October 16, 2011 by Ken Nowack
 “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Albert Einstein THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF “HOLDING” In a series of studies by Angela Duckworth and colleagues, individuals demonstrating “grit” were more likely to be successful in both academic and job related measures of performance and success ((Duckworth, A., Peterson, C., […]
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October 14, 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: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.â€Â Maya Angelou Humor Break: “Have you heard the one about …†[…]
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October 13, 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 the Mercer study on employee commitment, talent management software, investing in your people, creating a good leadership training program, and choosing leaders at random. From TLNT: Survey: Employees Are Unhappy, […]
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October 12, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Ask Yourself These Questions Competencies: leadership, managing self, self-development Who benefits: leaders, managers, supervisors, and leader wannabes Consultant Usage: must read for executive coaches and leadership trainers What’s it about? When I first started posting these Wednesday missives had a certain randomness. I was trying to cover a wide […]
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October 11, 2011 by Wally Bock
You won’t find a straight line in nature. In fact, the only place you find straight lines is in artificial things, like books and theories on leadership development. We’ve got to change that. Check the leadership development program at your place. Does it assume that people decide on a straight-line career ladder and then climb […]
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October 9, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” Steve Jobs I remember the very first personal computer I purchased in the early 1980s with a buddy of mine at an IBM retail store in Beverly Hills, CA. It was an IBM XT PC with an internal 10MB […]
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October 7, 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: For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. Lily Tomlin Humor Break: Tell me again the advantages of work: In Prison … you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell. At Work […]
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October 6, 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 talent management and innovation, an example of a high performing talent management program, promoting CEOs from within, when to fire the head of HR, and how to keep the talent […]
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October 5, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Competencies: adaptability/stress tolerance, managing self, self-development Who benefits: those searching for answers Consultant Usage: interesting perspective on the world of work and personal success What’s it about? This is not the book I thought it was when I set out to read it. I have […]
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October 4, 2011 by Wally Bock
Founders, especially charismatic or dominating ones, are the stuff of folklore in American business. Sometimes they live on in their company’s name, as in “Dell” or “Boeing” and they always live in the stories we tell about them. Steve Jobs is the most recent example of the breed, which is why there have been so […]
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