August 2nd, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

In his newly revised book on change, Beyond the Wall of Resistance, my colleague Rick Maurer includes an interview with author/consultant Geoffrey Bellman. Bellman's response contains some wisdom that helps ...more »

June 24th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

A recent article on Workforce.com report summarizes a study on the prevalence and impact of coaching on the results that individual managers generate. The research surveyed CEO's, HR Managers and ...more »

June 21st, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

In the latest Newsweek magazine, an article entitled The Richer Sex reminds us of the rapidly growing purchasing power of women around the planet and how some (but not enough, ...more »

June 7th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Seth Godin recently wrote a blog post about how our true expertise and professionalism is reflected when we do what's needed to be one of the best, in that top ...more »

April 12th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (1)

The baby boomer cohort (commonly accepted age range: 46-64) are the proverbial pig-in-the-python, demographically speaking. Economists raise the alarm of a looming shortage of workers when the "pig" has passed ...more »

April 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (2)

Ron Heifetz and his co-authors, in their excellent book, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership, (see my earlier post) presented this vivid and easy-to-remember visual image which they apply to the ...more »

March 29th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

I'm deep in the middle of Henry Mintzberg's new book, Managing. While not a light read, he does take his typically provocative stand: Instead of distinguishing managers from leaders, we should ...more »

March 11th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

I began my career in the airline industry. I hit a spell when I was languishing in an uninspiring job, wasn't growing, and truth-be-told, wasn't trying very hard to change ...more »

February 25th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente (University of Rhode Island) developed a Stages of Change Model that for 30 years has helped therapists and counsellors work effectively with clients with addiction. ...more »

February 18th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Managers have been sorely challenged in 2009 and this year to keep optimistic and not succumb to the ongoing, sometimes mind-numbing stress of work and, at best, tenuous job security. ...more »