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What They Taught – What I learned

May 28, 2008 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Influencer: The Power to Change Anything (book) Competencies: self-development, influence skills, oral communication, building relationships, interpersonal effectiveness Who benefits: potentially anyone motivated to improve their effectiveness in interacting with others Consultant Usage: background material for professional coaches and trainers What’s it about? Let me begin with a disclaimer.  I [...]

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Getting Away from Work at Home

May 25, 2008 by Ken Nowack

“He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.” Henry David Thoreau Our own research suggests that 40% to 60% of all employees express a moderately high level of stress on the job.  Our work and non-work lives are very permeable with most of us taking work stress home and home stress [...]

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To All of You Who Are a Pain-In-The-Ass

May 21, 2008 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: The PITA Principle Competencies: self-development, conflict management, oral communications, stress tolerance, self-control Who benefits: the whole damn workplace Consultant Usage: anonymous gift to those who need it What’s it about? I am recommending this book and I have not read it nor has it yet been published (August, 2008).  The only [...]

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Not All Of Us Want to Be Leaders

May 18, 2008 by Ken Nowack

“Predictions are very difficult, especially when they are about the future”   Yogi Berra Last month I conducted a leadership workshop for about 200 leaders of at a large University medical center.  At just about every break the most popular question to me was, “how can you predict who is likely to become a great leader?” [...]

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Sci Fi or Paradigm Shift?

May 14, 2008 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Leadership’s Online Labs Competencies: leadership, decision-making, risk-taking, communication, team building, strategic thinking, performance management Who benefits: futurists at any level Consultant Usage: self-development for consultants and trainers What’s it about? Dear Reader, I really don’t know where to begin describing this fascinating May article from Harvard Business Review.  I [...]

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Got Engaged Talent?

May 11, 2008 by Ken Nowack

“All you need is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. Mark Twain The world of work today is fundamentally different than in our parent’s era.  Free agency and portfolio careers are common place.  I refer to these changes as the “Changing Career Paradigms” and challenge you to diagnose where your organization lies on each [...]

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Did You Know?

May 8, 2008 by Bill Bradley

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: Harvard Business Review Executive Summaries Competencies: self-development, communication Who benefits: new supervisors, managers, trainers, consultants and those seeking promotion to management or a career change Consultant Usage: all business consultants and many trainers need to be familiar with this publication because many of their clients are reading these pages [...]

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Want to Increase Productivity? Increase Your Talent’s Flexibility

May 4, 2008 by Ken Nowack

“I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” Thomas Jefferson Prior research has demonstrated that employees’ positive mood is associated with job performance. Two recent longitudinal studies used data collected from 306 (Study 1) and 263 (Study 2) insurance sales agents in Taiwan. The [...]

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