July 29, 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 talent management semantics, teamwork or talent, senior leadership and talent development, another survey on innovation and job satisfaction, and gender-specific management training. From The Employee Performance [...]
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July 28, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: How To Get Yourself Employed Competency: self-development Who benefits: job seekers (employed or unemployed) Consultant Usage: must read article and book for career counselors What’s it about? I am writing this post out of frustration. Three different friends of mine, unknown to each other, are all seeking employment. Two [...]
July 27, 2010 by Wally Bock
In hockey there’s a statistic called “plus-minus.” It calculates the goal difference for a player’s team when that player is on the ice. It’s a way to measure a player’s contribution to the team. We need something like that at work. Most people who work in companies do most of their work in teams. We [...]
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July 25, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” Carl W. Buechner Do nice people finish first or is it last? Some recent research suggests that developing social skills and having accurate appraisal of our strengths and development areas might really pay off–really in dollars and cents. Ten [...]
July 22, 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 barriers to building talent, program evaluation, hiring better, and appreciating your top performers. Plus, there’s a list of great articles on motivating top talent. From TLNT: [...]
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July 21, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: A Good Read and a Must See Competencies: motivation, achievement, empowering others Who benefits: There is something here for just about anyone Consultant Usage: good background information for coaches, counselors, and trainers What’s it about? How is your day going? Need a little fun and educational pick-me-up? If you [...]
July 20, 2010 by Wally Bock
I know this may reflect poorly on my sophistication, but I love the poems of Rudyard Kipling. One of my favorites is “The Mary Gloster.” It’s very long, but great for reading aloud. My daughters will remember it from when I read them poems before bedtime. The poem is presented as the words of an [...]
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July 18, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.” Eric Lindos I wrote earlier about how practice seems pretty essential for lasting behavior change. There is, in fact, a big difference between “experts” and those “who are expert” in what they do. In a [...]
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July 15, 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 what you can learn (yes, there is something) from the Cleveland Cavaliers, executive derailment, managing the toxic high performer, distributing scarce rewards, and some thoughts on [...]
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July 14, 2010 by Bill Bradley
“I will strive to create sustainable economic, social, and environmental prosperity worldwide.” from The MBA Oath HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Culture, Ethics, Responsibility, Accountability and the Future – Part III Competencies: visionary leadership, political leadership, engenders trust, ethics, employee involvement, empowering others Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: every consultant, trainer, and leader should be [...]
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July 13, 2010 by Wally Bock
My mother had a saying that “You can’t just hire a hand. The whole man always comes with it.” The language is a little dated, but the truth is still the same. People aren’t just a set of talents. They’re that messy bundle of stuff called human beings. Three recent blog posts lay out some [...]
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July 11, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“If you are not happy here and now you never will be.” Taisen Deshimaru To what extent is our happiness genetically set by our life situation, events, thoughts and behaviours? Can our happiness “set-point” be modified by specific actions and exercises? Our own research using a personal stress and health assessment called StressScan suggested a [...]
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July 8, 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 retaining employees, learning initiatives, trust as a force behind great places to work, senior executive compensation, and reviewing your talent management practices. From Employee Benefit News: [...]
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July 7, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Culture, Ethics, Responsibility, Accountability and the Future – Part II Competencies: visionary leadership, political leadership, engenders trust, ethics, employee involvement, empowering others Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: every consultant, trainer, and leader should be setting the tone and driving these core competencies through their organizations and with individual employees [...]
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July 6, 2010 by Wally Bock
Forty years ago, the business world was relatively stable. Long range planning was the sophisticated management practice of choice. The company I worked for had them. We weren’t alone. According to management expert Carl Heyel, writing in 1973, by 1970, “80 percent to 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies engaged in some form of long-range [...]
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