December 11, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Too bad you can’t buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak everybody out.” Jack Handy Sometimes we just have to blow off steam to deal with work and life challenges. Surprisingly, only about 30 percent of individuals experiencing severe life trauma and pain experience post traumatic [...]
November 30, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Management? It’s Not What You Think! Competency: leadership, visionary leadership Who benefits: anyone in management or aspiring to management Consultant Usage: organizational consultants, executive coaches What’s it about? Are you up for a most unconventional book about management? Professor and Organizational Development Swami Henry Mitzeberg and colleagues have put [...]
November 27, 2011 by Ken Nowack
“Gratitude is fertilizer for well-being.” Kenneth Nowack If you want to change the world, have a lasting impact on your community, create a meaningful and psychological healthy workplace, develop a safe community, loving family or meaningful partnership–it all starts with you. Several recent research studies have focused on the power of gratitude giving as a [...]
November 25, 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: “Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” J. Paul Getty “Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” George Edward Woodberry Humor Break: Sir, [...]
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November 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: “You can’t adapt to commuting, because it’s entirely unpredictable. Driving in traffic is a different kind of hell every day.” Daniel Gilbert Humor Break: A recent college graduate took a new job in [...]
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November 6, 2011 by Ken Nowack
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. In the latest APA Stress in America survey, 69% of employees are satisfied with their employer [...]
November 4, 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: “Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed” Edward Heath Humor Break: You know you’ve been unemployed too long when you get a pre-declined credit card in the mail. The economy is [...]
November 2, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Emailaholics Anonymous Competency: managing self, self-development, time management, technological leadership Who benefits: any email user, IT types Consultant Usage: self-development, time management consultants What’s it about? John Freeman has written a 2011 book with the fantastic title of The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox. First [...]
October 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: “On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.” Rodney Dangerfield Humor Break: Please tell me I didn’t post these: Don’t bother inviting the Invisible Man to your Halloween party. He [...]
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October 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: “Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’.” Yoda Humor Break: We here at TGIF have found a very happy and long-time married couple named Al and Bev who have some witty moments [...]
October 19, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Have Yourself a Lovely Little Holiday Competencies: managing self, stress management, achievement orientation, performance management, leadership Who benefits: all who work Consultant Usage: first, heed this advice for yourself; second, share with you clients What’s it about? Derek Thompson, the senior business editor at The Atlantic, has written a [...]
October 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: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou Humor Break: “Have you heard the one about …” [...]
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October 7, 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 fast-acting relief, try slowing down. Lily Tomlin Humor Break: Tell me again the advantages of work: In Prison … you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell. At Work [...]
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October 5, 2011 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Competencies: adaptability/stress tolerance, managing self, self-development Who benefits: those searching for answers Consultant Usage: interesting perspective on the world of work and personal success What’s it about? This is not the book I thought it was when I set out to read it. I have [...]
September 30, 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: “Chevrolet is coming out with a new feature on their cars that will let drivers update their Facebook status in the car. I was getting so bored talking on the phone and texting [...]
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