“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: culture, ethics, responsibility, accountability and the future – Part I
Competencies: visionary leadership, political leadership, engenders trust, ethics, employee involvement, empowering others
Who benefits: everyone
Consultant Usage: every consultant, trainer, and [...]
Ellen Galinsky’s Huffington Post article about Admiral Michael Mullen got me thinking about the future of talent development. Here’s the quote from Admiral Mullen that started the process.
“Basically, we’ve grown up very focused on the institution. The institution tells me what to do. It tells me where to go. It tells me what my career [...]
“The real secret of magic lies in the performance.”
David Copperfield
Multi-rater or 360-degree feedback, was used by approximately 90% of Fortune 500 companies last year. Under ideal circumstances, 360-degree feedback should be used as an assessment for professional development, rather than, evaluation1.
Unfortunately, not all circumstances are ideal.
Although popular, there are five important factors that impact [...]
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about the summer of worker discontent, learning on the job, performance measurement, luring top talent, and a very basic question about your company that you need to answer.
From McClatchy via [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: The Business of Happiness
Competencies: self development, self control, achievement orientation, adaptability/flexibility/stress tolerance, cognitive hardiness, coping skills
Who benefits: absolutely everyone
Consultant Usage: good background material to assist in any type of coaching or consulting assignment; a way to approach work and interactions
What’s it about? I am very happy to recommend this book. [...]
Scott Adams’ “Dilbert” might be the most popular comic strip around. It’s certainly the most popular one set in a business. Since the strip debuted on April 16, 1989 it’s won a bevy of awards.
And there are Dilbert coffee mugs, mouse pads, a card game, a board game, calendars. There have been several Dilbert books, [...]
“It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.”
W.C. Fields
To our nieces and nephews who recently graduated and to all of our friends….
You are What You Believe….
by Denise and Ken Nowack
Believe that most “breaks” and “luck” in life happen at the intersection of preparation and opportunity…
Believe in the good of people (belief in [...]
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about why you should worry about your second tier of performers, keeping those rising stars on track, pay for performance, using data to guide decision-making, and the [...]
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.” Y. Berra
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: (Don’t) Get Your Act Together
Competencies: stress management, coping skills, adaptability, achievement orientation
Who benefits: perfectionists
Consultant Usage: health counselors, EAP representatives, managers and supervisors in their coaching caps
What’s it about? For 30 year I have listened to my friend Terry Paulson (newest book: [...]
Too many high flyers turn out to be like Icarus. They begin by concentrating on their wings, using them to soar. But then they lose or change concentration and their wings fail them. Here are three classic ways it happens.
I cannot fail. Scott Edmunds was the CEO at Chico’s FAS. He delivered quarter after quarter [...]