January 21, 2015 by Wally Bock
Leadership development happens mostly on the job Charles Jennings wrote a marvelous post titled “Workplace Performance: 70:20:10 – Above All Else It’s a Change Agent” that includes many insights and pointers to other work. Here’s the first bit that caught my eye. “The evidence, however, does point to the fact that most learning is experiential […]
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January 19, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!†George Carlin  Most vendors use average scores of raters in their summary reports for 360 degree feedback. For example it’s not uncommon to report a table summarizing the “most frequent†and “least frequent†behaviors perceived by […]
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January 18, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright New Talent Management Facts Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Super-commuting across the country once a week is on the rise in major regions in the […]
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January 16, 2015 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 getting into the CEO’s inner circle, a manager’s guide to executive coaching, Millennials eyeing […]
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January 14, 2015 by Ken Nowack
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 this exercise to help clients understand how generational values and expectations affect their […]
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January 14, 2015 by Wally Bock
Wouldn’t it be great if we could do all our leadership development by checking off things on a list? Consulting firms make it easy for us. Claudio Feser, Fernanda Mayol, and Ramesh Srinivasan from McKinsey tell us that “the secret to developing effective leaders is to encourage four types of behavior.” Korn Ferry says that […]
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January 11, 2015 by Ken Nowack
“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.”   Stephen Wright The topic of work and life stress continues to be a research interest of mine and something I’ve written frequently about. I have such a strong interest in occpational stress […]
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January 9, 2015 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 hiring for cultural fit at the top, workers on tap, how bob sutton teaches […]
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January 7, 2015 by Wally Bock
Leadership development leaders Chief Executive and the Chally Group just released their list of the top companies for leadership development. They’ve done this since 2005. Here’s their description. “we canvas world-class companies through a questionnaire and interviews to learn what they are doing to identify and nurture people three or more levels down the chain […]
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January 2, 2015 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 preparing students for an increasingly complex business world, Evernote “Officer Training,” learning to learn […]
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