February 21, 2016 by Ken Nowack
“If practice makes perfect, and no one’s perfect, then why practice?†Billy Corgan Practice makes perfect according to an old saying. Or at least if you do it enough you will become an expert. Or does it? Experts vs. Being an Expert There is, in fact, a big difference between “experts” and those “who are […]
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February 19, 2016 by Wally Bock
Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about an app to help you find the perfect candidate, getting leadership development right, improving […]
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February 17, 2016 by Sandra Mashihi
“According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.†-Marcus Tullius Cicero The sensitive nature 360-degree feedback programs make them inherently fraught with risk, even when done well. To link the results of the 360 to compensation take these risks to […]
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February 17, 2016 by Wally Bock
Leadership is changing. So should leadership development. Leadership has focused on one kind of leader for decades. It’s the leader with a permanent leadership position, a boss. Those leaders are still with us, but now we have temporary leaders and emergent leaders, too. Leadership development should serve all three. Leadership development for permanent leaders Permanent […]
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February 15, 2016 by Sandra Mashihi
This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: Use these questions to evaluate your client’s development progress. How to Administer and Use this […]
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February 14, 2016 by Ken Nowack
“If a word in the dictionary were mispelled, how would we know?” Steven Wright We all know that negative moods are associated with poor physical health and psychological well-being ((Nowack, K. (2008). Coaching for Stress: StressScan. Editor: Jonathan Passmore, Psychometrics in Coaching, Association for Coaching, UK, pp. 254-274)). What about positive emotions and health? In […]
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February 12, 2016 by Wally Bock
Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about leadership development and neglected talent, leadership development and culture, deliberate practice, and how to […]
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February 10, 2016 by Sandra Mashihi
This is the third post of an ongoing series on 360-Degree Feedback Best Practices. Let’s be honest — Not all organizations are “ready” for 360-degree feedback. All too often it gets introduced in the middle of a very large organizational change (e.g., merger or acquisition) or some other untimely organization-wide event. 8 key questions to […]
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February 10, 2016 by Wally Bock
Yesterday I read Dorothy Dalton’s great post: “Career Path replaced by Cluster Career.” If you’re thinking about how to plan your career, this is a must read. But it got me to thinking about how we do leadership development in a very different world. Leadership development for a different way to climb Forget the career […]
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February 8, 2016 by Sandra Mashihi
This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise:Â Leads clients to select a change goal and commit to a change goal. How to […]
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