March 31, 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 HR metrics, assessing the effectiveness of training, succession planning, and progress (or lack thereof) in talent management. From Sean Conrad: 6 Common Questions About HR Metrics Answered “As an HR [...]
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March 30, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER Title: My Personal Best Competencies: self-development, team building, interpersonal/intrapersonal skills, achievement orientation, self-control, building trust Who benefits: any individual, coaches, team facilitators and team leaders, managers and supervisors, teenagers Consultant Usage: training related to emotional intelligence, team building, one-on-one coaching What’s it about? My bosses recently gave me my bi-annual performance [...]
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March 29, 2011 by Wally Bock
Karen O’Leonard’s excellent post on the Bersin Blog is titled “Building Expertise through Continuous Training” Among other things, she noted how Autonation reaped significant productivity and sales gains from changes to its training program. The company changed from a single, five-day program to shorter sessions spaced out over weeks. Between sessions, new sales trainees work [...]
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March 27, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous — everyone hasn’t met me yet.” Rodney Dangerfield Being a leader can be a lonely place. The higher you go in an organization the least likely you are to have colleagues and reports provide you with honest and candid [...]
March 25, 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: “The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.” Peter Drucker Humor Break: Memo from Management: To maximize productivity and make us more efficient, we are going [...]
March 24, 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 the complex nature of CEO succession, promoting the unprepared, what’s next for management, and thinking about the future of HR. From the Business Spectator: A new broom – moving on [...]
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March 23, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Failure Happens! Competencies: self-development, managing self, adaptability/flexibility/stress tolerance, self-control Who benefits: all of us Consultant Usage: good background information for executive coaches and management trainers What’s it about? My favorite vacation destination is Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Many friends and acquaintances have said “Where?” “Never heard of it!” I ask them, [...]
March 22, 2011 by Wally Bock
Douglas McGregor developed his Theory X and Theory Y in the 1960s and they’ve been a staple of management thought ever since. Just to review, Theory X postulates that people are lazy, dislike work, and will avoid it if they can. Theory Y, by contrast, suggests that people may, in fact, enjoy their work and [...]
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March 20, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness” Richard Carlson Perceptions of stress at work are quite high with several recent studies by Envisia Learning Inc. suggesting that 40% to 65% of all executives and employees rate their jobs as being very or extremely stressful with significant impact on work/family balance [...]
March 18, 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 don’t mind that I’m fat. You still get the same money. Marlon Brando Humor Break: It is well documented that for every mile that you jog, you add one minute to your life. [...]
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March 17, 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 learning technology, network analysis in recruiting, the leadership pipeline, and how gaming may affect talent management. From Karen O’Leonard: Increase in Learning Tech Spending “2010 was a turnaround year for [...]
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March 16, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Does Your Company Allow for Heroes? Competencies: customer service, sales and marketing Who benefits: primarily senior managers and executives, secondarily anyone interested in delivering excellent customer service Consultant Usage: important for executive coaches and trainers who are involved with a client’s customer service or sales and marketing What’s it [...]
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March 15, 2011 by Wally Bock
When I was in my last year of high school I was selected for a church basketball league all-star team. Right after school let out, our team of New York City all stars travelled through the Midwest for two weeks. We played two kinds of teams during that time. We played other all star teams [...]
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March 13, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Why join the Navy if you can be a pirate?” Steve Jobs For over 40 years, one robust theory of career choice has been based on the idea that choice of vocation is really an expression of personality (Holland, 1973). A person can be described as having interests associated with each of six personlity types [...]
March 11, 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 who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. Timothy Leary Humor Break: Little known fact about Compensation Practices: Your pay raise is just large enough to increase your taxes and just [...]
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