October 30, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“On Career Day in high school, you don’t walk around looking for the cartoon guy.” Gary Larson Too often in my executive coaching I run across a senior leader who will confess to me that they aren’t sure why they ever went into management. I’m always curious to ask what they would love to do […]
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October 28, 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: “On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.â€Â Rodney Dangerfield Humor Break: Please tell me I didn’t post these: Don’t bother inviting the Invisible Man to your Halloween party. He […]
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October 27, 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 on why talent is irrelevant, GE’s approach to leadership development, succession management at IBM, and advice on how to make hiring and promoting decisions. From Joe Gerstandt: Talent is irrelevant. “Okay, […]
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October 26, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Customer Service Recommendations Competencies: customer service, sales Who benefits: all level of employees in sales and customer service positions Consultant Usage: recommended for sales and customer service management consultants; highly recommended for sales and customer service trainers What’s it about? Today I would like to review two books in […]
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October 25, 2011 by Wally Bock
When Woody Morcott was chairman and CEO of the Dana Corporation he wondered why his company wasn’t using all the brains it had. Today he might ask about why we’re not training them. Many of writers of books and blog posts and articles and speeches about the “War for Talent” and talent development complain that […]
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October 23, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!†George Carlin Most vendors use average scores of raters in their summary reports for 360-degree feedback assessments. For example it’s not uncommon for vendors to show a table summarizing the “most frequent†and “least frequent†behaviors perceived by […]
Posted in Engagement, Leadership Development
October 21, 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: “Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’.” Yoda Humor Break: We here at TGIF have found a very happy and long-time married couple named Al and Bev who have some witty moments […]
October 20, 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 on hiring, keeping your rock stars happy and home, hi-pos. retention, and LinkedIn’s Talent Pipeline Management tool, From Mel Kleiman: Hiring Wisdom: Tipping Points When Employees Stay – or When They […]
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October 19, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Have Yourself a Lovely Little Holiday Competencies: managing self, stress management, achievement orientation, performance management, leadership Who benefits: all who work Consultant Usage: first, heed this advice for yourself; second, share with you clients What’s it about? Derek Thompson, the senior business editor at The Atlantic, has written a […]
October 18, 2011 by Wally Bock
I love college football, so I watch many of the analysis shows. On a recent one, former Florida coach Urban Meyer was deconstructing a play by Clemson’s star freshman, Sammy Watkins. He pointed out details as Watkins got free, made a catch, eluded a defender, and turned up field. At that point, Watkins took off […]
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