July 5, 2013 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “Over the last 30 years, tuition has increased 1,120 percent; by comparison, even the “skyrocketing” cost of health care only rose 600 percent, and housing costs have gone up a paltry 375 percent.â€Â […]
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July 3, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Who is Accountable? Competency: leadership, influence, performance management, engenders trust, two-way feedback, empowering others, interpersonal effectiveness, administrative control/follow-up Who benefits: primarily for those already in management and project managers Consultant Usage: executive coaches, organizational consultants, management trainers What’s it about? I have been on the road now for about […]
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July 2, 2013 by Wally Bock
If you do talent development, you should check out the HR Raging Debates at Halogen Software where eight experts weigh in with their opinions on important HR issues. The first one for 2013 is “Talent Shortage – Really?” Here’s the set up for the debate. “There have been several news reports in recent years about […]
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June 30, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.†George Carlin A recent study by Dr. Jean Decety, a professor in psychology and psychiatry at the University of Chicago and colleagues at the University of Chicago has found that the brain scans of […]
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June 28, 2013 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week:Â “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become […]
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June 27, 2013 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces on overcoming the barriers to leadership development, why learning is not applied, where the talent wars are hottest, sweating the soft stuff, identifying talent early, and an overview […]
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June 26, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: How to Become the Chief Ironing Officer Competency: leadership Who benefits: current and future leaders Consultant Usage: excellent for use in leadership training classes; useful in some coaching situations What’s it about? The New York Times recently interviewed Ivar Kroghrud, former CEO of QuestBack (specializes in feedback management). I […]
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June 25, 2013 by Wally Bock
Imagine the scientists of the Enlightenment. Think of Joseph Priestly doing experiments in his kitchen laboratory to determine the nature of air. Imagine James Hutton poring over the geological records to determine the age of the Earth or Ben Franklin out in the lightening storm with his kite. According to Steven Johnson what they were […]
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June 23, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” Sam Walton The Leadership-Employee Engagement Connection I’m not sure that it’s any great secret that leaders influence the level of commitment and engagementof their talent. Nobody likes […]
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June 21, 2013 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “When people tell me they can’t afford to join a gym, I tell them to go outside; planet Earth is a gym and we’re already members. Run, climb, sweat, and enjoy all of […]
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