December 23, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Competency Development – Part II  Competency: self-development Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce Consultant Usage: reference material What’s it about? Today I continue with the second part of a three part series devoted to suggesting workplace competencies and listing one or two of […]
Posted in Leadership Development
Comments Off on Self-Development for 2010 – Part II
December 16, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Competency Development — Part I Competency: self-development Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce Consultant Usage: reference material What’s it about? I started to put together an end-of-the-year list of the top ten best business books of all time (as determined by me […]
Posted in Leadership Development
December 13, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go but ought to be.†Rosalyn Carter Ajax, our guide dog puppy in training,  just passed his AKC Canine Good Citizens test at 9 months (a bit of a surprise because he still likes to greet […]
Posted in Engagement, Leadership Development
Comments Off on Leadership Lessons from Ajax #20: Performance Coaching
December 9, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Your Next Move: The Leader’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Major Career Transitions Competencies: career development, self development Who benefits: employees on a vertical climb Consultant Usage: career counseling, executive coaching What’s it about? This is a very narrowly written book, so this review is not for every reader. If […]
Posted in Leadership Development, Wellness
December 6, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Just because you’re not sick doesn’t mean you’re healthy.” Author Unknown Results of a new study from the University of Maryland confirm what working parents already know — the expanded work week is undermining family life. In a study of over 500 employees in a Fortune 500 company, researchers concluded that long hours at work […]
Posted in Wellness
Comments Off on Life Unbalanced
December 2, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way Competencies: trust, conflict management, two-way feedback, performance management, coaching, interpersonal effectiveness, empowering others Who benefits: employees at all levels Consultant Usage: must read for all executive coaches, counselors, should read by organizational consultants What’s it about? […]
Posted in Leadership Development, Relate
Comments Off on How Did That Happen?
November 29, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“I couldn’t wait for success, so I went ahead without it.” Jonathan Winters In a lot of my executive coaching we discuss performance, effectiveness and success. Some executives perceive they are wildly successful using only a narrow way of defining their life–with work being the most important factor despite having poor health, broken family relationships […]
Posted in Engagement, Leadership Development, Wellness
November 25, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: 5 Traps of Performance Measurement Competencies: performance management, performance appraisal Who benefits: executives, managers, hr professionals Consultant Usage: extremely important for consultants working on issues of organizational development, organizational design, employee performance, performance measurements What’s it about? Oh how I love to rant against performance appraisals. Give me any […]
Posted in Engagement, Leadership Development
November 22, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.” Babatunde Olatunji I’ve often been criticized as “speaking†to our seeing eye dog puppy in training as if he truly understands what I am telling him (I guess it is the psychologist in me). I’ve […]
Posted in Engagement, Leadership Development, Relate, Wellness
November 18, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: TED TV Competency: self development Who benefits: people in a learning mode Consultant Usage: possible reference for clients What’s it about? Whatcha doing right now? Got a break coming up? Going out for a smoke? To the fridge for some calories? How about a change of pace? How about […]
Posted in Engagement, Leadership Development
Comments Off on Give You A Break!
Call us to discuss how we can help you get more out of your leadership development program: