“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 [...]
“Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average. Which means you’ve met your New Year’s resolution.” Jay Leno
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 continuing to write this [...]
“Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.”
John Wooden
The last few Blogs have introduced a powerful performance coaching model that can be used to engage and develop talent at all levels.
I’ve provided this case study and reflective questions in the spirit of seeing how well you have applied the [...]
“It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?” Henry David Thoreau
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Managing Your Time
Competencies: self development; self control
Who benefits: you
Consultant Usage: background material for coaches and trainers
What’s it about? Ha! According to blogger Peter Bregman, no person in the business world [...]
“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”
Jim Rohn
Each week the Guide Dog trainers work with the volunteer puppy raisers to focus on one specific skill or behavior that the dog really needs to work [...]
“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” Author Unknown
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: New Year’s Resolutions
Competency: self development
Who benefits: you
Consultant Usage: background material for career coaching
What’s it about? It’s the first week of a new year. If you are like about 40% to 45% of American adults, [...]
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
John Quincy Adams
Each week when we attend our guide dog puppy training with Ajax it’s pretty easy to pick out the “winners” from the “losers” (OK, we have been wrong many times before). The “winners” seem incredibly [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Competency Development – Part III
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce
Consultant Usage: reference material
What’s it about? Today is the last post of the year. If you make New Year’s Resolutions you are probably writing down a (short) list of things to work [...]
“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.”
Peter Drucker
It’s fun to watch all the guide dog puppies in training get together each month for their training. Some seem like “naturals” and you just get a sense they will go on to become successful guide dogs. Others [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Competency Development – Part II
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce
Consultant Usage: reference material
What’s it about? Today I continue with the second part of a three part series devoted to suggesting workplace competencies and listing one or two of my all time references for [...]