HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Harvard Bloggers have new books
Competencies: leadership, innovation, talent management, customer service, self-development
Who benefits: leaders, managers, individual employees
Consultant Usage: organizational consultants, trainers, career counselors
What’s it about? Last week I wrote about the Harvard Bloggers. In the process I discovered a number of new or recent books some of these authors have [...]
“God is in the details,” my mother would say when she was planning a dinner party or a reception for the people who attended my father’s church.
She was quoting Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, though it’s almost certain that the saying wasn’t original with him. It’s also attributed to Gustave Flaubert, the art historian Aby [...]
Another addition of leadership and talent management “facts” from all over the world. Some intuitive and some not….what do you think?
1. During the 2009 recession, dating web sites like Match.com and eharmony.com have experienced their greatest membership growth since 9/11 (20%). No mention if office romances have also increased.
2. US employers expect health care cost [...]
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 business from home, early [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Harvard Voices
Competencies: leadership, finance, innovation, customer service, talent management, career development, information technology, strategic planning, and more
Who benefits: leaders, managers, supervisors, business professionals, students of business, and those engaged in career growth
Consultant Usage: Great place to keep up with the newest trends and hot buttons
What’s it about? Harvard has [...]
I know I’m smart. People have told me that my whole life. They mean it as a compliment. They treat it like an achievement.
But every time it happens, I think of my mother’s warning: “God gets credit for the smart part. You get credit for what you do with it.” From the vantage point of [...]
“I shut my eyes in order to see.”
Paul Gauguin
Ajax is now a little over 6 months old on his journey to become a guide dog for the blind. We are working hard every day with him to focus on basic commands and to socialize him to the world around him. A tough command at his [...]
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 relocation expenses and contracts, interview questions, [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Public Programs and Publications
Competency: various
Who benefits: participants in their presentations and readers of their publications
Consultant Usage: networking
What’s it about? I thought it might be fun to share with you some of the public workshops, seminars, and recent publications involving my friends.
Guess I should start with my boss, Ken Nowack. Kissing-up [...]
No longer an expensive marketing strategy, press releases can now be written and distributed for little-to-no cost, but unfortunately, accessibility has led to a PR pipe clogged with bad, non-newsworthy announcements.
Before you issue your next press release, here are 4 questions to help you assess whether your press release is honestly ready for public consumption.
Question [...]