My wife put her new cookbook down. Hard.
“It’s another stupid ‘just-like’ cookbook,” she sneered.
My wife hates “just-like” cookbooks. They’re the cookbooks that suggest that any dish, no matter how complex, can be created in half the time of the famous recipe, if not less. They claim it’s “just like the original.”
My wife knows what every [...]
“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”
Jim Rohn
Each week the Guide Dog trainers work with the volunteer puppy raisers to focus on one specific skill or behavior that the dog really needs to work [...]
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 job search books, advanced degree programs, [...]
“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” Author Unknown
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Title: New Year’s Resolutions
Competency: self development
Who benefits: you
Consultant Usage: background material for career coaching
What’s it about? It’s the first week of a new year. If you are like about 40% to 45% of American adults, [...]
There’s much ado about “lifelong learning” as a requirement for our fast-changing times, but not much about how you can enrich your life and, perhaps, your career by teaching yourself.
There’s a fancy word for that. It’s “autodidact.” Become one and you join a distinguished club made up of people who’ve taught themselves important things. Members [...]
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
John Quincy Adams
Each week when we attend our guide dog puppy training with Ajax it’s pretty easy to pick out the “winners” from the “losers” (OK, we have been wrong many times before). The “winners” seem incredibly [...]
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 gifts you can give your career, [...]
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Title: Competency Development – Part III
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce
Consultant Usage: reference material
What’s it about? Today is the last post of the year. If you make New Year’s Resolutions you are probably writing down a (short) list of things to work [...]
I don’t know how it is for you, but this time of year is kind of slow for me. The week between Christmas and New Year’s and the first few days of the year don’t have a lot of coaching appointments or meetings.
It’s nice, unstructured time, especially after the rush of the holidays. It’s a [...]
“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.”
Peter Drucker
It’s fun to watch all the guide dog puppies in training get together each month for their training. Some seem like “naturals” and you just get a sense they will go on to become successful guide dogs. Others [...]