March 31, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Motivation – New Insights Competencies: motivation, managing others Who benefits: those interested in understanding what motivates us Consultant Usage: excellent material for training classes which address issues of employee motivation What’s it about? My colleague Ken Nowack, who writes the other weekly column on this Blog, loves to present [...]
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March 28, 2010 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 productivty1. Can leaders directly affect the health of talent to the extent that they are [...]
March 24, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Impulse Factor: An Innovative Approach to Better Decision Making Competency: decision making/judgment Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: accompanying Impulse Factor Test can assist executive coaches, career counselors, and trainers What’s it about? Are you a risk manager or a potential seeker … or somewhere in between? Do you [...]
March 17, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Institute of Management Studies Competency: self-development Who benefits: employees of large organizations Consultant Usage: excellent source for recommending training programs What’s it about? Last week I wrote about a specific program sponsored by the Institute of Management Studies (IMS). As I was thinking about it over the past seven [...]
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March 14, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save” Will Rogers If you have read my earlier posts on Ajax, the current guide dog puppy my wife and I are raising you will know of our commitment to this volunteer puppy raiser program [...]
March 10, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Transitioning to Management: Leading Professional and Expert-Based Groups Competencies: leadership, career development Who benefits: specialists in or transitioning to leadership roles, bosses and coaches of specialists Consultant Usage: executive and career development coaches What’s it about? Today’s posting is a follow-up to my colleague/boss Ken Nowack’s wonderfully insightful post [...]
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March 7, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” Aaron Levenstein Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. A recent 2009 survey by Accenture on work life balance found an interesting surprise–68% of the [...]
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March 3, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard Competencies: leadership, adaptability, strategic problem solving, change management, self-development Who benefits: leaders, managers, any individual confronting “change issues” Consultant Usage: must read for organizational consultants What’s it about? This book by the Heath bros. – Dan and Chip – of [...]