June 30, 2010 by Bill Bradley
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: culture, ethics, responsibility, accountability and the future – Part I Competencies: visionary leadership, political leadership, engenders trust, ethics, employee involvement, empowering others Who benefits: everyone Consultant [...]
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June 29, 2010 by Wally Bock
Ellen Galinsky’s Huffington Post article about Admiral Michael Mullen got me thinking about the future of talent development. Here’s the quote from Admiral Mullen that started the process. “Basically, we’ve grown up very focused on the institution. The institution tells me what to do. It tells me where to go. It tells me what my [...]
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June 27, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“The real secret of magic lies in the performance.” David Copperfield Multi-rater or 360-degree feedback, was used by approximately 90% of Fortune 500 companies last year. Under ideal circumstances, 360-degree feedback should be used as an assessment for professional development, rather than, evaluation1. Unfortunately, not all circumstances are ideal. Although popular, there are at least [...]
June 24, 2010 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about the summer of worker discontent, learning on the job, performance measurement, luring top talent, and a very basic question about your company that you need to answer. From McClatchy [...]
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June 23, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Business of Happiness Competencies: self development, self control, achievement orientation, adaptability/flexibility/stress tolerance, cognitive hardiness, coping skills Who benefits: absolutely everyone Consultant Usage: good background material to assist in any type of coaching or consulting assignment; a way to approach work and interactions What’s it about? I am very [...]
June 22, 2010 by Wally Bock
Scott Adams’ “Dilbert” might be the most popular comic strip around. It’s certainly the most popular one set in a business. Since the strip debuted on April 16, 1989 it’s won a bevy of awards. And there are Dilbert coffee mugs, mouse pads, a card game, a board game, calendars. There have been several Dilbert [...]
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June 20, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.” W.C. Fields To our nieces and nephews who recently graduated and to all of our friends…. You are What You Believe…. by Denise and Ken Nowack Believe that most “breaks” and “luck” in life happen at the intersection of preparation and opportunity… Believe in [...]
June 17, 2010 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about why you should worry about your second tier of performers, keeping those rising stars on track, pay for performance, using data to guide decision-making, and the [...]
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June 16, 2010 by Bill Bradley
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.” Y. Berra HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: (Don’t) Get Your Act Together Competencies: stress management, coping skills, adaptability, achievement orientation Who benefits: perfectionists Consultant Usage: health counselors, EAP representatives, managers and supervisors in their coaching caps What’s it about? For 30 year I have listened to [...]
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June 15, 2010 by Wally Bock
Too many high flyers turn out to be like Icarus. They begin by concentrating on their wings, using them to soar. But then they lose or change concentration and their wings fail them. Here are three classic ways it happens. I cannot fail. Scott Edmunds was the CEO at Chico’s FAS. He delivered quarter after [...]
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June 13, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men — the other 999 follow women.” Groucho Marx Gender differences in leadership have been studied for a long time. My own work suggests that men often possess that “no clue” gene relative to their female counterparts1. In fact, in our own 360-feedback studies, men [...]
June 10, 2010 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about bench strength, talent management at UPS, when to start thinking about “selling” the hire, treating star performers like star performers, and the leader as talent spotter. [...]
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June 9, 2010 by Bill Bradley
“Make each day your masterpiece” John Wooden HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Best Coach Ever Competencies: leadership, coaching talent, achievement, teamwork, team development, team building, trustworthiness, vision/goal setting, collaboration, decision-making, judgment, managing self, self-control, self-development Who benefits: all of us, including young children and teens Consultant Usage: especially useful for executive coaches, team [...]
June 8, 2010 by Wally Bock
Phillip is an engineer. His company has a lot of them and he’s right in the middle of the pack. You’d never know he was a star. Florence is an admin assistant. If you look on the org chart or the formal performance evaluations, you’ll see that Florence is competent and hardworking, but nothing special. [...]
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June 6, 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 My wife and I have been involved in a wonderful volunteer program raising guide dog puppyies for the blind in California called Guide Dogs of America for about 15 years. Not long ago [...]