August 2, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention.” Tom Peters Ajax, the guide dog puppy we are raising has finally been able to go to the public park in Santa Monica to interact with other dogs. We can tell right away that is certainly isn’t the alpha dog around others but he is curious to approach […]
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July 29, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: “Film could make you lose your lunch†Competencies: eating/nutrition, cognitive hardiness, economics Who benefits: any individual Consultant Usage: health coaches, nutritionists What’s it about? This a quirky and unintended follow-up to last week’s posting. Last week I reviewed Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. It was in part a […]
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July 26, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous — everyone hasn’t met me yet.†Rodney Dangerfield  Anytime we go anywhere with our guide dog puppy in training, Ajax, we plan on taking extra time. Almost without exception other people stop us to ask questions about the guide dog […]
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July 22, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Competencies: eating/nutrition, cognitive hardiness, economics Who benefits: any individual Consultant Usage: health coaches, nutritionists What’s it about? This book is about food, eating, nutrition, the economies of food, food and family life, and the social effects of personal change. I stopped reading it about half way […]
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July 19, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” Â Antoine de Saint Exupery Ajax, the guide dog puppy we are currently raising to hopefully lead someone who is sight impaired is a great metaphor for the executive coaching work I do with senior level […]
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July 15, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: LearnOutLoud Competencies: self-development, professional development, career development, leadership development, parenting and more Who benefits: employees, managers and supervisors, executives, kids Consultant Usage: any consultant reading this Blog is encouraged to click on this large resource for audio and visual products What’s it about? Last week while writing about ITunesU […]
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July 12, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“If all of your friends jumped  off a cliff  would you do the same thing?” Beverly Nowack We sure are rooting for the guide dog puppy we are raising named Ajax to go on to become a leader for someone who is blind. Those who have guide dogs or any type of service dog need to totally trust […]
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July 8, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: A new way of learning Competency: self development Who benefits: those seeking alternative college education Consultant Usage: self development; reference for career counseling What’s it about? As some of you readers know and some of you may have guessed, I am an old fogy. I am on the other […]
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July 5, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Seeing within changes one’s outer vision” Joseph Chilton Pearce Our guide dog puppy in training named Ajax is still growing and expressing all aspects of his personality and interests (e.g., pushing rocks around our deck, finding joy in pulling down toilet paper rolls from the bathroom, exploring things in the sky that fly, and wanting […]
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July 1, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Stumbling on Happiness Competency: self-development Who benefits: happy people, unhappy people Consultant Usage: it will cheer you up — and, oh yeah, may make you more effective What’s it about? I just finished reading Stumbling on Happiness. And I am sooooo happy to have stumbled upon this book.    I […]
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