March 22, 2013 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 only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” Albert Einstein Humor Break: Bev: Al, what is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? Al: Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is [...]
March 17, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“Dreams Don’t Work Unless You Do” Unknown Did you know? Between 60 and 80 percent of people don’t use their gym memberships. Most diets work at first, but backfire in the long run. According to a 2007 survey conducted by the British psychologist Richard Wiseman, about 88 percent of New Year’s resolutions end in [...]
March 15, 2013 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: “Three Rules of Life…1: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. 2: Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. [...]
March 13, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Rise and Fall of the Traditional University Competency: self-development, coaching, performance management Who benefits: age 10 and above Consultant Usage: regardless of your specialty, if you are not on board with this concept, now is the time What’s it about? About 2 months ago I wrote the definitive [...]
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March 10, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“Eighty percent of success in life is showing up” Woody Allen The 2012 ICF Global Coaching Study (12,133 responses from 31 countries) provided coaches with the opportunity to comment on a range of issues facing the industry in the future, including: regulation of coaching; obstacles; and opportunities. A majority of coaches (53%) believed that coaching [...]
March 8, 2013 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: “Power corrupts, PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.” Edward Tufte, Yale Emeritus Professor Humor Break: Today’s humor comes with an assist from “Dilbert” Pointy Hair Boss: “Asok, I need you to create a PowerPoint presentation that [...]
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March 6, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Do The Blind Lead The Blind? Competencies: self-development, diversity Who benefits: open-mined people Consultant Usage: essential reading for all consultants in any field What’s it about? “There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they [...]
March 1, 2013 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: “Sleep is the best meditation.” Dalia Lama Humor Break: Bev: Al, what is wrong? You don’t look yourself this morning. Al: Last night I dreamed I had insomnia. I woke up exhausted, yet [...]
February 27, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home Competencies: finance, marketing, sales, decision-making, judgment, managing self Who benefits: anyone can read and enjoy this delightful book Consultant Usage: Last week I reviewed the first book in this two book series. Today I [...]
February 24, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“Predictions are very difficult, especially when they are about the future” Yogi Berra A recent article by Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle-Giulioni reminds all of us that careering today is not just upward mobility but moves up, down, over and around again. Maybe not all of us “have the right stuff” to be leaders. It’s [...]
February 22, 2013 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: “During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: ‘What is the first name of the woman who [...]
February 20, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions Competencies: finance, marketing, sales, decision-making, judgment, managing self Who benefits: anyone can read and enjoy this delightful book Consultant Usage: I can’t think of any form of consulting where a professional consultant would not benefit in some professional or personal [...]
February 17, 2013 by Ken Nowack
“42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.” Steven Wright Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think? 1. Only 2 percent of human resources executives say yearly evaluations are useful, according to a recent poll of 2,677 people [...]
February 15, 2013 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: “A retired husband is often a wife’s full-time job.” Bev (from Bev and Al) Humor Break: (Al, from our favorite couple “Bev and Al” is retired but took a part-time job a few [...]
February 13, 2013 by Bill Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER Title: What Business Can Learn from Organized Crime Competency: strategic thinking, entrepreneurial leadership, technological leadership, creativity, innovation Who benefits: this thought-provoking link is for anyone who likes their thoughts provoked Consultant Usage: may be of limited use to organizational consultants; could serve as a handout/discussion piece in certain training classes [...]