January 17, 2012 by Sandra Mashihi
This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: Help clients explore options within or outside their current organization. How to Administer and [...]
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January 17, 2012 by Wally Bock
Deloitte is out with the January 2012 edition of the Talent Edge 2020 project. Here’s the firm’s short summary of their findings. You can download the full report in PDF format here. “Despite a new wave of uncertainty, many leading companies are pressing forward and reshaping their talent strategies. Many executives foresee leadership shortages in [...]
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January 15, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It’s like having a mental workshop” Jack Youngblood As a kid, I played baseball and probably made over 1,000 double plays successfully–at least in my mind. I used to visualize every moment of receiving the ball from the shortstop to avoiding the slide [...]
January 13, 2012 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: “Face it, you’re screwed. Today is Friday the 13th — the unluckiest day on the calendar — so try not to crash your car, fall down a flight of stairs, set yourself on [...]
January 12, 2012 by Sandra Mashihi
“Now that I have you thoroughly confused, let me pause to hear your own dismayed cry.” -Ray Bradbury Current research suggests that rater agreement will indeed vary in 360-degree feedback assessments largely because feedback research shows that different rater sources provide unique, performance-relevant information (Nowack, 20091; Lance, Hoffman, Gentry & Barankik, 20082). Given these findings, [...]
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January 12, 2012 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 retaining employees, what scrapping the annual performance review looks like, hiring, and agile organizations. From Steve Ford: Resolutions for Retaining Employees in an Improving Economy “Retaining talented employees has become [...]
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January 11, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Make Time for Time Competency: time management Who benefits: all of us Consultant Usage: good check-up for clients of executive coaches, good review for time management and productivity trainers, probably also good for career counselors What’s it about? Well here we are in the second week of the new [...]
January 10, 2012 by Sandra Mashihi
This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: This exercise provides clients a way to look at personal and life success from [...]
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January 10, 2012 by Wally Bock
The folks at Fast Company have challenged you with a post titled “At the Start of a New Year, What’s Your People Plan?” Here’s the opening paragraph. “The start of a New Year is always a great time to think about the future. Do you have a plan for recruiting, training, and developing employees? Have [...]
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January 9, 2012 by Ken Nowack
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank One of my favorite motivational stories to tell is an adaption of the “starfish story” by Loren Eiseley and as many of you know popularized by Joel Barker. In the story, a man walking at the beach approaches a boy who is vigorously throwing back [...]
January 6, 2012 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: Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas. Paula Poundstone If you don’t like your job you don’t strike. You just [...]
January 5, 2012 by Sandra Mashihi
“One size does not fit all.” -Paula Dobriensky Little research exists to provide definitive answers as to the best way to present 360-degree feedback results. However, it is intuitive that participants have different learning styles, and some may prefer to favor the interpretation of either qualitative versus quantitative presentations of results. One study that does [...]
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January 5, 2012 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 on the world of work in the future, the 9 Box Grid, informal learning, and facilitating organizational learning. From Kevin Grossman via TLNT: My Wish For Talent Management and HR in [...]
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January 4, 2012 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Getting Your Act Together Competency: self-management, self-development, achievement orientation, stress management, resiliency Who benefits: all employees Consultant Usage: first heal yourself, then help others, EAP counselors What’s it about? Ah, the new year is upon us. Today being the fourth day of said new year, it is time to review [...]
January 3, 2012 by Sandra Mashihi
This free exercise, and dozens of others, were created for our book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get It. You can learn more about Clueless by visiting our site or you can buy it from amazon.com today. Purpose of Exercise: This exercise is intended to help your clients identify their personal assets and liabilities. How [...]
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