August 4, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The more things change, the more things stay the same Competency: self-development Who benefits: any older teen or adult who enjoys reading Consultant Usage: might be useful as a recommendation to an open-minded client What’s it about? Ah, August. The hottest month of the year for most of you readers. [...]
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August 3, 2010 by Wally Bock
“Honey, it’s almost dinner time. Would you go outside and plant some tomatoes?” Sounds stupid. After all, you can’t plant tomatoes at 4 o’clock and have tomatoes at 6 o’clock dinner. But that seems to be what many companies expect from talent development. Check out this Wall Street Journal story that’s titled, “Leadership Training Gains [...]
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August 1, 2010 by Ken Nowack
”There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” Roger Staubach The Leadership-Employee Engagement Connection I’m not sure that it’s any great secret that leaders influence the level of commitment and engagementof their talent. Nobody likes working for competent jerks–even if they accomplish a lot1. Our own published research has explored a reliable inventory of [...]