HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Outliers
Competency: self-development, coaching talent (especially those entering the workforce), performance evaluation, career management
Who benefits: those seeking upward mobility
Consultant Usage:coaching job seekers/career management/underperformers
What’s it about? I am not a numbers guy. The numbers guy for this Blog posts his numbers on Monday. I like his numbers. Sometimes they give me goose [...]
Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think?
1. CO2 Partners in a recent 2007 internet survey of over 3,000 employees (90% middle to senior managers) found a supervisor as a source for workplace advice by 11%. More workers relied on a peer [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Your Job Survival Guide
Competency: self development
Who benefits: job seekers
Consultant Usage: coaching tool
What’s it about? I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2009. And while I am handing out wishes, I wish gainful employment to the 8% plus of you who are currently without a job.
I [...]
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
William A. Ward
A recent study suggests that there is a statistically significant link between CEO family deaths and the companies’ profitability over a decade1. These researcher identified 6,753 deaths occuring to CEOs and family members–1,015 corresponded to CEOs, 282 [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Government Training
Competencies: leadership, managing change, process improvement skills, financial leadership, interpersonal skills, self-development
Who benefits: high ranking federal employees
Consultant Usage: doubtful
What’s it about? Why are you reading this blog? It is New Year’s Eve. Shut it down, go party, be with friends, have fun, be merry, dance into the new year. [...]
“Vacation is what you take when you can’t take what you’ve been taking any longer”
Author Unknown
Most of the executives I coach are pretty stretched individuals. Now and then I get a few who tell me they really “thrive” on stress and don’t really need a vacation or a break from work. These are the [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: The Best Business Books of 2008
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: you
Consultant Usage: self-development and references
What’s it about? I am declaring today a holiday for everyone who reads business books. FastCompany.com put together a slide show of the 10 best business books for 2008. As an avid reader it feels like a present [...]
“I’m not asleep… but that doesn’t mean I’m awake”
Author Unknown
We all seem to be working longer and harder with health, sleep and mood being affected.
Research by Sylvia Ann-Hewlett and Caroyl Luce show that 62% of high earning individuals work more than 50 hours per week, 35% work more than 60 hours a week and [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Get Rid of the Performance Review!
Competencies: performance management, performance appraisal
Who benefits: managers/supervisors, employees, organization
Consultant Usage: organizational development and human resource development
What’s it about? One of my least favorite authors has written a short article about one of my least favorite topics. Oddly, the results are favorable.
The author is arrogant and [...]
“Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”
Mark Twain
After being laied off, employees were 35% less likley than before to become actively involved or participate in church, community groups, and charitable organizations. And, not many returned after they [...]