March 29, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” John Wooden Coaching has been around as long as anyone can really remember. Executives have always had trusted advisors, mentors, Board Members and outside confidants to help them succeed. Mostly it has been informal but in the [...]
March 25, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: public speaking Competency: oral presentations Who benefits: those who make oral presentation or public presentations Consultant Usage: self-development or coaching tool What’s it about? One of my all time favorite opinion polls was conducted many years ago by a major newspaper in London. Can’t remember which one, but never could [...]
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March 23, 2009 by David Jamieson
Making sense of what occurs in human systems or how they change or the most effective way to lead them or which design is most productive is fraught with difficulty. Yet, nothing is more important in today’s world for creating healthy organizations and healthy people. Because we lack a lot of convincing evidence, based on [...]
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March 22, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.” Ara Parasheghian I really wanted to believe that Santa Claus was real. I really wanted to believe the tooth fairy was the Federal Reserve. I really wanted to believe that leaders are made and not born. I really [...]
March 18, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: A Primer in Positive Psychology Competency: self-development Who benefits: any individual Consultant Usage: important background material for all HRD consultants What’s it about? I woke up grumpy this morning. Didn’t sleep well. Blah, blah, blah. So am I going be Captain Grumps for 16 hours and take it out [...]
March 15, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“The quality of leadership, more than any other single factor, determines the success or failure of an organization.” Fred Fiedler & Martin Chemers It’s not surprising that research suggests unequivocally that leadership has tremendous impact on talent engagement, retention and productivity1. Can leaders directly affect the health of their talent? Can bosses actually kill? Can Bad [...]
March 11, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything Competencies: self-development, coaching talent, mentoring, empowering others, performance management, creativity, innovation Who benefits: individuals, supervisors and managers, coaches Consultant Usage: highly recommended for executive coaches What’s it about? Today, dear reader, you shall be treated to an extremely short posting reviewing [...]
March 8, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.” Joyce Brothers I just read a research paper that suggested that marriage might not improve men’s health as once thought1. In a review of data gathered between 1972 and 2003 (more than one million men and women), men who never married reported [...]
March 4, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: The Top Ten Leadership Books of All Time Competency: self-development Who benefits: self Consultant Usage: list might be useful to pass on to clients or customers What’s it about? As you may recall, last week I thought my tolerant bosses might fire me for writing about a book that [...]
March 1, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” Jane Howard It seems intuitive that being around co-workers, friends and family members who are happy should “rub off” on us. We even call this “emotional contagion.” New research [...]