“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
Albert Einstein
How trusting are you?
Here is a quick quiz to test your level of trust:
1. I usually count the number of items in another person’s cart when I stand in the 10 item or less express lane at [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Linkage Training Workshops
Competency: coaching
Who benefits: internal and external coaches, managers and supervisors as coaches
Consultant Usage: sharpen you coaching skills
What’s it about? I like Linkage Training programs. I am not shooting for originality today, so I will just paste in what they write about themselves. I will only add that in [...]
“Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.” George Carlin
I think we can all agree that we’d like leaders (and all talent) to possess a high degree of trustworthiness, honesty an integrity. If only we could figure out the best way to [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: New Books from Jossey-Bass
Competencies: achievement orientation, engenders trust, team/interpersonal support, building strategic relationships, self-development
Who benefits: individual employees, team leaders,
Consultant Usage: staying current in area of expertise
What’s it about? I love reading and am a sucker for new books. Don’t really know if new books are any better than the oldies-but-goodies, [...]
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.”
Franklin B. Jones
At nine months of age, all guide dog puppies go in for their a formal evaluation. It really is feedback to the volunteer puppy raisers about how we are doing–a form of 360 feedback.
Feedback can be [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Business Best Sellers
Competency: self-development,
Who benefits: people who like to read as part of their development
Consultant Usage: background material
What’s it about? Points I will concede up front about today’s posting: (1) Professional Blogs are not supposed to be mushy; (2) I am over-the-top in sentimentality; (3) Nostalgia “ain’t” what it used [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]