September 1, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: How to Be the Best … and Learn from the Worst Competency: leadership Who benefits: executives, managers, supervisors, future leaders Consultant Usage: highly recommend this book to executive coaches; great stories for leadership and management trainers What’s it about? This is one of my shortest posts ever. Don’t want [...]
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August 29, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. .” Franklin P. Jones Cigarettes in the United States all come with health warning labels on boxes—perhaps vendors should do the same in marketing and selling multi-rater assessments that are so commonly used by coaches, consultants and organizational [...]
August 18, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Well Connected: An Unconventional Approach to Building Genuine, Effective Business Relationships Competencies: career development, sales, achievement orientation, managing relationships, building strategic relationships, collaboration, engenders trust Who benefits: any person not satisfied with the status quo Consultant Usage: highly recommended for consultant self-development and business building What’s it about? Today’s [...]
August 15, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.” Franklin B. Jones I think we need to do a “360″ on 360 feedback1. How would you like to be diagnosed with a new illness and have your doctor tell you that the latest wonder drug has shown [...]
August 11, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Make Yourself Invaluable and in the Process, Stop Multitasking Competencies: self-development, achievement orientation, time management, stress management Who benefits: any individual Consultant Usage: potentially great “give-aways” to clients of executive coaches, coaches and trainers of time management What’s it about? These books are NOT for you. You already know [...]
August 8, 2010 by Ken Nowack
What’s my destiny, Momma? You’re gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get. Forrest Gump 1994 I feel like the proud parent sending their child off to college…..or leaving an organization for a new and hopefully better adventure…..For many, the [...]
July 28, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: How To Get Yourself Employed Competency: self-development Who benefits: job seekers (employed or unemployed) Consultant Usage: must read article and book for career counselors What’s it about? I am writing this post out of frustration. Three different friends of mine, unknown to each other, are all seeking employment. Two [...]
July 25, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” Carl W. Buechner Do nice people finish first or is it last? Some recent research suggests that developing social skills and having accurate appraisal of our strengths and development areas might really pay off–really in dollars and cents. Ten [...]
July 21, 2010 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: A Good Read and a Must See Competencies: motivation, achievement, empowering others Who benefits: There is something here for just about anyone Consultant Usage: good background information for coaches, counselors, and trainers What’s it about? How is your day going? Need a little fun and educational pick-me-up? If you [...]
July 18, 2010 by Ken Nowack
“It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.” Eric Lindos I wrote earlier about how practice seems pretty essential for lasting behavior change. There is, in fact, a big difference between “experts” and those “who are expert” in what they do. In a [...]
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