvard Business Review published an anthology […]
Posted in Leadership Development
May 8, 2012 by Wally Bock
Back when I was in my corporate period, I visited our field facilities regularly. The visits had two purposes. One was to raise the corporate flag and remind everyone that we were all in it together. The other was to work on manager development. I used to sit down with the facility manager and review […]
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May 6, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” J. Paul Getty Merriam-Webster defines “success” as one that succeeds, the attainment of wealth, favor or eminence or outcome/result. How successful are you? How do you define success in your own life? We are begining our next book and looking for “success” stories to include in […]
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May 4, 2012 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quotes of the Week: “Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You’ll be criticized anyway.â€Â Eleanor Roosevelt And “It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.â€Â Benjamin Disraeli Humor Break: “Before […]
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May 3, 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 on hurry-up hiring on the rise, Gen-Y and recruiting benchmarks, understanding turnover, measurement in talent management, and whether transparency is good in succession planning. From Fortune: Hiring in a hurry picks […]
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May 2, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Universities meet YouTube Competencies: all that we support can be found multiple times at the website Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: research this site for your own professional development and marketing strategies and find helpful videos for your clients What’s it about? Are you ready to go back to […]
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May 1, 2012 by Wally Bock
“Lifelong learning” has been elusive and difficult. You got to choose from three less than satisfactory options. There was learning on someone else’s schedule. I tried night school after a full day of work. I went to training classes scheduled by companies. I attended full- and half-day programs offered by for-profit training companies. A lot […]
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May 1, 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 Assists clients to reflect on what would be said about them at their funeral. How […]
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