October 28, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Prodigal Executive Competency: coaching Who benefits: executive coaches, senior managers and executives Consultant Usage: executive coaching What’s it about? Let me begin with a disclaimer. The author, Bruce Heller, is a good friend. Bruce is an executive coach. Been one for 15 years. I have to share an [...]
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October 25, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“I feel my best when I’m happy.” Winona Ryder Emotions do indeed play a role in productivity, morale of talent and customer service. Any guess what medical condition or health risk is the most costly to employers? If you guessed stress, smoking, obesity, inactivity or diabetes you are way off the mark. In fact, the [...]
October 21, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: How to Manage Virtual Teams Competency: team development Who benefits: senior managers, team leaders, project managers Consultant Usage: important background material for team building consultants What’s it about? Sloan Management Review (MIT) has an excellent article in its Summer 2009 issue regarding the management of virtual teams. (Registration and/or [...]
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October 18, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” Jim Ryun In raising Ajax, our 7-month year old guide dog puppy in training, we have learned alot again about just how long it takes to learn a new habit. Our first guide dog puppy seemed to take forever to learn new habits [...]
October 14, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: How to Make Knowledge Work Fun Competencies: career planning, managing yourself Who benefits: consultants or consultant wannabes Consultant Usage: how to pick clients; your Google business card What’s it about? I had loads of fun writing today’s posting. Know why? Cuz I know how to pick my clients! Author [...]
October 11, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure.” Mark Twain The prevalence of self-enhancement (i.e., high regard for one’s own skills and abilities) is not hotly debated but there is controversy on whether it is adaptive or maladaptive which has implications for understanding and interpreting multi-rater feedback1. If self-enhancement means seeing [...]
October 7, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Beyond Tired Competency: health management Who benefits: you Consultant Usage: great reference for individuals who complain of being tired or fatigued What’s it about? This is a short article about what causes fatigue and what you can do about it? It’s not groundbreaking, just helpful. It’s a good reminder. [...]
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October 4, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” John Wooden The use of executive coaching has been an increasingly popular trend in organizations. There are numerous professional organizations and training institutes devoted specifically to this particular intervention—each with different theoretical models, approaches, processes and ethical/professional guidelines. Many of the larger human resources consulting [...]