Inc Magazine just ran an article titled “Color Me CEO? Test Shows How Bosses Are Wired.” Here’s the lead.
“A panel of 900 CEOs organized by USA Today participated in an online 60-second color personality test, and the results were striking: The bosses don’t like yellow or red, but they’re big fans of magenta – at [...]
“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 [...]
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 asking the right question, the length [...]
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, [...]
Yesterday one of my mentors, Leonard Tompkins, died. I got an email from one of his granddaughters with the news.
For most of the day I’ve been thinking about Leonard and what I learned from him. Partly as therapy for me and partly as a tribute to Leonard I decided to share some of those lessons.
Dream [...]
“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 [...]
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 who’s finding work, networking, phone interviews, [...]
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 [...]
Have you ever had a job you loved, but that just ripped you up? Or one where you loved the work, but the job was one draining, dramatic crisis after another?
Been there. Done that.
In my case, I’d get so wound up during the day that I had to do something physical before I got home, [...]
“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 [...]