November 24, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Bouncing Back from a Negative 360-Degree Review Competencies: self-development, managing self Who benefits: users of 360 degree products Consultant Usage: executive coaches, hr professionals, organizational development consultants What’s it about? Today’s posts goes to the core business of Envisia Learning.  Envisia is all about 360-degree feedback. The company researches […]
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November 23, 2010 by Wally Bock
Canadian Business Magazine recently published an article on leadership development titled: “Leaders in Leadership.” Here’s the opening paragraph. “Canadian Business, in partnership with Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions, asked Canadian executives to name the organizations that are best at developing the next generation of leaders. Here’s what they told us.” The article lists five companies and […]
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November 21, 2010 by Ken Nowack
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Sirota Survey Intelligence compared engagement levels in talent from diverse organizations (no mention was made of […]
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November 18, 2010 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 mass exodus, a pay raise as retention tool, telling the truth, 360 appraisals, and lessons from the Army. From TLNT: Sound the Alarm: More People Are Quitting Than Being Laid […]
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November 17, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Why So Many People Can’t Make Decisions Competency: decision making Who benefits: all of us Consultant Usage: can be useful in understanding clients and self What’s it about? Some of us live in a world of Black and White. For us making decisions are easy. Some of us live […]
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November 16, 2010 by Wally Bock
Annie worked for the same company for forty years and for all of that time she was what her company calls a “customer service clerk.” Her job was processing orders that came in the mail and answering the phone. The caller might be a customer or one of her company’s salespeople with an order or […]
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November 14, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55 she needs a good personality, and from 55 on she needs cash.†Sophie Tucker Despite increasing evidence that most personality traits are highly genetically determined (current estimates suggest as much as 50%) much […]
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November 11, 2010 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 metrics that matter, emotional intelligence, how companies become “best places to work,” the career lattice, and performance reviews. From Profitability through Human Capital: 7 Ways to Tell if Your Metrics […]
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November 10, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Enemies of Trust Competency: trust Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: a strong reminder about the conduct of our clients and ourselves What’s it about? Among the competencies supported by this site is Trust. It is hard to achieve and easy to lose … and hardly ever thought about until it […]
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November 9, 2010 by Wally Bock
Recently I read a great post on the i4cp Productivity Blog. The title was “Performance Management: Not Everybody’s a Superstar.” Here’s a passage that jumped out at me. “It’s time to take off the type-A blinders and get some perspective; not everybody in the workplace is a superstar or future leader, and a lot of […]
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