November 29, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“I couldn’t wait for success, so I went ahead without it.” Jonathan Winters In a lot of my executive coaching we discuss performance, effectiveness and success. Some executives perceive they are wildly successful using only a narrow way of defining their life–with work being the most important factor despite having poor health, broken family relationships [...]
November 25, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: 5 Traps of Performance Measurement Competencies: performance management, performance appraisal Who benefits: executives, managers, hr professionals Consultant Usage: extremely important for consultants working on issues of organizational development, organizational design, employee performance, performance measurements What’s it about? Oh how I love to rant against performance appraisals. Give me any [...]
November 22, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.” Babatunde Olatunji I’ve often been criticized as “speaking” to our seeing eye dog puppy in training as if he truly understands what I am telling him (I guess it is the psychologist in me). I’ve [...]
November 18, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: TED TV Competency: self development Who benefits: people in a learning mode Consultant Usage: possible reference for clients What’s it about? Whatcha doing right now? Got a break coming up? Going out for a smoke? To the fridge for some calories? How about a change of pace? How about [...]
November 15, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom–as something they thought was almost a necessity. It’s as [...]
November 11, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Management Tip of the Day Competency: self development Who benefits: executives, managers, supervisors, professional employees Consultant Usage: easy way to stay current, pass on tips to clients, use as references to more substantial material What’s it about? Today’s posting requires almost no work on my part thanks to the [...]
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November 8, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“I’m not asleep… but that doesn’t mean I’m awake” Unknown We know that sleep problems create problems for both employees and organizations. For individuals even a few hours less sleep than you normally require will contribute to impairment in memory, psychomotor functioning, mood and susceptibility to getting a cold. For organizations, it affects the bottom [...]
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November 4, 2009 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Sikhona Competencies: listening, interpersonal skills, oral communications, Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: great discussion topic for many types of training and consulting What’s it about? Let me begin by giving full credit to today’s posting to my friend Joy Hawkins who gave a presentation that weeks later still has [...]
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November 1, 2009 by Ken Nowack
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. Jim Rohn OK, in the interest of full disclosure I’ve added a few pounds in the last few years around the middle like many Americans. So I’m entitled a bit to comment on the growing issue of the cost to organizations of [...]
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