January 30, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ‘em.” Yogi Berra Current EI Issues and Controversies Anyone confused about what emotional intelligence really is, how to define it and how to measure it? You should be. No doubt this list is incomplete but here are a few issues that [...]
January 28, 2011 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.” Sir Winston Churchill Humor Break: The optimist fell from the top story of a skyscraper. [...]
January 27, 2011 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about best companies for leadership development, the importance of leadership development, a leadership gap, and talent management revisited. This is the week of big surveys and we start with one of [...]
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January 26, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Make Yourself an Intelligent Reader Competencies: self-development, managing self Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: personal development What’s it about? Today’s post moves away from the general topics we usually cover to alert you to an important book that all citizens of any country should read. When I was going [...]
January 25, 2011 by Wally Bock
The Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released its annual “Best Companies for Leadership” study today. The study will get a lot of press, as it should, mostly about things that don’t really matter to you. The list is more important than the ranking. I don’t know if it’s possible to come up with [...]
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January 23, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. Lewis Carroll, 1865 An article of mine in Talent Management Magazine describes [...]
January 21, 2011 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.” John Cleese Humor Break: When properly administered, vacations do not diminish productivity. For every [...]
January 20, 2011 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about succession planning, Apple, easy talent management, and deciding whom to promote. There are also pointers to lists and such. From Laura Schroeder: Seven Leadership Competencies for Succession Planning “Let me [...]
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January 19, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Getting Your Act Together at Work Competencies: time management, career development, decision-making, managing self Who benefits: all employees Consultant Usage: trainers of workplace productivity/time management, executive coaches What’s it about? The holiday season is now well back in the rearview mirror. How are you doing on your resolutions? Did [...]
January 18, 2011 by Wally Bock
The headline “New Study Shows HR Success Is Driving Business Success for 2011” caught my eye and I clicked through to the Aberdeen Group’s report: “The HR Executive’s Agenda: Automation, Innovation and Growth.” The report is worth reading because it’s filled with things to kickstart your thinking about HR and what that function should be [...]
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January 16, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don’t be fooled by this absurd saw; I once knew a man who tried it. He got up at sunrise and a horse bit him.” Mark Twain Rocco, our 14-week guide dog in training does a lot of sleeping as a puppy. It’s interesting [...]
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January 14, 2011 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quote of the Week: “Women can do everything; men can do the rest.” Russian Proverb Humor Break: Woman to her male boss: “Of course I don’t look busy…I did it right the first time!” Stat of the [...]
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January 13, 2011 by Wally Bock
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find the very best talent development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to pieces about women in business leadership, executive search, overthinking measurement, and the links between engagement and stock price. From Barb Arth: Women (Still Not) In Senior Leadership Roles “Before the holiday rush, [...]
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January 12, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Lessons Learned Competencies: leadership, self-development Who benefits: leaders at any level in any type of organization Consultant Usage: useful examples for coaching and training What’s it about? It is the start of the new year. Hopefully you are giving some consideration to how you would like to develop this [...]
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January 11, 2011 by Wally Bock
Last month Dan McCarthy posted “Great Employees Trump Perfect Processes” on his Great Leadership Blog. Dan took on the people who claim some variant of “There are no bad employees, there are only bad processes.” Anyone who has managed for any length of time will be able to tell you that there certainly are “bad [...]
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