HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Diversity: Leaders Not Labels
Competencies: self-development, diversity skills, leadership skills
Who benefits: individuals in the workforce or going to enter the workforce
Consultant Usage: as a coach or career development specialist — useful as a book to recommend to others
What’s it about? I had not read a book on the topic of diversity [...]
“They say ‘practice” makes perfect.’ Of course, it doesn’t. For the vast majority of golfers it merely consolidates imperfection.”
Henry Longhurst
The phrase, “leverage your strengths” has become commonplace in the language of talent development positive psychology. By now you pretty much want to believe that the secret of success is to become more of who you [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: The Organization of the Future 2: Visions, Strategies, and Insights on Managing in a New Era
Competencies: visionary leadership, entrepreneurial leadership, financial leadership, driving strategic direction, managing change
Who benefits: leaders at all levels of an organization, students of organizations, organizational consultants
Consultant Usage: important book to stay current in the field of [...]
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
Mark Twain
In Towers Perrin’s 2007-2008 Global Workforce Study, 29% of the U.S. workforce was engaged, while just 6% were disengaged. By December, 2008, several months into the rapidly deepening recession, another study showed that engagement slipped to 22% and disengagement rose to 11%.
OK, everyone uses the [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Career Transition Kit
Competencies: self-development, managing talent
Who benefits: employees losing their jobs, the unemployed
Consultant Usage: good aids in organization outplacement training or coaching
What’s it about? Today’s posting will be on the short side…that will greatly please my bosses! I am trying to stay employed. Aren’t we all? As I write this [...]
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
Mark Twain
A fairly recent State of the Industry Report by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) estimates that companies in the US spent nearly $130 billion on employee learning and development in 2007. That figure includes direct costs such as salaries for learning professionals, [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Project Management Training and Books
Competency: project management
Who benefits: anyone in a project management assignment or projected assignment
Consultant Usage: may be useful as self-development
What’s it about? I know that a lot of you readers are involved in project or matrix management. So this week I have put together a list of [...]
“You can observe a lot just by watching.”
Yogi Berra
Our new guide dogy puppy Ajax is now 9-weeks old and continues to provide valuable insights about leading (and being led).
Ajax seems to be in three modes right now:
1. Mischievous-Kinetic: He makes rapid decisions, moves rapidly without considering consequences, runs into obstacles in front of him (literally), [...]
“Being politically savvy is a good hedge against unemployment.” B. Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Survival of the Savvy: High-Integrity Political Tactics for Career and Company Success
Competencies: building strategic relationships, interpersonal effectiveness, political skills, influence skills
Who benefits: people who struggle with “office politics” or need to develop political skills at work
Consultant Usage: coaching, career development, [...]
“Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
My wife and I are back “seeing” things differently again as we begin the journey with our new 8-week beautiful black lab guide dog puppy we are raising for the blind.
Well, I’ve continued to learned a lot about “seeing” through some [...]