June 28, 2011 by Wally Bock
Hiring top talent is one of those areas of business where the great ship of concept tends to break apart on the rocks of detail. Last week I read two blog posts that reminded me of that important truth. Jon Ingham’s post, “Just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should! (true, but, it […]
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June 26, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” Albert Einstein To all of our nieces and nephews who recently graduated and to all of our friends…. You are What You Believe Denise and Ken Nowack Believe that most “breaks†and “luck†in life happen at the intersection between preparation and opportunity… Believe in the […]
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June 24, 2011 by Yosh Beier
With all the hopes and promises of open innovation, team-based creativity, and peer-driven collaboration, effective ways to increase collective intelligence are hotly debated. One repeatedly replicated finding is that IQs of individual members don’t correlate with a group’s collective intelligence – measured by its ability to solve complex problems and to make effective decisions. In […]
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June 24, 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: “Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck were among the few early 20th century American writers to incorporate the Spanish language into their work, making vanguard experiments in bilingual fiction. More often than not, this […]
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June 23, 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 stars or teams, managing a remote workforce, retention, hiring and firing, and pointers to recruiting tools. From HBR Bill Taylor: Great People Are Overrated Part I “Last month, in an […]
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June 22, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Accountability, The Key to Performance and Productivity Competencies: accountability, leadership, managing self, ethics, Who benefits: executives and senior managers primarily, any employee secondarily Consultant Usage: especially useful for external consultants working at the organizational level, useful for internal HRD consultants What’s it about? Two of my favorite guys are […]
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June 21, 2011 by Wally Bock
I love reviewing the predictions that people made a hundred years ago about how things would be today. Take cities. They’re filled with private planes and sky taxies, and sometimes, dirigibles moored to towers atop giant skyscrapers in the predictions. And there’s almost always one thing missing, something we take for granted today: elevators. Skyscrapers […]
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June 19, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer.†Yogi Berra My 85/10/5 Rule of Coaching Most of my executive coaching engagements have been largely unsuccessful in terms of positive “outcomes.â€Â My coaching track record is easy to measure and I refer to it as the “85/10/5†rule. It is important […]
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June 17, 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: “listen to what i say in your life expect some trouble when you worry you make it double don’t worry be happy†Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry, Be Happy Humor Break: Call the […]
June 16, 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 DDI’s Global Leadership Forecast, the state of internal coaches, speaking the truth to power, and seven principles for developing leadership talent. As bonus, I’m pointing you to knowledgeable posts from the […]
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