April 19, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.” Thomas Szasz In previous blogs I’ve mused a bit about the relatively high base rate of leadership incompetence (estimated to be 50%) and the challenge of predicting future leadership behavior. Maybe praying for leaders can’t hurt–or can it? I’ve become a […]
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April 15, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: more decision making books and articles Competencies:decision making, judgment, self-development Who benefits: anyone seeking to improve their judgments and/or decision making abilities Consultant Usage: significant listings of current reference material on the comptencies of decision making and judgment What’s it about? I want to thank Time Magazine for doing most […]
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April 12, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Unknown Remember this old saying from childhood? No doubt someone was saying something to you that could have been emotionally hurtful. Well, it seems this old saying really doesn’t have any scientific merit at all. In fact, recent research suggests that indeed […]
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April 10, 2009 by David Jamieson
As consulting has expanded and morphed into so many different types of services being delivered under the same banner, it begins to dilute any meaning in the banner. What is consulting? To some it’s providing expertise or facilitating some process. For others it’s providing extra workers to staff a project or taking over a certain […]
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April 8, 2009 by Bill Bradley
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: decisions, decisions, decisions Competency: decision-making Who benefits: those interested in how each of us makes a decision Consultant Usage: background material for coaching the decision-making competency What’s it about: I love the numbers game “Sudokuâ€. I play […]
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April 5, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” John Lennon Another edition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. “Most of the investment in organizational training and development is wasted because most of the knowledge and skills gained (well over 80% by some […]
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April 1, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: book titles from Hell Competency: sense of humor Who benefits: those who need a laugh Consultant Usage: entertain your friends What’s it about? Being as this is the time honored day of acknowledging Fools, I thought a day of wacky book titles might be in order! Writing for this […]
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March 29, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” John Wooden  Coaching has been around as long as anyone can really remember. Executives have always had trusted advisors, mentors, Board Members and outside confidants to help them succeed. Mostly it has been informal but in […]
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March 25, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: public speaking Competency: oral presentations Who benefits: those who make oral presentation or public presentations Consultant Usage: self-development or coaching tool What’s it about? One of my all time favorite opinion polls was conducted many years ago by a major newspaper in London. Can’t remember which one, but never could […]
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March 23, 2009 by David Jamieson
Making sense of what occurs in human systems or how they change or the most effective way to lead them or which design is most productive is fraught with difficulty. Yet, nothing is more important in today’s world for creating healthy organizations and healthy people. Because we lack a lot of convincing evidence, based on […]
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