“If you don’t know where you are going you might wind up somewhere else”
Yogi Berra
I just finished two 3.5 day developmental assessment centers with a large University medical center and another with a state university system for high potential leaders. At the end of the assessment center, it was surprising to note that 10 to [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about getting blacklisted, customizing your resume, preparing [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Improving worker performance in the US government
Competencies: leading, managing
Who benefits: leaders, managers, organizational consultants
Consultant Usage: general background material
What’s it about? February being a short month, today I begin with a short posting. I just discovered an article that I found interesting, well-researched and provocative. Can’t ask for much more than [...]
Friday it snowed in Charlotte. I was looking out my office window at the exact instant the snow began.
We knew the snow was coming. Several times during the day I went to the window to see if it was here yet. I looked at the lowering grey sky. I checked the wind, high in the [...]
“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 are very intuitive and some are not….what do you think?
1. A recent 2009 survey of 372 human resources professionals by industry publication Workforce Management were asked about [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about career advice, when they don’t call [...]
“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.” Yogi Berra
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Managing Your New Year’s Resolution
Competencies: self-development; self-control
Who benefits: you
Consultant Usage: background material for coaches and trainers
What’s it about? I am ending January by writing my final entry about possible New Year’s Resolutions. In theory, there [...]
“Thinking outside the box” is still the top business jargon nonsense phrase. It’s so over-used that it’s almost impossible to wring any insight out of it.
So try this, instead. Think outside your own box.
A post by Frank Roche at KnowHR got me thinking about that. Here’s how his post begins.
“Here’s my interview question of the [...]
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn”
Alvin Toffler
Being a volunteer puppy raiser for a guide dog has really been helpful for me to think about how to teach, train, and coach others. I’m often wondering just what the active [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about starting a new job, mastering technology, [...]