August 31, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Performance Evaluations — If You Must Competencies: performance appraisals, performance management Who benefits: managers and supervisors, especially those who are new to management Consultant Usage: good basic tool for coaching employees on how to manage performance and the performance appraisal processes What’s it about? Let me go on record [...]
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August 30, 2011 by Wally Bock
Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple’s CEO has started yet another round of articles and blog posts about Apple and the succession plan it did or didn’t have. The Forbes blogs gave us “Apple Shareholders Criticize Post-Jobs Succession Plan,” for example. My personal favorite was the post on the other side of the debate. It was [...]
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August 28, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford Have you ever worked on a team (e.g., task force or committee) that really worked effectively? Just how well a group performs on a wide range of different tasks is a way to define and measure “collective group intelligence” or [...]
August 26, 2011 by Bill Bradley
As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment. Quotes of the Week: “Regrets, I’ve had a few ….” Frank Sinatra “You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can decide how you’re going to live now.” Joan Baez Humor Break: [...]
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August 25, 2011 by Sandra Mashihi
“The problem today is one of too many choices, few of which compel but all of which distract.” -Joel Bryant The number of items on a scale is often a point of confusion for individuals looking for appropriate 360-degree tools. With all the research that has been done on this subject, there is no definitive [...]
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August 25, 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 investing in training, top talent development challenges, today’s talent priorities, talent pool or talent puddle, and creating a talent management strategy. From ERC Insights: More Employers Invest in Training “According [...]
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August 24, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Good v. Evil – Who Wins? Competencies: self-development, managing self, self-control, Who benefits: you Consultant Usage: self-development for all consultants What’s it about? Have you noticed the news headlines the past month or so? Not too much different than any other month when you think about it. Specifics change, but [...]
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August 23, 2011 by Wally Bock
Paper and people are not the same thing. Obvious, right? Now, here’s another one. To make the best talent development decisions, you need to know the people. Can you sense where I’m going with this? There’s another important truth here. If you depend on paper, you’re stuck with the judgment of the people who prepared [...]
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August 21, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Statistics indicate that, as a result of overwork, modern executives are dropping like flies on the nation’s golf courses.” Ira Wallace Vacations and Health How likely, on average, do you take the full vacation time allotted to you by your organization in a year? Never Seldom Sometimes Often Always If you answered never, seldom or sometimes you might [...]
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August 19, 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: “One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” Bertrand Russell Humor Break: Even though he could not tell time, my three-year-old grandson was [...]
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August 18, 2011 by Sandra Mashihi
“The trouble with measurement is its seeming simplicity.” -Unknown With the various types of scales that are used for survey and 360 measurement, how does one determine which one is best? Is there even a “best” response scale? Many studies suggest that response scales have a large impact on the 360-degree feedback data and some [...]
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August 18, 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 high performance work systems, incentives, growing on and through the job, leadership approval ratings, and one reason why mentoring programs fail. From Bret Simmons: High-Performance Work Systems Affect Employee Attitudes And [...]
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August 17, 2011 by Bill Bradley
“There is nothing more expensive than that which comes free” (Japanese Proverb) HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The What and How of Influence Competency: influence Who benefits: everyone Consultant Usage: executive coaches (skill building), management and communications trainers What’s it about? Influence skills have become significantly more sophisticated since Dale Carnegie wrote How To [...]
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August 16, 2011 by Wally Bock
We all know that the world of work is changing, which means that the world of talent development is changing, too. Over the past week I’ve been reading the new Vistage report, “The Future of Work” (PDF) and some older reports, including “Rand Research Brief: The Future at Work Trends and Implications” (PDF), and [...]
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August 14, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess” Mark Twain One of the things I’ve learned being a volunteer puppy raiser of guide dogs for the blind is about giving feedback. With guide dog puppies, [...]