April 8, 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 key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” Stephen Covey Humor Break: “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds (women) and fast cars. The [...]
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April 7, 2011 by Yosh Beier
As recently reported by the New York Times, Google unleashed its analytical power in-house as a part of Google’s management effectiveness project. Putting its data mining experts to work, Google dug through thousands of performance reviews and other forms of data evaluating managers’ effectiveness in its “quest to build a better boss”. (NY Times, Mar-12-2011) [...]
April 7, 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 recruiting in the new world of social media, the problem with key employees, learning and working effectively in today’s complex world, and what to do if you’re not one of [...]
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April 6, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: 30 Things We Need — and 30 We Don’t Competency: self-development Who benefits: all of us Consultant Usage: Interesting talking points for executive and career coaches; possible discussion topics for management and interpersonal training programs What’s it about? Tony Schwartz writes very interesting posts on his Blog. This one [...]
April 5, 2011 by Wally Bock
A recent Deloitte Debate takes on the question: “Do you need a Chief Operating Officer for HR?” Here’s how the firm framed the debate. “Despite the demonstrated benefits of HR Transformation (HRT), business executives and HR leaders continue to voice frustration with HR’s ability to deliver value. With no shortage of talented people doing great [...]
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April 3, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.” John Bryant Sometimes we take our ability to truly be “in the moment” for granted and spend more time living in the past which is gone and worrying about the future which hasn’t come yet. A few weeks ago [...]
April 1, 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: In Seattle you haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running. Jeff Bezos Humor Break: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, [...]
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