May 28, 2013 by Wally Bock
Companies want profitability. Engagement drives profitability, so companies want more engagement. But what drives engagement? i4cp has studied this and they outline their findings in the report, “Employee Engagement: Strategies and Practices.” The blog post announcing the study offers “10 Steps to Rev Up Employee Engagement.” Number six strikes a chord with me. It’s “Focus […]
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May 26, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“Good habits are worth being fanatical about.” John Irving In raising Indy, our 6-month year old guide dog puppy in training, we have learned a lot again about just how long it takes to learn a new habit. Some of our guide dog puppies we raised seemed to take forever to learn new habits but […]
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May 24, 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: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas Edison Humor Break: Bev: How’s that fancy-Dan entrepreneurial friend of yours doing with his new-fangled creative financial firm? Al: He’s […]
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May 23, 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 about hiring new grads, a recruiting dilemma, talent management in the Great Reset, the sources of performance problems, and problems filling the pipeline. From Elli Sharef and Nick […]
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May 22, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Karen and Me Competencies: managing self, self-development, Who benefits: each of us individually, poor children in Mexico Consultant Usage: self-use or sharing with a client What’s it about? I suspect that after working on this Blog for four years I was due for a mistake. Well, if you are […]
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May 21, 2013 by Wally Bock
I’ve been spending some time with i4cp’s report, Accelerating High-Potential Employees on the Path to Leadership. It’s the kind of document that you read, mull over what you’ve read and read some more. The part I’ve been reading lately is about using high profile stretch assignments in leadership development. Here’s a key quote from the […]
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May 17, 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 “The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from […]
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May 16, 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 about online hiring tools, talent poaching, onboarding, what to do after the talent review, and retaining top talent. From the NY Times: Online Hiring Tools Are Changing Recruiting […]
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May 15, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Getting to the Medical Truth Competency: managing self Who benefits: those in need of medical care Consultant Usage: limited What’s it about? Today’s post is short. It will be extremely important to a few readers, potentially important to a few others and will be seen as of limited use […]
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May 14, 2013 by Wally Bock
“You don’t know how good you’ve got it!” I almost said that. I was chatting with a young friend. I wasn’t thinking about how tough it was, walking in my bare feet through the snow to school, uphill both ways. I was thinking about coaching, or rather the lack of it in my day. My […]
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