January 10, 2012 by Wally Bock
The folks at Fast Company have challenged you with a post titled “At the Start of a New Year, What’s Your People Plan?” Here’s the opening paragraph. “The start of a New Year is always a great time to think about the future. Do you have a plan for recruiting, training, and developing employees? Have […]
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January 9, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank One of my favorite motivational stories to tell is an adaption of the “starfish story” by Loren Eiseley and as many of you know popularized by Joel Barker. In the story, a man walking at the beach approaches a boy who is vigorously throwing back […]
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January 6, 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: Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas. Paula Poundstone If you don’t like your job you don’t strike. You just […]
January 5, 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 the world of work in the future, the 9 Box Grid, informal learning, and facilitating organizational learning. From Kevin Grossman via TLNT: My Wish For Talent Management and HR in […]
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January 4, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Getting Your Act Together Competency: self-management, self-development, achievement orientation, stress management, resiliency  Who benefits: all employees Consultant Usage: first heal yourself, then help others, EAP counselors What’s it about? Ah, the new year is upon us. Today being the fourth day of said new year, it is time to review […]
January 3, 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: This exercise is intended to help your clients identify their personal assets and liabilities. How […]
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January 3, 2012 by Wally Bock
Last month, Mike Haberman published a great post titled, “What It Takes To Break Into the Executive Suite.” Here’s the lead. “An article recently published by SHRM, written by Rebecca Hastings, entitled What It Takes to Break the ‘Glass Ceiling’ offers the findings of a study on what it takes for women in business to […]
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January 1, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“People don’t resist change, they resist being changed.†Peter Scholtes Did you make a New Year’s resolution? Nearly four out of 10 adults will make one or more resolutions for the new year, according to a study done by the University of Scranton ((Norcross, J., Mrykalo, S., & Blagys, M. (2002). Auld Lang Syne: Success predictors, […]
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December 30, 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: An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves. Bill Vaughan Humor Break: Bev was taking an afternoon nap on New Year’s […]
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December 29, 2011 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 the year just about past, talent marketing, the gift of coaching, and everything that’s wrong with performance reviews. From Taleo Research: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the […]
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