October 20, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don’t Competencies: political leadership, influence skills, self-development Who benefits: leaders at any level Consultant Usage: excellent for executive and career coaches What’s it about? This book is provocative, make no mistake about it. Author Jeffrey Pfeffer, professor of organizational behavior at Stanford […]
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October 19, 2010 by Wally Bock
The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article aimed at those “high potential” people every company seems to crave. The title was “Getting Ahead as a ‘High-Potential’ Manager.” Author Joann Lublin included good advice for “hi-pos” that mostly boiled down to “follow the rules and don’t turn into a jerk.” Then, there’s this. “‘HiPos’ like […]
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October 17, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing.” Marsha Doble Do you ever wonder if leaders are losing their mind based on the stupid decisions or actions they tend to make? Maybe the phrase “losing it” really has some scientific backing. Indeed, all of us actually start to […]
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October 14, 2010 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about metrics, people as parts, hiring and smiling, pay for performance, and the 2010 IBM Global CHRO Study. From Stephen J. Gill: Count What Counts “Are we measuring what really matters in organizations? […]
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October 13, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Warren Bennis: Still Surprised Competency: leadership Who benefits: leaders, leader wannabees, biography buffs Consultant Usage: might not make you a better consultant, but it’s a feel good read in your field What’s it about? I am feeling lazy today, so I am going to let my friend BJ Gallagher […]
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October 12, 2010 by Wally Bock
Last week I came across an article from Singapore Management University with the following title: “A challenge to SMEs: creating creative ways to attract talent.” Here’s the lead. “According to a recent poll of undergraduates and recent graduates of the three local universities, Singapore Management University (SMU), National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological […]
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October 10, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Anaïs Nin Despite a lack of sound longitudinal research studies showing a clear return on investment, executive coaching continues to increase in popularity. Most coaches have their favorite assessments they tend to pull out of their “toolkit†when appropriate for most of […]
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October 7, 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 “accidental managers,” finding your hidden performers, the business case for leadership development, characteristics of competent CEOs, and using HR metrics. From DDI: Rescuing the ‘Accidental Manager’ “The Washington Post’s leadership […]
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October 6, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything Competencies: achievement orientation, self-development Who benefits: you, children, grandchildren Consultant Usage: great resource for coaching and performance management What’s it about? I know that many of you faithful readers look at my posts and wistfully sigh and think to yourselves “Oh how […]
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October 5, 2010 by Wally Bock
Abraham Maslow advised us that, “He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.” That’s only part of the story. It’s also true that if the only measurement system you use is economic, you tend to try to understand everything in economic terms. That may be fine if your goal […]
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